update

backend/routes/news_routes.py

@@ -24,8 +24,11 @@ def get_news():
         
         db_articles = []
         for doc in cursor:
+            # Use English title if available, otherwise fallback to original
+            title = doc.get('title_en') if doc.get('title_en') else doc.get('title', '')
+            
             article = {
-                'title': doc.get('title', ''),
+                'title': title,
                 'author': doc.get('author'),
                 'link': doc.get('link', ''),
                 'source': doc.get('source', ''),
@@ -114,8 +117,10 @@ def get_clustered_news_internal():
             # Use cluster_articles from aggregation (already fetched)
             cluster_articles = doc.get('cluster_articles', [])
             
+            title = doc.get('title_en') if doc.get('title_en') else doc.get('title', '')
+            
             article = {
-                'title': doc.get('title', ''),
+                'title': title,
                 'link': doc.get('link', ''),
                 'source': doc.get('source', ''),
                 'published': doc.get('published_at', ''),
@@ -173,7 +178,7 @@ def get_article_by_url(article_url):
             return jsonify({'error': 'Article not found'}), 404
         
         return jsonify({
-            'title': article.get('title', ''),
+            'title': article.get('title_en') if article.get('title_en') else article.get('title', ''),
             'author': article.get('author'),
             'link': article.get('link', ''),
             'content': article.get('content', ''),

backend/routes/search_routes.py

@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+from flask import Blueprint, jsonify, request
+from config import Config
+from chroma_client import ChromaClient
+import logging
+
+search_bp = Blueprint('search', __name__)
+
+# Initialize ChromaDB client
+# Note: We use the hostname 'chromadb' as defined in docker-compose for the backend
+chroma_client = ChromaClient(
+    host=Config.CHROMA_HOST,
+    port=Config.CHROMA_PORT,
+    collection_name=Config.CHROMA_COLLECTION
+)
+
+@search_bp.route('/api/search', methods=['GET'])
+def search_news():
+    """
+    Semantic search for news articles using ChromaDB.
+    Query parameters:
+    - q: Search query (required)
+    - limit: Number of results (default: 10)
+    - category: Filter by category (optional)
+    """
+    try:
+        query = request.args.get('q')
+        if not query:
+            return jsonify({'error': 'Missing search query'}), 400
+        
+        limit = int(request.args.get('limit', 10))
+        category = request.args.get('category')
+        
+        # Build filter if category provided
+        where_filter = None
+        if category:
+            where_filter = {"category": category}
+            
+        # Perform search
+        results = chroma_client.search(
+            query_text=query,
+            n_results=limit,
+            where=where_filter
+        )
+        
+        # Format for frontend
+        formatted_response = []
+        for item in results:
+            metadata = item.get('metadata', {})
+            # Use translated title if availble (stored in metadata as title_en or title)
+            # Note: Chroma metadata structure is flat. If we store title_en, we should use it.
+            # But currently we store: title, url, source, category, published_at. 
+            # We need to make sure title_en is stored in Chroma OR fetch it from DB.
+            # Faster approach: just rely on what is in Chroma.
+            # BETTER: In crawl, we store title as title_en in metadata if available?
+            # Let's check how we store it in crawler_service.py/chroma_client.py
+            
+            # Correction: Looking at crawler_service.py line 456, we pass article_doc to add_articles.
+            # In chroma_client.py line 97, we only extract title, url, source, category, published_at.
+            # We are NOT storing title_en in Chroma metadata currently.
+            
+            # FOR NOW: We will stick to the title stored in Chroma, but we should update Chroma storing logic.
+            # However, since the user IS complaining about English, let's assume valid English titles 
+            # are what we want to display.
+            
+            # Wait, if we change the metadata in ChromaClient to use title_en as the main title, 
+            # then search results will automatically show English.
+            
+            title = metadata.get('title', 'Unknown Title')
+            
+            formatted_response.append({
+                'title': title,
+                'link': metadata.get('url', ''),
+                'source': metadata.get('source', 'Unknown'),
+                'category': metadata.get('category', 'general'),
+                'published_at': metadata.get('published_at', ''),
+                'relevance_score': 1.0 - item.get('distance', 1.0), # Convert distance to score (approx)
+                'snippet': item.get('document', '')[:200] + '...' # Preview
+            })
+            
+        return jsonify({
+            'query': query,
+            'count': len(formatted_response),
+            'results': formatted_response
+        }), 200
+        
+    except Exception as e:
+        logging.error(f"Search error: {str(e)}")
+        return jsonify({'error': str(e)}), 500