From 108dfd1f87087e9bb61bffa310ddb67a58d5336a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Gleason <alex@alexgleason.me>
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2021 22:50:07 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Search: limit number of results

---
 lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/search_controller.ex | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/search_controller.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/search_controller.ex
index 64b177eb3..1459fc492 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/search_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/search_controller.ex
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.SearchController do
 
   require Logger
 
+  @search_limit 40
+
   plug(Pleroma.Web.ApiSpec.CastAndValidate)
 
   # Note: Mastodon doesn't allow unauthenticated access (requires read:accounts / read:search)
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.SearchController do
     [
       resolve: params[:resolve],
       following: params[:following],
-      limit: params[:limit],
+      limit: min(params[:limit], @search_limit),
       offset: params[:offset],
       type: params[:type],
       author: get_author(params),