Make the home page's AS name search work (closes #151)

The AS Name Search card on the home page said the search was coming
soon. It now asks the new GET /api/v1/search/as?q=<text>, which
searches the AS list built into asinfo, and lists the matches as links
to their AS pages. An empty q answers 400. asinfo.Search now ignores
case and returns its matches in AS number order.

A match can be an AS that the database does not hold yet. Its AS page
and /api/v1/as/{asn} now answer with its handle and description from
asinfo and no prefixes, instead of 404. Empty prefix lists in that JSON
answer are [] rather than null.

Model: opus-5-5

README.md

@@ -56,15 +56,16 @@ Every route answers `HEAD` as it answers `GET`, without the body.
 
 ### Web Interface
 
-- `GET /` - Home page (HTML): headline figures, and lookups by AS number and by
+- `GET /` - Home page (HTML): headline figures, lookups by AS number and by IP
-  IP address
+  address, and a search of AS names
 - `GET /status` - HTML status dashboard, which reads `/api/v1/stats`
 - `GET /status.json` - JSON statistics: feed, memory, database and route figures
 - `GET /.well-known/healthcheck.json` - Health check (JSON): 200 when the
   database answers and the RIS Live feed is connected, otherwise 503;
   `data.status` is `ok` or `error` and `data.checks` says which check failed
 - `GET /as/{asn}` - AS detail page (HTML): the prefixes the AS originates and
-  its peers
+  its peers. An AS that only the AS list built into RouteWatch knows gets a page
+  with its handle and description and no prefixes.
 - `GET /prefix/{prefix}/{length}` - Prefix detail page (HTML), such as
   `/prefix/192.0.2.0/24`: every live route for the prefix, one per peer, and its
   origin ASes
@@ -93,9 +94,22 @@ Every route answers `HEAD` as it answers `GET`, without the body.
   and 404 when none of the addresses has a live route. A PTR lookup gets 2
   seconds; an address whose lookup takes longer is answered without PTR names.
 - `GET /api/v1/as/{asn}` - The AS and the prefixes it originates, IPv4 and IPv6
-  apart, each with when its newest route was updated
+  apart, each with when its newest route was updated. An AS that only the AS
+  list built into RouteWatch knows has its handle and description and no
+  prefixes. Its answer has no `first_seen` or `last_seen`.
 - `GET /api/v1/prefix/{prefix}/{length}` - Every live route for the prefix, one
   per peer, and the same routes grouped by origin AS in `origins`
+- `GET /api/v1/search/as?q={text}` - Finds the ASes whose handle or description
+  contains `{text}`, ignoring case. `data` holds:
+    - `query`: `{text}` without its leading and trailing spaces
+    - `total`: the number of ASes that match
+    - `results`: the first 50 of them in AS number order, each with `asn`,
+      `handle` and `description`
+
+    The search reads the AS list built into RouteWatch, not the database. The
+    list comes from [ipverse/asn-info](https://github.com/ipverse/asn-info). A
+    match can therefore be an AS that the database does not hold. A `q` that is
+    missing, empty or only spaces answers 400.
 
 A JSON answer is `{"status": "ok", "data": ...}`, or for an error
 `{"status": "error", "error": {"msg": ..., "code": ...}}`, and carries an
@@ -106,12 +120,13 @@ took. The health check is the exception: its 503 answer is also
 A request that runs past its time limit answers 504: the limit is 30 seconds,
 and 4 seconds for the database reads behind `/status.json` and `/api/v1/stats`.
 An AS number, prefix or mask length that does not parse answers 400, as does a
-mask length out of range for its IP version. An AS the database does not hold,
+mask length out of range for its IP version. An AS number that is in neither the
-or a prefix with no live route, answers 404. The HTML pages give these errors as
+database nor the AS list built into RouteWatch answers 404, as does a prefix
-plain text. Under `/api/v1` and `/ip/`, a path no route matches answers 404 with
+with no live route. The HTML pages give these errors as plain text. Under
-the message `Not found`, and `POST`, `PUT`, `PATCH`, `DELETE`, `OPTIONS`,
+`/api/v1` and `/ip/`, a path no route matches answers 404 with the message
-`TRACE` or `CONNECT` answers 405 with `Method not allowed`. A 500 answer says
+`Not found`, and `POST`, `PUT`, `PATCH`, `DELETE`, `OPTIONS`, `TRACE` or
-only `Internal server error`, and a host name that does not resolve only
+`CONNECT` answers 405 with `Method not allowed`. A 500 answer says only
+`Internal server error`, and a host name that does not resolve only
 `could not resolve host name`; the detail goes to the log.
 
 Every answer carries `Strict-Transport-Security`, `Content-Security-Policy`,

TODO.md

@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ tested.
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-10-26: the home page's AS name search lists the ASes whose handle or
+  description holds the text, as links to their pages, from the new
+  `/api/v1/search/as`; the search ignores case. An AS page answers for an AS
+  that only the AS list built into RouteWatch knows, with no prefixes (closes
+  #151)
 - 2026-10-19: README "HTTP Endpoints" lists every route with what it answers,
   "Database Schema" matches `schema.sql`, and the rest of the README matches the
   code; this file brought up to date (closes #72)

internal/database/database.go

@@ -1748,6 +1748,10 @@ func (d *Database) GetASDetails(asn int) (*ASN, []LiveRoute, error) {
 // GetASDetailsContext returns the AS and the prefixes it originates, the IPv4
 // ones first, each once with the time of its newest route. It makes two index
 // searches per prefix, however many peers carry the prefix.
+//
+// An AS that only the AS info lookup knows comes with its handle and
+// description, and without prefixes or seen times. An AS that neither the
+// database nor the lookup knows is ErrNoRoute.
 func (d *Database) GetASDetailsContext(
 	ctx context.Context, asn int,
 ) (*ASN, []LiveRoute, error) {
@@ -1765,7 +1769,14 @@ func (d *Database) GetASDetailsContext(
 		&asnInfo.LastSeen)
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
-			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: AS%d", ErrNoRoute, asn)
+			info, ok := asinfo.Get(asn)
+			if !ok {
+				return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: AS%d", ErrNoRoute, asn)
+			}
+
+			return &ASN{
+				ASN: asn, Handle: info.Handle, Description: info.Description,
+			}, nil, nil
 		}
 
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to query AS: %w", err)

internal/database/database_internal_test.go

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 
 	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/internal/config"
 	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/internal/logger"
+	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/pkg/asinfo"
 	"github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
 )
 
@@ -1699,6 +1700,46 @@ func TestGetASDetailsListsEachPrefixOnce(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestGetASDetailsOfASNotInDatabase asks an empty database for an AS that the
+// AS info lookup knows, and gets its handle and description with no prefixes
+// and no seen times. An AS that the lookup does not know is ErrNoRoute.
+func TestGetASDetailsOfASNotInDatabase(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	db, err := New(&config.Config{StateDir: t.TempDir()}, logger.New())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create database: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer func() { _ = db.Close() }()
+
+	const knownASN, unknownASN = 15169, 4200000000
+
+	info, ok := asinfo.Get(knownASN)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("AS%d is not in the AS info data", knownASN)
+	}
+
+	got, prefixes, err := db.GetASDetails(knownASN)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetASDetails(%d): %v", knownASN, err)
+	}
+
+	want := ASN{ASN: knownASN, Handle: info.Handle, Description: info.Description}
+	if *got != want || len(prefixes) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("GetASDetails(%d) = %+v with prefixes %+v, want %+v and none",
+			knownASN, *got, prefixes, want)
+	}
+
+	if _, ok := asinfo.Get(unknownASN); ok {
+		t.Fatalf("AS%d is in the AS info data", unknownASN)
+	}
+
+	_, _, err = db.GetASDetails(unknownASN)
+	if !errors.Is(err, ErrNoRoute) {
+		t.Errorf("GetASDetails(%d): error %v, want %v", unknownASN, err, ErrNoRoute)
+	}
+}
+
 // TestASPrefixQueriesUseCoveringIndexes checks the plan of each query that
 // lists the prefixes an AS originates: a search of a covering index and no
 // temporary B-tree, so the list reads one index entry per prefix, not one

internal/database/models.go

@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ type ASN struct {
 	RIRRegDate  *time.Time `json:"rir_registration_date,omitempty"`
 	RIRLastMod  *time.Time `json:"rir_last_modified,omitempty"`
 	WHOISRaw    string     `json:"whois_raw,omitempty"`
-	// Timestamps
+	// Timestamps. They are zero, and left out of JSON, for an AS that the
-	FirstSeen      time.Time  `json:"first_seen"`
+	// database does not hold.
-	LastSeen       time.Time  `json:"last_seen"`
+	FirstSeen      time.Time  `json:"first_seen,omitzero"`
+	LastSeen       time.Time  `json:"last_seen,omitzero"`
 	WHOISUpdatedAt *time.Time `json:"whois_updated_at,omitempty"`
 }
 

internal/server/handlers.go

@@ -56,10 +56,18 @@ const (
 // Error messages an answer sends, in place of the error behind it where there
 // is one.
 const (
-	invalidPrefixMessage   = "Invalid prefix"
+	invalidPrefixMessage      = "Invalid prefix"
-	hostNotResolvedMessage = "could not resolve host name"
+	hostNotResolvedMessage    = "could not resolve host name"
-	hostNotPublicMessage   = "host name has no public address"
+	hostNotPublicMessage      = "host name has no public address"
-	tooManyTargetsMessage  = "Too many addresses or host names"
+	tooManyTargetsMessage     = "Too many addresses or host names"
+	searchQueryMissingMessage = "Missing search query"
+)
+
+// The AS name search reads the text it looks for from the URL query parameter
+// asSearchQueryParam, and answers with at most maxASSearchResults matches.
+const (
+	asSearchQueryParam = "q"
+	maxASSearchResults = 50
 )
 
 // IP versions as database.LiveRoute.IPVersion records them.
@@ -1001,11 +1009,12 @@ func (s *Server) handleASDetailJSON() http.HandlerFunc {
 	}
 }
 
-// splitRoutesByIPVersion groups routes into the IPv4 and the IPv6 ones.
+// splitRoutesByIPVersion groups routes into the IPv4 and the IPv6 ones. Neither
+// group is nil, so that a JSON answer holds [] for an empty one and not null.
 func splitRoutesByIPVersion(
 	routes []database.LiveRoute,
 ) ([]database.LiveRoute, []database.LiveRoute) {
-	var ipv4Routes, ipv6Routes []database.LiveRoute
+	ipv4Routes, ipv6Routes := []database.LiveRoute{}, []database.LiveRoute{}
 
 	for _, route := range routes {
 		if route.IPVersion == ipVersionV4 {
@@ -1105,6 +1114,46 @@ func (s *Server) handlePrefixDetailJSON() http.HandlerFunc {
 	}
 }
 
+// ASSearchResponse is the answer to an AS name search: the text searched for,
+// the number of ASes that match it, and the first maxASSearchResults of them in
+// AS number order.
+type ASSearchResponse struct {
+	Query   string        `json:"query"`
+	Total   int           `json:"total"`
+	Results []asinfo.Info `json:"results"`
+}
+
+// handleASSearch returns a handler that searches the AS list built into
+// asinfo for the text in the q parameter, without its leading and trailing
+// spaces. It answers 400 when no text is left.
+func (s *Server) handleASSearch() http.HandlerFunc {
+	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		query := strings.TrimSpace(r.URL.Query().Get(asSearchQueryParam))
+		if query == "" {
+			s.writeJSONError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, searchQueryMissingMessage)
+
+			return
+		}
+
+		matches := asinfo.Search(query)
+
+		// results is an empty list rather than nil when nothing matches, so
+		// that the answer holds [] and not null.
+		shown := min(len(matches), maxASSearchResults)
+		results := make([]asinfo.Info, 0, shown)
+		results = append(results, matches[:shown]...)
+
+		err := writeJSONSuccess(w, ASSearchResponse{
+			Query:   query,
+			Total:   len(matches),
+			Results: results,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			s.logger.Error("Failed to encode AS search results", "error", err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // handleASDetail returns a handler that serves the AS detail HTML page
 func (s *Server) handleASDetail() http.HandlerFunc {
 	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {

internal/server/handlers_internal_test.go

@@ -1166,6 +1166,303 @@ func TestIPLookupHidesPrivateAddresses(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// asSearchPath is the path of the AS name search.
+const asSearchPath = "/api/v1/search/as"
+
+// searchAS sends an AS name search with the URL query rawQuery through s's
+// router, expects a 200 answer, and returns its data.
+func searchAS(t *testing.T, s *Server, rawQuery string) ASSearchResponse {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	s.router.ServeHTTP(rec, httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
+		t.Context(), http.MethodGet, asSearchPath+"?"+rawQuery, nil))
+
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("%s: status %d, want %d; body %s",
+			rawQuery, rec.Code, http.StatusOK, rec.Body)
+	}
+
+	var body struct {
+		Data ASSearchResponse `json:"data"`
+	}
+
+	err := json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &body)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("%s: decoding the answer %q: %v", rawQuery, rec.Body, err)
+	}
+
+	return body.Data
+}
+
+// TestASSearchAnswersMatches searches for Cloudflare's handle in lower case,
+// with spaces around it, and expects AS13335 among the matches. Before the fix
+// there was no AS name search, and the home page's search card said it was
+// coming soon (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/issues/151).
+func TestASSearchAnswersMatches(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	const query = "cloudflarenet"
+
+	data := searchAS(t, newServerWithTestRoutes(t), "q=%20"+query+"%20")
+
+	if data.Query != query {
+		t.Errorf("query %q, want %q", data.Query, query)
+	}
+
+	if data.Total != len(data.Results) {
+		t.Errorf("total %d, but %d results", data.Total, len(data.Results))
+	}
+
+	cloudflare := asinfo.Info{
+		ASN: 13335, Handle: "CLOUDFLARENET", Description: "Cloudflare, Inc.",
+	}
+	if !slices.Contains(data.Results, cloudflare) {
+		t.Errorf("results %v do not hold %v", data.Results, cloudflare)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestASSearchAnswersEmptyListWhenNothingMatches expects a search that matches
+// nothing to answer 200 with a total of 0 and an empty list, not null.
+func TestASSearchAnswersEmptyListWhenNothingMatches(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	data := searchAS(t, newServerWithTestRoutes(t), "q=XYZABC123456")
+
+	if data.Total != 0 || data.Results == nil || len(data.Results) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("total %d and results %#v, want 0 and an empty list",
+			data.Total, data.Results)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestASSearchAnswers400ForEmptyQuery expects a search with no q, an empty q
+// or a q of only spaces to answer 400 with the JSON error body.
+func TestASSearchAnswers400ForEmptyQuery(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	s := newServerWithTestRoutes(t)
+
+	for _, path := range []string{
+		asSearchPath, asSearchPath + "?q=", asSearchPath + "?q=%20%20",
+	} {
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		s.router.ServeHTTP(rec, httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
+			t.Context(), http.MethodGet, path, nil))
+
+		if rec.Code != http.StatusBadRequest {
+			t.Errorf("%s: status %d, want %d; body %s",
+				path, rec.Code, http.StatusBadRequest, rec.Body)
+		}
+
+		checkJSONErrorCode(t, path, rec, http.StatusBadRequest)
+		checkJSONErrorMessage(t, path, rec, searchQueryMissingMessage)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestASSearchShowsFirstMatchesAndTotal searches for a word with more matches
+// than an answer holds, and expects the first maxASSearchResults of them, in
+// AS number order, and the number of all of them.
+func TestASSearchShowsFirstMatchesAndTotal(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	const query = "university"
+
+	all := asinfo.Search(query)
+	if len(all) <= maxASSearchResults {
+		t.Fatalf("Search(%q) has %d matches; the test needs more than %d",
+			query, len(all), maxASSearchResults)
+	}
+
+	data := searchAS(t, newServerWithTestRoutes(t), "q="+query)
+
+	if data.Total != len(all) {
+		t.Errorf("total %d, want %d", data.Total, len(all))
+	}
+
+	if !slices.Equal(data.Results, all[:maxASSearchResults]) {
+		t.Errorf("results %v, want the first %d matches %v",
+			data.Results, maxASSearchResults, all[:maxASSearchResults])
+	}
+}
+
+// The AS numbers the AS detail tests ask for. storedASN originates the route
+// for testPrefixV4 and is in the database. builtInOnlyASN is in the AS list
+// built into asinfo but not in the database. unknownASN is in neither.
+const (
+	storedASN      = 64500
+	builtInOnlyASN = 15169
+	unknownASN     = 4200000000
+)
+
+// zeroDate is how a page writes a time that was never set.
+const zeroDate = "0001-01-01"
+
+// newServerWithStoredAS returns newServerWithTestRoutes's server with storedASN
+// added to the database. It fails the test when the AS list built into asinfo
+// lacks builtInOnlyASN or holds unknownASN.
+func newServerWithStoredAS(t *testing.T) *Server {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	if _, ok := asinfo.Get(builtInOnlyASN); !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("AS%d is not in the AS info data", builtInOnlyASN)
+	}
+
+	if _, ok := asinfo.Get(unknownASN); ok {
+		t.Fatalf("AS%d is in the AS info data", unknownASN)
+	}
+
+	s := newServerWithTestRoutes(t)
+
+	_, err := s.db.GetOrCreateASN(storedASN, time.Date(2026, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, time.UTC))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetOrCreateASN: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	return s
+}
+
+// TestASDetailJSONAnswersBuiltInAS asks /api/v1/as/ for an AS in the database,
+// one only the built-in AS list knows, and one in neither. The first two answer
+// 200 with the handle and description from that list and their prefixes, as
+// lists even when empty. Only the AS in the database has a first_seen time. The
+// third answers 404. Before the fix the second answered 404, so a result of the
+// AS name search could lead nowhere
+// (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/issues/151).
+func TestASDetailJSONAnswersBuiltInAS(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	s := newServerWithStoredAS(t)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		asn           int
+		wantCode      int
+		wantPrefixes  int
+		wantFirstSeen bool
+	}{
+		{storedASN, http.StatusOK, 1, true},
+		{builtInOnlyASN, http.StatusOK, 0, false},
+		{unknownASN, http.StatusNotFound, 0, false},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		path := "/api/v1/as/" + strconv.Itoa(tt.asn)
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		s.router.ServeHTTP(rec, httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
+			t.Context(), http.MethodGet, path, nil))
+
+		if rec.Code != tt.wantCode {
+			t.Errorf("%s: status %d, want %d; body %s",
+				path, rec.Code, tt.wantCode, rec.Body)
+
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if tt.wantCode != http.StatusOK {
+			checkJSONErrorCode(t, path, rec, tt.wantCode)
+
+			continue
+		}
+
+		//nolint:tagliatelle // field names are the existing JSON API
+		var body struct {
+			Data struct {
+				ASN          database.ASN         `json:"asn"`
+				IPv4Prefixes []database.LiveRoute `json:"ipv4_prefixes"`
+				IPv6Prefixes []database.LiveRoute `json:"ipv6_prefixes"`
+			} `json:"data"`
+		}
+
+		err := json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &body)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("%s: decoding the answer %q: %v", path, rec.Body, err)
+
+			continue
+		}
+
+		info, _ := asinfo.Get(tt.asn)
+		got := body.Data.ASN
+
+		if got.ASN != tt.asn || got.Handle != info.Handle ||
+			got.Description != info.Description {
+			t.Errorf("%s: AS %d %q %q, want %d %q %q", path, got.ASN,
+				got.Handle, got.Description, tt.asn, info.Handle, info.Description)
+		}
+
+		if body.Data.IPv4Prefixes == nil || body.Data.IPv6Prefixes == nil {
+			t.Errorf("%s: a prefix list is null; body %s", path, rec.Body)
+		}
+
+		gotPrefixes := len(body.Data.IPv4Prefixes) + len(body.Data.IPv6Prefixes)
+		if gotPrefixes != tt.wantPrefixes {
+			t.Errorf("%s: %d prefixes, want %d", path, gotPrefixes, tt.wantPrefixes)
+		}
+
+		gotFirstSeen := strings.Contains(rec.Body.String(), `"first_seen"`)
+		if gotFirstSeen != tt.wantFirstSeen {
+			t.Errorf("%s: has first_seen %t, want %t; body %s",
+				path, gotFirstSeen, tt.wantFirstSeen, rec.Body)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestASDetailPageShowsBuiltInAS asks /as/ for an AS in the database, one only
+// the built-in AS list knows, and one in neither. The first two answer 200 with
+// the handle and description from that list. The first lists its prefix, and
+// the second says the AS announces none. Neither shows a date that was never
+// set. The third answers 404. Before the fix the second answered 404, so a
+// result of the AS name search led nowhere
+// (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/issues/151).
+func TestASDetailPageShowsBuiltInAS(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	s := newServerWithStoredAS(t)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		asn      int
+		wantCode int
+		wantText string
+	}{
+		{storedASN, http.StatusOK, testPrefixV4},
+		{builtInOnlyASN, http.StatusOK, "No prefixes announced by this AS"},
+		{unknownASN, http.StatusNotFound, ""},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		path := "/as/" + strconv.Itoa(tt.asn)
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		s.router.ServeHTTP(rec, httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
+			t.Context(), http.MethodGet, path, nil))
+
+		if rec.Code != tt.wantCode {
+			t.Errorf("%s: status %d, want %d; body %s",
+				path, rec.Code, tt.wantCode, rec.Body)
+
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if tt.wantCode != http.StatusOK {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		info, _ := asinfo.Get(tt.asn)
+		page := rec.Body.String()
+
+		for _, want := range []string{
+			html.EscapeString(info.Handle),
+			html.EscapeString(info.Description),
+			tt.wantText,
+		} {
+			if !strings.Contains(page, want) {
+				t.Errorf("%s: page does not show %q", path, want)
+			}
+		}
+
+		if strings.Contains(page, zeroDate) {
+			t.Errorf("%s: page shows the date %s", path, zeroDate)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // settledGoroutineCount lets transient goroutines finish, then reports the
 // current count.
 func settledGoroutineCount() int {

internal/server/routes.go

@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ func (s *Server) setupRoutes() {
 		r.Get("/ip/{ip}", s.handleIPLookup())
 		r.Get("/as/{asn}", s.handleASDetailJSON())
 		r.Get("/prefix/{prefix}/{len}", s.handlePrefixDetailJSON())
+		r.Get("/search/as", s.handleASSearch())
 	})
 
 	s.router = r

internal/server/server.go

@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-// Package server provides HTTP endpoints for status monitoring and statistics
+// Package server serves RouteWatch's web pages and JSON API:
+//   - the home page, the status figures and the health check
+//   - the AS, prefix and prefix length pages, and the JSON answers behind them
+//   - the IP lookups
+//   - the AS name search
 package server
 
 import (

internal/templates/as_detail.html

@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
             </div>
             <div class="info-card">
                 <div class="info-label">First Seen</div>
-                <div class="info-value">{{.ASN.FirstSeen.Format "2006-01-02"}}</div>
+                <div class="info-value">{{if .ASN.FirstSeen.IsZero}}Never{{else}}{{.ASN.FirstSeen.Format "2006-01-02"}}{{end}}</div>
             </div>
         </div>
 

internal/templates/index.html

@@ -174,6 +174,38 @@
         #asname-results .search-message {
             font-size: 13px;
         }
+        #asname-results .error {
+            color: #c00;
+        }
+        .asname-list {
+            list-style: none;
+            margin: 12px 0 0 0;
+            padding: 0;
+            max-height: 400px;
+            overflow-y: auto;
+        }
+        .asname-list li {
+            border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;
+        }
+        .asname-list a {
+            display: block;
+            padding: 8px 4px;
+            color: #2c3e50;
+            text-decoration: none;
+            font-size: 14px;
+        }
+        .asname-list a:hover {
+            background: #f5f5f5;
+        }
+        .asname-list .asn {
+            font-weight: 600;
+            color: #3498db;
+        }
+        .asname-list .description {
+            display: block;
+            color: #7f8c8d;
+            font-size: 12px;
+        }
 
         /* IP Lookup result */
         .ip-result {
@@ -306,7 +338,7 @@
                     <input type="text" id="asname-input" placeholder="e.g., Google, Cloudflare" autocomplete="off">
                     <button type="submit">Search</button>
                 </form>
-                <p class="search-hint">Search for autonomous systems by organization name</p>
+                <p class="search-hint">Search for autonomous systems by organization name or handle</p>
                 <div id="asname-results"></div>
             </div>
 
@@ -387,24 +419,82 @@
             }
         });
 
-        // AS name search
+        // AS name search. The handles and descriptions come from outside data,
+        // so the results are built with textContent, never innerHTML.
+        const asNameResults = document.getElementById('asname-results');
+
+        // Replace the search results with one line of text.
+        function showASNameMessage(text, className) {
+            const line = document.createElement('p');
+            line.className = className;
+            line.textContent = text;
+            asNameResults.replaceChildren(line);
+        }
+
+        // List the matches of a search answer, each as a link to its AS page,
+        // and say how many more matched than the answer holds.
+        function showASNameMatches(data) {
+            if (data.total === 0) {
+                showASNameMessage('No AS matches "' + data.query + '".', 'search-message');
+                return;
+            }
+
+            const list = document.createElement('ul');
+            list.className = 'asname-list';
+            for (const match of data.results) {
+                const asn = document.createElement('span');
+                asn.className = 'asn';
+                asn.textContent = 'AS' + match.asn;
+
+                const description = document.createElement('span');
+                description.className = 'description';
+                description.textContent = match.description;
+
+                const link = document.createElement('a');
+                link.href = '/as/' + match.asn;
+                link.append(asn, ' ' + match.handle, description);
+
+                const item = document.createElement('li');
+                item.append(link);
+                list.append(item);
+            }
+            asNameResults.replaceChildren(list);
+
+            const more = data.total - data.results.length;
+            if (more > 0) {
+                const line = document.createElement('p');
+                line.className = 'search-message';
+                line.textContent = more.toLocaleString() + ' more matched. Narrow the search to see them.';
+                asNameResults.append(line);
+            }
+        }
+
         document.getElementById('asname-form').addEventListener('submit', function(e) {
             e.preventDefault();
             const query = document.getElementById('asname-input').value.trim();
             if (!query) return;
 
-            const resultsDiv = document.getElementById('asname-results');
+            // A number, or AS and a number, opens that AS's page
-            resultsDiv.innerHTML = '<p class="loading">Searching...</p>';
+            const asn = query.replace(/^AS/i, '');
-
+            if (/^\d+$/.test(asn)) {
-            // Use a simple client-side search against the asinfo data
+                window.location.href = '/as/' + asn;
-            // For now, redirect to AS page if it looks like an ASN
-            if (/^\d+$/.test(query)) {
-                window.location.href = '/as/' + query;
                 return;
             }
 
-            // Show a message that server-side search is coming
+            showASNameMessage('Searching...', 'loading');
-            resultsDiv.innerHTML = '<p class="search-message">AS name search coming soon. For now, try an AS number.</p>';
+
+            fetch('/api/v1/search/as?q=' + encodeURIComponent(query))
+                .then(response => response.json())
+                .then(response => {
+                    if (response.status === 'error') {
+                        showASNameMessage('Error: ' + response.error.msg, 'error');
+                    } else {
+                        showASNameMatches(response.data);
+                    }
+                })
+                .catch(error => {
+                    showASNameMessage('Error: ' + error.message, 'error');
+                });
         });
 
         // IP lookup

pkg/asinfo/asinfo.go

@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@ package asinfo
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"cmp"
 	"compress/gzip"
 	_ "embed"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"io"
+	"slices"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 )
 
@@ -129,36 +132,32 @@ func All() []Info {
 	return result
 }
 
-// Search searches for AS entries where the handle or description contains the query
+// Search returns the AS entries whose handle or description contains query,
-// This is a simple case-sensitive substring search
+// ignoring case, in AS number order. An empty query matches nothing.
 func Search(query string) []Info {
 	once.Do(initRegistry)
 
+	if query == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	query = strings.ToLower(query)
+
 	defaultRegistry.mu.RLock()
 	defer defaultRegistry.mu.RUnlock()
 
 	var results []Info
 
 	for _, info := range defaultRegistry.byASN {
-		if contains(info.Handle, query) || contains(info.Description, query) {
+		if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(info.Handle), query) ||
+			strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(info.Description), query) {
 			results = append(results, *info)
 		}
 	}
 
+	slices.SortFunc(results, func(a, b Info) int {
+		return cmp.Compare(a.ASN, b.ASN)
+	})
+
 	return results
 }
-
-// contains is a simple substring search
-func contains(s, substr string) bool {
-	return len(substr) > 0 && len(s) >= len(substr) && containsImpl(s, substr)
-}
-
-func containsImpl(s, substr string) bool {
-	for i := 0; i <= len(s)-len(substr); i++ {
-		if s[i:i+len(substr)] == substr {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-
-	return false
-}

pkg/asinfo/asinfo_test.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package asinfo_test
 
 import (
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -140,11 +141,6 @@ func TestSearch(t *testing.T) {
 			query:   "University",
 			wantMin: 10,
 		},
-		{
-			name:    "Empty search",
-			query:   "",
-			wantMin: 0,
-		},
 		{
 			name:    "Non-existent org",
 			query:   "XYZABC123456",
@@ -162,20 +158,65 @@ func TestSearch(t *testing.T) {
 					tt.query, len(results), tt.wantMin)
 			}
 
-			// Verify all results contain the query
+			// Verify all results contain the query, ignoring case
-			if tt.query != "" {
+			query := strings.ToLower(tt.query)
-				for _, r := range results {
+			for _, r := range results {
-					if !strings.Contains(r.Handle, tt.query) &&
+				if !strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(r.Handle), query) &&
-						!strings.Contains(r.Description, tt.query) {
+					!strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(r.Description), query) {
-						t.Errorf("Search result ASN %d doesn't contain query %q",
+					t.Errorf("Search result ASN %d doesn't contain query %q",
-							r.ASN, tt.query)
+						r.ASN, tt.query)
-					}
 				}
 			}
 		})
 	}
 }
 
+// TestSearchEmptyQueryMatchesNothing expects an empty query to match no AS,
+// although every handle contains the empty string.
+func TestSearchEmptyQueryMatchesNothing(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	results := asinfo.Search("")
+	if len(results) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf(`Search("") returned %d results, want none`, len(results))
+	}
+}
+
+// TestSearchIgnoresCase searches for Cloudflare's handle in lower case and its
+// description in upper case, and expects both searches to find AS13335.
+func TestSearchIgnoresCase(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	const cloudflareASN = 13335 // handle CLOUDFLARENET, "Cloudflare, Inc."
+
+	isCloudflare := func(info asinfo.Info) bool {
+		return info.ASN == cloudflareASN
+	}
+
+	for _, query := range []string{"cloudflarenet", "CLOUDFLARE, INC."} {
+		if !slices.ContainsFunc(asinfo.Search(query), isCloudflare) {
+			t.Errorf("Search(%q) did not find AS%d", query, cloudflareASN)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestSearchOrdersByASN expects the matches of a search with many of them to
+// come in AS number order.
+func TestSearchOrdersByASN(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	const query = "University"
+
+	results := asinfo.Search(query)
+
+	for i := 1; i < len(results); i++ {
+		if results[i-1].ASN >= results[i].ASN {
+			t.Fatalf("Search(%q): AS%d comes after AS%d",
+				query, results[i].ASN, results[i-1].ASN)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestDataIntegrity(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 

pkg/asinfo/doc.go

@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ Basic usage:
 	// Get just the description
 	desc := asinfo.GetDescription(15169) // "Google LLC"
 
-	// Search for AS entries
+	// Search the handles and descriptions, ignoring case; the matches come
-	results := asinfo.Search("University")
+	// in AS number order
+	results := asinfo.Search("university")
 	for _, as := range results {
 		fmt.Printf("AS%d: %s\n", as.ASN, as.Description)
 	}

pkg/asinfo/example_test.go

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func ExampleGetDescription() {
 }
 
 func ExampleSearch() {
-	results := asinfo.Search("MIT-GATEWAY")
+	results := asinfo.Search("mit-gateway")
 	for _, info := range results {
 		fmt.Printf("AS%d: %s - %s\n", info.ASN, info.Handle, info.Description)
 	}