Changed post searching to ignore requests to return everything by searching for *

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/api/post.go b/api/post.go
index 31a7ab3b5..b52db8752 100644
--- a/api/post.go
+++ b/api/post.go
@@ -890,7 +890,10 @@ func searchPosts(c *Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	channels := []store.StoreChannel{}
 
 	for _, params := range paramsList {
-		channels = append(channels, Srv.Store.Post().Search(c.Session.TeamId, c.Session.UserId, params))
+		// don't allow users to search for everything
+		if params.Terms != "*" {
+			channels = append(channels, Srv.Store.Post().Search(c.Session.TeamId, c.Session.UserId, params))
+		}
 	}
 
 	posts := &model.PostList{}