The video tutorial guides viewers through setting up a search functionality in a JavaScript application. It covers renaming API endpoints, using React's useEffect to trigger API calls when the search term changes, fetching and filtering posts based on the search term, parsing front matter from markdown files, and returning filtered search results. The tutorial also hints at creating a search results component in a subsequent video.

What is the initial step in setting up the search API endpoint?

• Creating a new database

• Installing a new library

• Renaming the default file to 'search'

• Setting up a new server

What triggers the useEffect hook in the search component?

• Page load

• A change in the search term

• A server response

• A button click

What is the purpose of the async function within useEffect?

• To handle synchronous operations

• To fetch search results asynchronously

• To update the UI

• To log errors

Where do posts come from in a production environment?

• From user input

• From a remote server

• From a cache file

• Directly from the database

Which module is used to parse the front matter of markdown files?

• Matter.js

• Gray Matter

• Markdown Parser

• Front Matter

What fields are searched to filter posts?

• Tags, comments, and likes

• Views, shares, and ratings

• Author, date, and content

• Title, excerpt, and category

What is the next step after filtering the search results?

• Logging the results to the console

• Saving the results to a file

• Displaying the results in a search results component

• Sending the results to another API