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Introduction:

GET /users API needs a way to search users by user display name. This should be done by adding search=parameter to url. Value of this parameter should be decode from url encoding.

Prerequisite:

• Have a GitHub account
• Know how to use git
• Setup and run the project on your local development environment

Steps:

• Create a copy of the project into your account GitHub by forking systers/mentorship-backend project.
• Clone the project onto your local development environment
• [Optional] Create a branch to make your changes
• Add a query parameter to extend GET /users by search parameter search=search_query.
• Decode value of extra parameter from url encoding
• Return users which display user name match search query
• Update Swagger UI documentation for this API.
• Write at least one test to prove your new feature is working.
• Commit your change through the interface using our Commit message Style Guide.
• Submit a Pull Request, targeting gci-dev branch, following the template provided in the description

Resources:

• If you need help or get lost, post a "New Topic" in the coding-backend-tasks stream.
• Pull request template at this link.
• Commit message Style Guide can be found here.
• How to fork, clone and setup remotes the project into your account wiki page can be found here.

Work Submission:

Submit a link to Pull Request (PR), referencing issue #389, created with the change.