search_controller.rb

class SearchController < FrontendController
  def index
    @locations  = locations
    @search = Search.new(params, current_guest)
    result = @search.paginate

    respond_to do |format|
      @data = { data: @search.search_results, total_count: @search.paginate[:total_count], total_pages: @search.paginate[:total_pages], per_page: 20, page: params[:page]}
      query_params = params.except(:controller, :action, :search, :query).as_json

      format.html {
        redirect_to(url_builder(params[:query].parameterize, query_params)) unless request.path.include?("/#{params[:query]}")
      }
      format.json { render json: @data, location: url_builder(params[:query].parameterize, query_params) }
    end
  end

  private

  def locations
    data = Location.search "*", load: false
    data.map { |result| { name: result.name, listings_count: result.listings_count } }
  end

  def url_builder(query, query_params)
    query = params[:query].split('hotels-in-').last if params[:level] == 'true' && params[:query].include?('hotels-in-')
    params[:level] == 'true' ? hotel_in_path("hotels-in-#{query}", query_params) : search_path(query, query_params)
  end
end