fix(ui): fallback to exact package lookup for short queries

[MatteoGabriele]

This is a proposal to fix the query length issue.
NPM has a query minimum of 2 characters, so it won't return anything even if the package actually exists.

Screen.Recording.2026-02-02.at.11.55.26.mov

closes #722

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[danielroe]

maybe instead just query to see if that specific package exists, instead of making a search?

(but still display it as though it were a search)

[Netail]

maybe instead just query to see if that specific package exists, instead of making a search?

(but still display it as though it were a search)

Would love that too, a regular list entry with the "exact" label

[MatteoGabriele]

@danielroe I made some changes. I decided to handle the exception in the search result call directly so that the UI wouldn't need any weird exception handling.
Let me know what you think. I'm not a backend developer per se, so I don't have much experience on that side.

Screen.Recording.2026-02-02.at.14.43.52.mov

[wojtekmaj]

LGTM and works

[garthdw]

Could we avoid the api call entirely since it will always error?

[MatteoGabriele]

Could we avoid the api call entirely since it will always error?

Good point! I'll make a change