Unbounded Non-List Param Search Results exceeding 2000 Now Raises Error

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ and uses [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 - Aria stacking uses aria frame id instead of frame number for stacking
 - asf_search uses `SearchAPISession` by default for search queries
 - bump asf-search to v9.0.4
+- increase search query limit to 2000, raise error if expected output is over that number
 
 ------
 ## [1.0.4](https://github.com/asfadmin/Discovery-SearchAPI-v3/compare/v1.0.3...v1.0.4)

src/SearchAPI/application/asf_opts.py

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ async def get_body(request: Request):
     return {}
 
 
-async def process_search_request(request: Request) -> SearchOptsModel:
+async def process_search_request(request: Request, is_baseline: bool = False) -> SearchOptsModel:
     """
     Extracts the request's query+body params, returns ASFSearchOptions, request method, output format, and a dictionary
     of the merged request args wrapped in a pydantic model (SearchOptsModel)
@@ -177,13 +177,25 @@ async def process_search_request(request: Request) -> SearchOptsModel:
 
     try:
         # we are no longer allowing unbounded searches
-        if query_opts.granule_list is None and query_opts.product_list is None:
+        if (
+            query_opts.granule_list is None 
+            and query_opts.product_list is None 
+            and output not in ['python', 'count']
+            and not is_baseline
+            ):
             if query_opts.maxResults is None:
-                query_opts.maxResults = asf.search_count(opts=query_opts)
+                maxResults = asf.search_count(opts=query_opts)
+                if maxResults > 2000:
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        (
+                            'SearchAPI no longer supports unbounded searches with expected results over 2000, '
+                            'please use the asf-search python module for long-lived searches or set `maxResults` to 2000 or less. '
+                            'To have SearchAPI automatically generate a python script for the equivalent search to your SearchAPI query '
+                            'set `output=python`'
+                        )
+                    )
             elif query_opts.maxResults <= 0:
-                raise ValueError(f'Search keyword "maxResults" must be greater than 0')
-
-            query_opts.maxResults = min(1500, query_opts.maxResults)
+                raise ValueError('Search keyword "maxResults" must be greater than 0')
 
         searchOpts = SearchOptsModel(opts=query_opts, output=output, merged_args=merged_args, request_method=request.method)
     except (ValueError, ValidationError) as exc:
@@ -194,7 +206,7 @@ async def process_search_request(request: Request) -> SearchOptsModel:
 
 async def process_baseline_request(request: Request) -> BaselineSearchOptsModel:
     """Processes request to baseline endpoint"""
-    searchOpts = await process_search_request(request=request)
+    searchOpts = await process_search_request(request=request, is_baseline=True)
     reference = searchOpts.merged_args.get('reference')
     try:
         baselineSearchOpts = BaselineSearchOptsModel(**searchOpts.model_dump(), reference=reference)