modified logic to handle URL path extensions: prioritize path extensi…

…on over query parameter

application/routers/entity.py

@@ -259,11 +259,20 @@ def search_entities(
     extension: Optional[SuffixEntity] = None,
     session: Session = Depends(get_session),
 ):
+
     # Determine if we should use the query parameter or the path parameter extension
-    if request.query_params.get("extension"):
-        extension = None
+    path_extension = None
+    if "." in request.url.path:
+        path_extension = request.url.path.split(".")[-1]
+
+    # Determine the final extension to use
+    if path_extension:
+        final_extension = SuffixEntity(path_extension)
     else:
-        extension = extension
+        if request.query_params.get("extension"):
+            final_extension = None
+        else:
+            final_extension = extension
 
     # get query_filters as a dict
     query_params = asdict(query_filters)
@@ -286,7 +295,7 @@ def search_entities(
     query = request.url.query
     links = make_links(scheme, netloc, path, query, data)
 
-    if extension is not None and extension.value == "json":
+    if final_extension is not None and final_extension.value == "json":
         if params.get("field") is not None:
             include = set([to_snake(field) for field in params.get("field")])
             entities = _get_entity_json(data["entities"], include=include)
@@ -302,7 +311,7 @@ def search_entities(
             entities = _get_entity_json(data["entities"])
         return {"entities": entities, "links": links, "count": data["count"]}
 
-    if extension is not None and extension.value == "geojson":
+    if final_extension is not None and final_extension.value == "geojson":
         if params.get("exclude_field") is not None:
             exclude_fields = set(
                 [