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GET 

/search.json

Search for a term

Request

Query Parameters

    q string

    The query string needs to be url encoded and is made up of the following options:

    • Search term. This is just a string. Usually it would be the first item in the query.
    • @<username>: Use the @ followed by the username to specify posts by this user.
    • #<category>: Use the # followed by the category slug to search within this category.
    • tags:: api,solved or for posts that have all the specified tags api+solved.
    • before:: yyyy-mm-dd
    • after:: yyyy-mm-dd
    • order:: latest, likes, views, latest_topic
    • assigned:: username (without @)
    • in:: title, likes, personal, messages, seen, unseen, posted, created, watching, tracking, bookmarks, assigned, unassigned, first, pinned, wiki
    • with:: images
    • status:: open, closed, public, archived, noreplies, single_user, solved, unsolved
    • group:: group_name or group_id
    • group_messages:: group_name or group_id
    • min_posts:: 1
    • max_posts:: 10
    • min_views:: 1
    • max_views:: 10

    If you are using cURL you can use the -G and the --data-urlencode flags to encode the query:

    curl -i -sS -X GET -G "http://localhost:4200/search.json" \
    --data-urlencode 'q=wordpress @scossar #fun after:2020-01-01'
    Example: api @blake #support tags:api after:2021-06-04 in:unseen in:open order:latest_topic
    page integer
    Example: 1

Responses

success response

Schema
    posts undefined[]required
    users undefined[]required
    categories undefined[]required
    tags undefined[]required
    groups undefined[]required
    grouped_search_result objectrequired
    more_posts stringnullrequired
    more_users stringnullrequired
    more_categories stringnullrequired
    term stringrequired
    search_log_id integerrequired
    more_full_page_results stringnullrequired
    can_create_topic booleanrequired
    error stringnullrequired
    extra object
    categories arraynullrequired
    post_ids undefined[]required
    user_ids undefined[]required
    category_ids undefined[]required
    tag_ids undefined[]required
    group_ids undefined[]required
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