Search

[dessalines]

Implement in-app searching of all content, not just communities.

[bhcompy]

Would the scope of this include search comments in post (that is, open a large post with hundreds of comments, I want to search the thread for specific keywords)? I see other issues closed as duplicates to this general search, but want to make sure this isn't a separate use case, as it's not an ask to search across communities or across threads, just in the focused post that is open (like ctrl+f)

[twizmwazin]

I think this encompasses all search features currently exposed in the web UI. Anything not supported there is likely unsupported in the API, and an issue would need to be raised and implemented on the server before we can do anything here.

[bhcompy]

Conceptually, though, I'm not really asking to search through the API, rather just search what is returned within the application, similar to ctrl-f through a desktop (which also doesn't rely directly on API/HTTP calls, just searches on already returned and formatted data).

[twizmwazin]

I see. I think that would have a lot edge cases to consider, like not all comments being automatically loaded on big threads where this would be most useful, but doesn't seem impossible. It is definitely out of scope of this current issue, however.

[marsara9]

I can create a separate issue for this, but what about just using my https://www.lemmy-search.com/ ? i.e. have the search feature in jabora use my APIs as an alternative to the built-in Lemmy API.

I currently only support searching posts and communities but users may come soon-ish.

This search engine also allows for more complex queries than what is currently supported inside Lemmy.

More details here: https://www.github.com/marsara9/lemmy-search