Document REST API filtering with Ransack #4128
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It was very hard to follow what was happening before this change. Now the same nomenclature has been used to match cards and users' roles.
In almost all our GET / endpoints (index action), we have the built-in capability of filtering records using Ransack appending the `?q[attribute_eq]=value` string. This change documents that possibility for all the enpoints where this is available.
It also adds basic specs to this endpoint since it was also having a spec related to caching, probably a regression of some problem from the past.
Into the top level "wiki-style" REST API documentation section.
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Description
Most endpoints of our REST API that return a collection (Eg.
GET /products) also have the ability to filter data using query params.How does it work?
This works taking advantage of the search filters provided by Ransack.
For example, if we want to retrieve only products that contain the word "Watch" in their title we can make the following request:
The
name_contmatcher will generate a query usingLIKEto retrieve all the products that contain the value specified. For an extensive list of search matchers supported, please refer to the Ransack documentation.This PR:
Checklist: