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Hi:&nbsp;I am using the restapi/vc/search/messages API to get search results in the community and referring to the docs (http://community.lithium.com/t5/Community-API/bd-p/developers-rest-api?leaf-id=Community.search#Community.search.messages)&nbsp;I am trying to do certain filtering from the search results but I am not seeing exact query parameters that will provide me what I need.&nbsp;1. I want to filter out messages from certain category names. For example if my community has 3 categories (C1, C2, C3), can I search using a query that excludes messages within C3, only showing results from C1 and C2.&nbsp;2. The docs aren't completely explicit on which fields to sort through. I am looking to sort by view&nbsp;and sort by most replies of a thread. Is this possible in the search API?&nbsp;&nbsp;Thanks!

varungrazitti · Answer

gleung&nbsp;- Are you trying to replicate the search within the community or is it for some other purpose? I am asking because if that's the case, there might not be all the filters available for you going further. You can still try the API V2 now but that would also require very complex code.&nbsp;These threads might be of use:&nbsp;http://community.lithium.com/t5/Developers-Discussion/REST-API-Run-a-search-from-a-specific-category/m-p/48665/highlight/true#M1698http://community.lithium.com/t5/Developers-Knowledge-Base/Implementing-federated-search-using-REST-API/ta-p/7285&nbsp;&nbsp;if you want to do it inside the code and not using the front end filters, you can use FTL if else, i.e. display only when the &lt;#if category != C3&gt; if there is no direct way in the API for this.&nbsp;I hope this helps.

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