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ratnesh
Lithium Alumni (Retired)
12 years ago
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Search only ideas and not posts using restapi

Hi,  I want to search the ideas from Idea Exchange which I have been able to do it   BUT the seach api also return the post made on "Change Status" in idea exchange. I am using the following rest...
  • AdamN's avatar
    AdamN
    12 years ago

    Unfortunately I believe you'll have to include it as part of the q parameter. If you're dealing with an unencoded parameter value and the encoding happens downstream, I'd suggest you try taking out the "+" characters to avoid those being considered part of the query itself. For example: "SEARCHTEXT AND is_root:true"

     

    If that doesn't help, would it be possible for you to share a snippet of what's not working for you?

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    ratnesh
    Lithium Alumni (Retired)
    12 years ago

    Thanks Adam.. It works.

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    ratnesh
    Lithium Alumni (Retired)
    12 years ago
    hi adam,
    Is there a way to use any other query parameter name since we have to attach it to "q" as string "+AND+is_root:true" is getting encoded when finally the api call is made and is not what the outcome is expected.
    • AdamN's avatar
      AdamN
      Khoros Oracle
      12 years ago

      Unfortunately I believe you'll have to include it as part of the q parameter. If you're dealing with an unencoded parameter value and the encoding happens downstream, I'd suggest you try taking out the "+" characters to avoid those being considered part of the query itself. For example: "SEARCHTEXT AND is_root:true"

       

      If that doesn't help, would it be possible for you to share a snippet of what's not working for you?

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        ratnesh
        Lithium Alumni (Retired)
        12 years ago
        This has helped. Thanks again.

        -Ratnesh