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KennelLink
Explorer | Level 3
5 years ago

search_v2 ignores parenthesis

My app needs to search for folders named like "Last, First (99)" by using a query "(99)" because it doesn't know the leading part - just the number in parenthesis.  Search apparently ignores the parenthesis, so the results include folders that it shouldn't, for instance "Anything (999)"

 

How do I submit a query that includes the parenthesis and limits the results to just those that _really_ match "(99)" ?

 

I swear that version 1 behavior did not used to do this.  Now it appears both search do this.  I used to be able to search for "(99)" and only get results that actually have "(99)" in their name, not all folders with "99".

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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    5 years ago

    Thanks for the post. Unfortunately, I don't have a good solution to offer here. The API doesn't offer a way to control the parsing of search queries like this, or a way to perform strict/exact matching like you're looking for, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though. 

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