id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	resolution	keywords	cc	repo	theme
108	Package search in the REST API	rgrp	dread	"Add package search facility in the rest api at /api/search

Queries can be provided as for the normal package search either by posting to that url or by performing a get with a query string.

E.g. .../api/search/package?q=xyz

Query parameters:
  * q is keyword string (searches name, title, tags by default)
    * split by words and ANDed
  * additional parameters for specific fields
  * qjson is alternative to q for Searching by specific fields (in addition to keyword string). Payload to json is a JSON-encoded dict which is a dictionary with a q field for free text (keywords) and additional key/value pairs for specific fields
     * if q and qjson specified ignore q and just process qjson value

Additional parameters in addition to query (""q"" or ""qjson"") are:
  * limit
  * offset
  * fullinfo=0/1 - return full record for each result (default=0)
  * order_by=field_name
  * search_notes=0/1 (default 0) do we search notes field in a keyword search

Return value is json encoded dictionary with keys:
  * 'results': list of results
  * 'count': total number of results

=== Extras (for the future) ===

  * Prioritisation is not part of this ticket (requires fulltext support in DB or in external app such as Xapian) 

"	enhancement	closed	critical	v0.10	ckan	fixed