[question] search filters

[MaKiPL]

What filters can we use/are available?
I tried TAG1|TAG2 and it tried to find both, same as with space
However how do I make the search to filter only the packages that have in description BOTH of the tags?
Tried +, tried AND, tried &
Seems like there's no filtering included

[bitmeal]

It is currently not possible, but would surely be advantageous.

Current behavior is as follows:

1. search term gets split on whitespaces
2. all substrings are interpreted as a regular expression
3. all regular expressions are used build the database query with $or operation
4. the query is evaluated against a prebuild "full text search" string

If you have any ideas for the implementation, especially regarding the user interface, you are welcome to give the implementation a shot or leave a comment. Searching the database for explicit fields is no problem in theory.

vcpkg-index/app/src/views/Search.vue

Lines 76 to 103 in f70f981

	if(search && search != null && search != '') {
	let query = {
	$or: search
	.toLowerCase()
	.split(/\s+/)
	.filter( token => token != '' )
	.map( token => token.trim() )
	.map((token) => {
	return {
	fts: (new RegExp(token))
	}
	})
	};
	// console.log(query);
	// this.db.find({ fts: (new RegExp(search)) }, (err, docs) => {
	this.db.find(query)
	.sort({ name: 1 })
	.exec((err, docs) => {
	this.loading = false;
	if(!err) {
	this.items = docs;
	}
	else {
	console.error(`error fetching packages for search term '${search}' from db!`);
	}
	}
	);
	}