Question

Howto search metadata from within a plugin, is there any docs, examples or can someone give a hint. Using same syntax as in %SEARCH{ ... type="query" ......}

I wish to create a simple plugin that takes parameters (this is no problem) and then searches all topics with forms and formfields with the values from the parameters.

I will use this for special purposes so a WebSearch or search in a topic is not the solution.

I see a TWikiFuncDotPm search_InWebContent_searchString but since we can search very elegantly now in the topics with type="query" etc then I want to do similar in a plugin also.

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-- LarsEik - 03 Mar 2008

Answer

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You can use TWiki::Func::searchInWebContent().

Alternatively, do a VarSEARCH with all the parameters available:

my $text = TWiki::Func::expandCommonVariables( '%SEARCH{ "foo" type="query" ... }', $basetopic, $baseweb );

-- PeterThoeny - 03 Mar 2008