gerrit/Documentation/user-search-accounts.txt
Edwin Kempin c236140227 Support arbitrary account queries via REST
GET /accounts/?q=<query> supports arbitrary account queries now. So
far this REST endpoint was used for account suggestions, suggesting
accounts for a substring that the user has typed. This will continue
to work since this is handled by the default field for account
queries. However if the provided query contains query operators a
full-fledged account query is executed. This is undesired for account
suggestions. This is why the old behaviour for account suggestions is
preserved when the parameter 'suggest' is provided. The web UI and the
java extension API are adapted to set this new parameter for account
suggestions. For old clients the new REST endpoint provides enough
backward compatibility so that they are not breaking as it is rather
unlikely that a substring that was typed by a user contains a query
operator.

Using /accounts/?q=<query> for arbitrary account queries has the
advantage that this is consistent with the REST endpoint for querying
changes which is /changes/?q=<query>.

Rename SuggestAccounts to QueryAccounts to reflect the new
functionality and to have a consistent name with QueryChanges.

Since the account query predicates are now exposed to external users
this change also adds documentation for them.

Change-Id: Iabe3e52893a17a21d4bfdec6dab737e0cebaea23
Signed-off-by: Edwin Kempin <ekempin@google.com>
2016-07-01 09:54:10 +02:00

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= Gerrit Code Review - Searching Accounts
== Basic Change Search
Similar to many popular search engines on the web, just enter some
text and let Gerrit figure out the meaning:
[options="header"]
|=============================================================
|Description | Examples
|Name | John
|Email address | jdoe@example.com
|Username | jdoe
|Account-Id | 1000096
|Own account | self
|=============================================================
[[search-operators]]
== Search Operators
Operators act as restrictions on the search. As more operators
are added to the same query string, they further restrict the
returned results. Search can also be performed by typing only a
text with no operator, which will match against a variety of fields.
[[email]]
email:'EMAIL'::
+
Matches accounts that have the email address 'EMAIL' or an email
address that starts with 'EMAIL'.
[[is]]
[[is-active]]
is:active::
+
Matches accounts that are active.
[[is-inactive]]
is:inactive::
+
Matches accounts that are inactive.
[[name]]
name:'NAME'::
+
Matches accounts that have any name part 'NAME'. The name parts consist
of any part of the full name and the email addresses.
[[username]]
username:'USERNAME'::
+
Matches accounts that have the username 'USERNAME'.
== Magical Operators
[[is-visible]]
is:visible::
+
Magical internal flag to prove the current user has access to read
the change. This flag is always added to any query.
[[is-active-magic]]
is:active::
+
Matches accounts that are active. If neither link:#is-active[is:active]
nor link:#is-inactive[is:inactive] is contained in a query, `is:active`
is automatically added so that by default only active accounts are
matched.
[[limit]]
limit:'CNT'::
+
Limit the returned results to no more than 'CNT' records. This is
automatically set to the page size configured in the current user's
preferences. Including it in a web query may lead to unpredictable
results with regards to pagination.
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