[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #6850: Suggestion: New XMLRPC API for searching posts

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#6850: Suggestion: New XMLRPC API for searching posts
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 Reporter:  redsweater   |       Owner:  josephscott
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new        
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  2.7        
Component:  XML-RPC      |     Version:             
 Severity:  normal       |    Keywords:             
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 The limitations of the XMLRPC getRecentPosts API call are often cited as
 the core limiting factor for many desktop clients. In particular, the fact
 that only the last "N" posts can be fetched makes it difficult or
 impossible to provide access to very old posts, without imposing a burden
 on the server.

 A user's request got me thinking and I realized that the API might benefit
 from a very generalized "search" API that would allow for a huge variety
 of useful operations without bloating the API namespace too much.

 For instance, the search API might take an array of "search parameters",
 such as:

 search string - true if the body, title, etc of a post contains this
 string
 post category/tag - only return posts in a given taxonomy
 post status - useful for retrieving a list of only draft or only published
 items
 post id - perhaps a list of post id ranges, so a client could ask for
 posts {10-15, 18, 21}
 post date - a date range e.g. only posts from january-june of 2007
 post author - this would be awesome for clients to be able to restrict
 listings to only the particular author

 If the API took a "maximum results" parameter as well, its functionality
 could match exactly "getRecentPosts", if no search parameters are
 provided.

 I think an API like this could be very powerful and also take the pressure
 off as far as specific requests for accessors to only get draft posts,
 etc.

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