Knowledge Base

[v5.5.1] Searching Knowledgebase (v5.5.1 and below)

Article ID: 446
Last updated: 23 Mar, 2017

All API URLs listed here must be prefixed by the root API URL.
Example: http://domain.com/kb/ or https://kb.domain.com/

Search Articles

GET api.php?call=articles&method=search

Arguments: 

  • q (optional) - A free text search. A UTF-8, URL-encoded search query of 1,000 characters maximum, including operators.
  • in (optional) - Search mode. Specifies how to search. If this argument is omitted, it defaults to article.
    Valid values include:
     - article (search in article title, article body, meta keywords, meta description).
     - article_title (search in article title only). 
     - article_keyword (by tags). Use a comma-delimited list of tags for q argument. 
     - article_id (by article id). Use a comma-delimited list of article id for argument.
     - article_author_id (by author id). Use a comma-delimited list of article id for argument.
  • cid (optional) - The id of a category to search. If specified, only matching articles posted to the category will be returned.
  • cp (optional) - Specifies whether to search in child categories or not. If specified, articles posted to the category (cid) and in all child will be returned.
  • min_date (optional) - Minimum updated date. Articles with an updated date greater than or equal to this value will be returned.The date can be in the form of a unix timestamp or mysql datetime.
  • max_date (optional) - Maximum updated date. Articles with an updated date less than or equal to this value will be returned.The date can be in the form of a unix timestamp or mysql datetime.
  • pv (optional) - Date mode. If specified date posted will be used instead of date updated for above 2 parameters, min_date and max_date
  • limit (optional) - Number of articles to return per page. If this argument is omitted, it defaults to 10. The maximum allowed value is 100.
  • page (optional) - The page number of results to return. If this argument is omitted, it defaults to 1.

Search Files

GET api.php?call=files&method=search

Arguments: 

  • q (optional) - A free text search. A UTF-8, URL-encoded search query of 1,000 characters maximum, including operators.
  • in (optional) - Search mode. Specifies how to search, If this argument is omitted, it defaults to article.
    Valid values include:
     - fileall (search in title, filename, file text, meta keywords(tags), description).
     - file_title (search in file title only).
     - filename (search in file name only). 
     - file_keyword (by tags). Use a comma-delimited list of tags for q argument. 
     - file_id (by file id). Use a comma-delimited list of file id for argument.
     - file_author_id (by author id). Use a comma-delimited list of file id for argument.
  • cid (optional) - The id of a category to search. If specified, only matching articles posted to the category will be returned.
  • cp (optional) - Specifies whether to search in child categories or not. If specified, articles posted to the category (cid) and in all child will be returned.
  • min_date (optional) - Minimum updated date. Files with an updated date greater than or equal to this value will be returned.The date can be in the form of a unix timestamp or mysql datetime.
  • max_date (optional) - Maximum updated date. Files with an updated date less than or equal to this value will be returned.The date can be in the form of a unix timestamp or mysql datetime.
  • pv (optional) - Date mode. If specified date posted will be used instead of date updated for above 2 parameters, min_date and max_date
  • limit (optional) - Number of articles to return per page. If this argument is omitted, it defaults to 10. The maximum allowed value is 100.
  • page (optional) - The page number of results to return. If this argument is omitted, it defaults to 1.

Search News

GET api.php?call=news&method=search

Arguments: 

  • q (optional) - A UTF-8, URL-encoded search query of 1,000 characters maximum, including operators. Queries may additionally be limited by complexity.
  • min_date (optional) - Minimum posted date. News with an posted date greater than or equal to this value will be returned. The date can be in the form of a unix timestamp or mysql datetime.
  • max_date (optional) - Maximum posted date. News with an posted date less than or equal to this value will be returned. The date can be in the form of a unix timestamp or mysql datetime.
  • limit (optional) - Number of news entries to return per page. If this argument is omitted, it defaults to 10. The maximum allowed value is 100.
  • page (optional) - The page number of results to return. If this argument is omitted, it defaults to 1.
Article ID: 446
Last updated: 23 Mar, 2017
Revision: 1
Access: Public
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