All API URLs listed here must be prefixed by the root API URL.
Example: http://domain.com/kb/ or https://kb.domain.com/
Search all content
GET api.php?call=search
Arguments:
- q (optional) - A free text search. A UTF-8, URL-encoded search query of 1,000 characters maximum, including operators.
- in (optional) - Specifies what content to search. If this argument is omitted, it defaults to all content.
Valid values include:
- all (all content)
- article (search articles).
- file (search files).
- news (search news).
- by (optional) - Specifies where to find results. If this argument is omitted, it defaults to everywhere.
Valid values include:
- all (everywhere - title, article content, keywords/tags)
- title (search in title only).
- keyword (search in keywords/tags only).
- id (search by entry ID).
- 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.
- posted (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.
- skip_log (optional) - Do not log this query. If this argument is omitted, it defaults to 0.
Search Articles only
You can narrow your search by specifying in argument.
GET api.php?call=search&in=article
Arguments:
- All arguments listed in Search all content section +
- cid (optional) - The id of a category to search. If specified, only matching articles posted to the category will be returned.
- child (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, it defaults to 1.
- custom (optional) - Specifies whether to search in custom fields. If specified, only articles matching the specified custom values will be returned. You can find custom field IDs in KBPublisher's custom field listing.
Syntax:
- custom[custom_field_id]=custom_value
- custom[custom_field_id]=custom_value_id
Example:
- custom[5]=text
- custom[1]=2
- custom[4]=2,2
Search Files only
You can narrow your search by specifying in argument.
GET api.php?call=search&in=file
Arguments:
- All arguments listed in Search all content section +
- cid (optional) - The id of a category to search. If specified, only matching files posted to the category will be returned.
- child (optional) - Specifies whether to search in child categories or not. If specified, files posted to the category (cid) and in all child will be returned, it defaults to 1.
- custom (optional) - Specifies whether to search in custom fields. If specified, only articles matching the specified custom values will be returned. You can find custom field IDs in KBPublisher's custom field listing.
Syntax:
- custom[custom_field_id]=custom_value
- custom[custom_field_id]=custom_value_id
Example:
- custom[5]=text
- custom[1]=2
- custom[4]=2,2
Search News only
You can narrow your search by specifying in argument.
GET api.php?call=search&in=news
Arguments:
- All arguments listed in Search all content section +
- custom (optional) - Specifies whether to search in custom fields. If specified, only articles matching the specified custom values will be returned. You can find custom field IDs in KBPublisher's custom field listing.
Syntax:
- custom[custom_field_id]=custom_value
- custom[custom_field_id]=custom_value_id
Example:
- custom[5]=text
- custom[1]=2
- custom[4]=2,2
