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diff --git a/doc/rpc.txt b/doc/rpc.txt index b3795155..ee1fa1ec 100644 --- a/doc/rpc.txt +++ b/doc/rpc.txt @@ -1,33 +1,36 @@ -aurweb RPC interface +aurweb RPC Interface ==================== -Allowed methods ---------------- +Package Search +-------------- -* `search` -* `info` -* `multiinfo` -* `msearch` +Package searches can be performed by issuing HTTP GET requests of the form ++/rpc/?v=5&type=search&search_by=_by_&arg=_keywords_+ where _by_ is either +`name` (search by package name only), `name-desc` (search by package name and +description) or `maintainer` (search by package maintainer) and _keywords_ is +the search argument. The _search_by_ parameter can be skipped and defaults to +`name-desc`. -Each method requires the following HTTP GET syntax: -+type=_methodname_&arg=_data_+ +If a maintainer search is performed and the search argument is left empty, a +list of orphan packages is returned. -Where _methodname_ is the name of an allowed method, and _data_ is the argument -to the call. +Package Details +--------------- -If you need jsonp type callback specification, you can provide an additional -variable _callback_. +Package information can be obtained by issuing HTTP GET requests of the form ++/rpc/?v=5&type=info&arg[]=_pkg1_&arg[]=_pkg2_&...+ where _pkg1_, _pkg2_, ... +are the names of packages to retrieve package details for. Examples -------- `search`:: - `http://aur-url/rpc.php?type=search&arg=foobar` + `/rpc/?v=5&type=search&arg=foobar` +`search` by maintainer:: + `/rpc/?v=5&type=search&search_by=maintainer&arg=john` +`search` with callback:: + `/rpc/?v=5&type=search&arg=foobar&callback=jsonp1192244621103` `info`:: - `http://aur-url/rpc.php?type=info&arg=foobar` -`multiinfo`:: - `http://aur-url/rpc.php?type=multiinfo&arg[]=foo&arg[]=bar` -`msearch`:: - `http://aur-url/rpc.php?type=msearch&arg=john` -Callback:: - `http://aur-url/rpc.php?type=search&arg=foobar&callback=jsonp1192244621103` + `/rpc/?v=5&type=info&arg[]=foobar` +`info` with multiple packages:: + `/rpc/?v=5&type=info&arg[]=foo&arg[]=bar` |