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diff --git a/doc/rpc.txt b/doc/rpc.txt index ee1fa1ec..f353ff01 100644 --- a/doc/rpc.txt +++ b/doc/rpc.txt @@ -5,11 +5,14 @@ Package Search -------------- 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`. ++/rpc/?v=5&type=search&by=_field_&arg=_keywords_+ where _keywords_ is the +search argument and _field_ is one of the following values: + +* `name` (search by package name only) +* `name-desc` (search by package name and description) +* `maintainer` (search by package maintainer) + +The _by_ parameter can be skipped and defaults to `name-desc`. If a maintainer search is performed and the search argument is left empty, a list of orphan packages is returned. |