Hi, api.opensuse.org is now able to search in project and package metadata using a xpath-like syntax. Following GET requests have been added: /search/project?match=<predicate> /search/project/id?match=<predicate> /search/package?match=<predicate> /search/package/id?match=<predicate> Result documents are put into a <container></container> node. The paths ending on /id return only the root node of the wanted metafile type, which speeds up the request a lot. The other paths return the whole documents. The match parameter is mandatory and specifies the predicate used to select the wanted metafiles. Not the whole xpath specification is supported, we only support a subset of operators and functions, and only specific node tests. Allowed node tests for projects: @name description title person/@userid repository/path/@project Allowed node tests for packages: @name @project title description person/@userid Allowed operators: = != and or Allowed functions: not(expr) contains(string,substring) starts-with(string,substring) ends-with(string,substring) Examples: /search/package/id?match=person/@userid='darix' returns the root nodes of all package metafiles where darix is set as maintainer /search/project/id?match=starts-with(@name,'SUSE:') returns the metafiles of all projects below the SUSE: namespace /search/project/id?match=ends-with(@name,person/@userid) returns the root nodes of all project metafiles where the project name ends with the userid of one of the maintainers (that is, all home projects) /search/project?match=[not(starts-with(@name,'home'))%20and%20description=''] all projects not under the 'home:' namespace whose description element is empty More functions/operators/node tests might get implemented if the need for them arises. Happy Holidays -- Andreas Bauer - Novell - SUSE Internal Tools --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+help@opensuse.org