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Latest revision as of 04:29, 22 July 2024

This article describes how the search system in the Flashpoint Launcher works. For versions prior to 13, see Search Bar/Legacy.

Overview

Flashpoint uses docopt parsing: ([-][[<field>(:|=|<|>)]|[@|#|!]](<phrase>|"<phrase>"))...
A search query can contain any number of phrases (tag:Arcade platform:Flash jump run)
Phrases containing spaces must be wrapped in quotes or will count as separate parameters (developer:"Tom Fulp")
Searches can have incomplete names and a name backwards (both nana cr and CRASH NANACA will find NANACA†CRASH!!)
Phrases without prefixes are matched against an entry's Title, Alternate Titles, Developer, Publisher and Series. The phrase only has to match one of these fields for the game to be included.
Prefixes use : for fuzzy searching or = for an exact and case sensitive match. Numerical and date prefixes can additionally use < and > operands for less/greater than the used input
Prefixes with empty quotes search for games with said field emptied (dev:"")
Searches inside playlists do not currently work.

Metadata Prefixes

Prefix	Example
title	`title:Bowman`
series	`series:Sonny`
developer dev	`dev="Dev Name"`
publisher pub	`publisher:Newgrounds`
playMode mode	`playMode:"Single Player"`
status	`status:Partial`
releaseDate rd	`releaseDate=2010-01-21`
dateAdded da	`dateAdded:2022`
dateModified dm	`dateModified<2024`
version	`version:2.0`
language lang	`language=pt`
tag	`tag:Toy`
source src	`source:deviantart.com`
platform plat	`platform:Flash`
applicationPath app path ap	`applicationPath:FPNavigator`
launchCommand lc	`launchCommand:localflash`
notes	`notes:Extras`
originalDescription description desc od	`description:ninja`
id	`id:cdeb30c5`

Playtime Prefixes

Prefix	Example
playCount pc	`playCount=2`
playTime pt	`playTime>1h`
lastPlayed lp	`lp:2023-07`

Entries which you have not played yet will not show up when these are applied. playTime is a special field that uses time as in secs, mins, hours, days, weeks, Months and years.

Other Prefixes

Prefix	Explanation	Example
-	Excludes a parameter from the search when used before other prefixes.	`-tag:Soccer`
tags	Number of tags that the entry has.	`tags=3`
platforms	Number of platforms that the entry has.	`platforms>2`
addApps aa	Number of additional applications that the entry has.	`aa>0`
@	Short-hand for `developer:`.	`@Devname`
#	Short-hand for `tag:`.	`#Shooter`
!	Short-hand for `platform:`.	`!Unity`

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 * Phrases containing spaces must be wrapped in quotes or will count as separate parameters (<code>developer:"Tom Fulp"</code>)
 * Searches can have incomplete names and a name backwards (both <code>nana cr</code> and <code>CRASH NANACA</code> will find NANACA†CRASH!!)
-* Phrases without prefixes are matched against a curation's Title, Alternate Titles, Developer, Publisher and Series. The phrase only has to match one of these fields for the game to be included.
+* Phrases without prefixes are matched against an entry's Title, Alternate Titles, Developer, Publisher and Series. The phrase only has to match one of these fields for the game to be included.
 * Prefixes use <code>:</code> for fuzzy searching or <code>=</code> for an exact and case sensitive match. Numerical and date prefixes can additionally use <code><</code> and <code>></code> operands for less/greater than the used input
 * Prefixes with empty quotes search for games with said field emptied (<code>dev:""</code>)
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 |-
 | tags
-| Number of [[tags]] in the curation.
+| Number of [[tags]] that the entry has.
 | <code>tags=3</code>
 |-
 | platforms
-| Number of [[platforms]] in the curation.
+| Number of [[platforms]] that the entry has.
 | <code>platforms>2</code>
 |-
 | addApps<br>aa
-| Number of additional applications in the curation.
+| Number of additional applications that the entry has.
 | <code>aa>0</code>
 |-