Search Bar/Legacy

This article describes how the search system in the Flashpoint Launcher works.

Overview

• Flashpoint uses docopt parsing: ([-][[(no|not|missing|is|has|<field>):]|[@|#|!]](<phrase>|"<phrase>"))...
• A search query can contain any number of phrases (tag:arcade tag:platformer platform:flash jump run)
• Phrases containing spaces must be wrapped in quotes or will count as separate parameters (developer:"Firstname Lastname")
• Searches are not case sensitive, can have incomplete names and have a phrase backwards (both nana cr and CRASH NANACA will find NANACA†CRASH!!)
• Phrases without prefixes are matched against a curation's Title, Alternate Titles, Developer and Publisher. The phrase only has to match one of these fields for the game to be included.

Metadata Prefixes

Prefix	Example
title:	title:Bowman
series:	series:Sonny
developer:	developer:Devname
publisher:	publisher:Newgrounds
playMode:	playMode:"Single Player"
status:	status:Partial
releaseDate:	releaseDate:2010-01
version:	version:2.0
language:	language:pt
tag:	tag:Toy
source:	source:deviantart.com
platform:	platform:Flash
applicationPath:	applicationPath:Basilisk
launchCommand:	launchCommand:localflash
notes:	notes:Extras
originalDescription:	originalDescription:ninja

broken: (in Infinity) and extreme: are special cases since their values are boolean; for example, broken: (without a phrase) will display games that are not broken while broken:1 (or any other phrase) will search the opposite (Infinity users must enable to see broken games in Flashpoint).

Other Prefixes

Prefix	Explanation	Example
-	Excludes a parameter from the search. Can be used as part of other prefixes.	-tag:Soccer
no:	The game's field that matches the phrase must be false or empty. not: and missing: have the same purpose.	no:releaseDate
has:	The game's field that matches the phrase must be true or not empty. is: has the same purpose.	is:extreme
@	Short-hand for developer:.	@Devname
#	Short-hand for tag:.	#Shooter
!	Short-hand for platform:.	!Unity