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 platform:Flash jump run)
• Phrases containing spaces must be wrapped in quotes or will count as separate parameters (developer:"Tom Fulp")
• Searches are not case sensitive, can have incomplete names (except tags) and a name backwards (both nana cr and CRASH NANACA will find NANACA†CRASH!!)
• Phrases without metadata 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.
• Multiple tags can be searched at once to show only results with all given tags (tag:Platformer tag:"Super Mario")
• Searches inside playlists do not currently work.

Metadata Prefixes

Prefix	Example
title:	title:Bowman
alternateTitles:	alternateTitles:II
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
id:	id:cdeb30c5

• broken: and activeDataOnDisk: are special cases since their values are boolean; for example, broken: without a phrase will display games that are not broken in Infinity while broken:1 (or any other phrase) will search the opposite. You still must enable broken in Infinity (for Infinity users) games in the Launcher to see these. activeDataOnDisk: can be used to filter by GameZIPs.
• In 9.0 and prior, extreme: was a boolean value for extreme games; You still must enable extreme games in the Launcher to see these. There is no current replacement.

Other Prefixes

Prefix	Explanation	Example
-	Excludes a parameter from the search when used before other prefixes.	-tag:Soccer
no:	The field that matches the phrase must be false or empty. not: and missing: have the same purpose.	no:releaseDate
has:	The 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