Issue 170: Can’t do a filename search with the Python API

Hi,

I may have missed something but I don’t understand how to do a simple filename search instead of a search by query language string with the Python recoll api.

Is it possible currently ?

Yann

Hi,

You can search for file names by building a "Searchdata" object and using this instead of a query language string. This is seriously under-documented in the user manual (but you’ll find a mention if you search for "Searchdata"…) I just updated the sample program:

https://bitbucket.org/medoc/recoll/src/d48c0de6ac35fa49d7962a844cbfb518b21d6b5c/src/python/samples/recollqsd.py?at=default

thanks medoc i had same query ..

Solved as far as I can see…

Yes, thanks a lot.

In fact, I was using an older version of recoll that didn’t support the filename clause. With an upgrade and thanks to your samle program, everything is fine.

Yann