How to: API request on partial string
Hi
I created a table (companies, for example) with several fields (name, address1, address2, zipcode, city).
As a user, I may not know the exact syntax of my search. For example, if I search for a company called "Acme Industry Inc., I might want to just type in" Acme "and get the result.
Through Saltcorn I manage to do this and get my result.
In SQL, I will be able to do it with "Acme%" for example and get my result.
With the API embedded in Saltcorn, I can't do it (maybe I don't know how to do it well). It seems to be waiting for the full chain of characters.
Can any of you guide me?
Many thanks
Bruno
This should work: GET /api/mytablename?_fts=Acme - i just verified with a test
("fts" is short for Full Text Search)
Hi,
Thank you, what you suggested worked perfectly fine, though I am facing another issue linked to it.
Let me explain what I would like to do:
I don't want to make a research on the whole table, but only on a certain field.
However, I still want to be able to research using an incomplete name (retake the example of Acme)
Don't hesitate to ask me for more details.