Extension:SearchParserFunction

The SearchParserFunction extension adds a parser function to search, format and display search results in wiki pages.

Basic usage
This will search for pages that contain "foo" (in their text) and return the results as a list of links, like so:


 * Foo
 * Bar
 * Baz

You can use all available search operators. For example, if you're using CirrusSearch:

See Help:Searching and Help:CirrusSearch for all available search operators.

Parameters
This extension calls the Search API internally and most of the parameters correspond to API parameters (but without the "sr" prefix). Read the Search API documentation for details.


 * - Either 'text', 'title' or 'nearmatch', defaults to 'text'
 * - See Manual:Namespace constants, defaults to 0 (mainspace)
 * - Max number of results, defaults to 10
 * - Sorting criteria, defaults to 'relevance'
 * - Format of the search results (see below), defaults to 'list'

For example, to get the name of the latest file that has "foo" in the title:

List
Returns an unordered list (  ) of search results, linked to their pages. For example:


 * Foo
 * Bar
 * Baz

Count
Returns the total number of search results as a plain number.

Plain
Returns a comma-separated list of plain titles, for example:

Foo, Bar, Baz

This format is designed for further processing. For example, using the #arraymap function of Extension:PageForms:

This would output the search results one below the other and linked to their pages, like so:

Foo Bar Baz

Template
Returns the search results wrapped in a template. All search result properties are passed on to the template and may be used or ignored. See the Search API documentation for the list of properties.

For example, a template named "Search result" could contain the following:



Then a query like the following:

Would output the search results like so:

Foo Foo is a generic term widely used to refer to any computer entity whose name is unknown or does not want to be expressed. Bar Bar is also a generic term widely used to refer to any computer entity whose name is unknown or does not want to be expressed. Baz Baz is yet another generic term widely used to refer to any computer entity whose name is unknown or does not want to be expressed.