Class SearchAPI

Perform a search query

Besides normal text, query supports qualifiers to express filters and other modifiers:

• scope:types Show/filter results that belong to the @types scope
• author:sindresorhus Show/filter results in which sindresorhus is the author
• maintainer:sindresorhus Show/filter results in which sindresorhus is qualifier as a maintainer
• keywords:gulpplugin Show/filter results that have gulpplugin in the keywords (separate multiple keywords with commas, you may also exclude keywords e.g.: -framework)
• not:deprecated Exclude deprecated packages from the results
• not:unstable Exclude packages whose version is < 1.0.0
• not:insecure Exclude packages that are insecure or have vulnerable dependencies (as per nsp)
• is:deprecated Show/filter is deprecated packages
• is:unstable Show/filter packages whose version is < 1.0.0
• is:insecure Show/filter packages that are insecure or have vulnerable dependencies (as per nsp)
• boost-exact:false Do not boost exact matches, defaults to true
• score-effect:14 Set the effect that package scores have for the final search score, defaults to 15.3
• quality-weight:1 Set the weight that quality has for the each package score, defaults to 1.95
• popularity-weight:1 Set the weight that popularity has for the each package score, defaults to 3.3
• maintenance-weight:1 Set the weight that the quality has for the each package score, defaults to 2.05

Additional search options