Filter / search by any field?

[b-ryan]

I want to provide a way to search by multiple fields at once. Let's say in the books / authors example in the docs I wanted to make a request like:

http :5000/author search=='xyz'

The endpoint could return any results where the author has 'xyz' in their first or last name. Maybe it might even return authors who have a book with 'xyz' in the title.

Is this possible?

[lyschoening]

Yes, that's possible. You'll need to override the default instances function with your own search implementation: https://github.com/biosustain/potion/blob/master/flask_potion/resource.py#L263-L265

A simpler approach would be to add a custom search endpoint, e.g. http :5000/author/search q=='xyz'.

[b-ryan]

Excellent - thanks