Allow the GraphQL API to search evidence by regular expression.

[cannin]

Potential users suggested that this might be an important feature for them to look for specific words.

[RohitChattopadhyay]

Basic search in evidence using the keyword is already available. Does the user want to send a REGEX as an argument?

[cannin]

Could I do "methylation.*mediated" and return just the "CG methylation ..." result from your screenshot? If not, then that's the feature requested. If you believe that this will cause the search to be excessively slow, then split it to a separate parameter like regex (boolean) to switch between the two behaviors.

[RohitChattopadhyay]

Could I do "methylation.*mediated" and return just the "CG methylation ..." result from your screenshot? If not, then that's the feature requested. If you believe that this will cause the search to be excessively slow, then split it to a separate parameter like regex (boolean) to switch between the two behaviors.

Can you please check if this is what you are referring to. Thanks

Query

{
  allDocuments(evidence: "methylation.*mediated") {
    evidence
  }
}

GraphQL API Link

[cannin]

This works:

{ allDocuments(evidence: "DNA.*[mediated|damage]") { evidence } }