Allow filtering

[NickLarsenNZ]

Sometimes I only want to see the notification where org:MyOrg reason:mention. For example, what would be displayed by: https://github.com/notifications?query=org%MyOrg+reason%3Amention

Would it be possible to add one or both of:

• An option to add a filter (not just text search)
• A config file in XDG_CONFIG_HOME where I can set static options

[LangLangBart]

The feature request is valid, but we can't easily implement it due to GitHub's API limitations. The REST and GraphQL APIs don't offer the notification filtering that's available in the WebUI.

• REST API endpoints for notifications - GitHub Docs

We'll close this issue for now. If GitHub expands their API functionality in the future, we'll reconsider implementing this feature.

The REST API for code search has the ability to use qualifiers (e.g., user:defunkt extension:rb matches code from user defunkt that ends in .rb) to narrow down searches. This shows that GitHub could potentially add similar functionality to the notifications API, but they have chosen not to so far.

• Ref:
  • REST API endpoints for search - GitHub Docs
  • Searching code (legacy) - Qualifiers

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