## ZeitgeistIndex ZeitgeistIndex — Query the Zeitgeist Full Text Search Extension |

## Synopsis

    #include <zeitgeist.h>

                        ZeitgeistIndex;
    struct              ZeitgeistIndexClass;
    ZeitgeistIndex *    zeitgeist_index_new                 (void);
    void                zeitgeist_index_search              (ZeitgeistIndex *self,
                                                             const gchar *query,
                                                             ZeitgeistTimeRange *time_range,
                                                             GPtrArray *event_templates,
                                                             guint32 offset,
                                                             guint32 num_events,
                                                             ZeitgeistResultType result_type,
                                                             GCancellable *cancellable,
                                                             GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                                             gpointer user_data);
    ZeitgeistResultSet * zeitgeist_index_search_finish      (ZeitgeistIndex *self,
                                                             GAsyncResult *res,
                                                             GError **error);

## Object Hierarchy

      GObject
       +----ZeitgeistIndex

## Description

## Details

### ZeitgeistIndex

    typedef struct _ZeitgeistIndex ZeitgeistIndex;

### struct ZeitgeistIndexClass

    struct ZeitgeistIndexClass {
      GObjectClass parent_class;
    };

### zeitgeist_index_new ()

    ZeitgeistIndex *    zeitgeist_index_new                 (void);

Create a new ZeitgeistIndex instance. The index will start to connect to Zeitgeist asynchronously. You can however start calling methods on the returned instance immediately, any method calls issued before the connection has been established will simply be queued and executed once the connection is up.

Returns : | A reference to a newly allocated index. Free with `g_object_unref()`.

### zeitgeist_index_search ()

    void                zeitgeist_index_search              (ZeitgeistIndex *self,
                                                             const gchar *query,
                                                             ZeitgeistTimeRange *time_range,
                                                             GPtrArray *event_templates,
                                                             guint32 offset,
                                                             guint32 num_events,
                                                             ZeitgeistResultType result_type,
                                                             GCancellable *cancellable,
                                                             GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                                             gpointer user_data);

Perform a full text search possibly restricted to a ZeitgeistTimeRange and/or set of event templates.

The default boolean operator is `AND`. Thus the query foo bar will be interpreted as foo AND bar. To exclude a term from the result set prepend it with a minus sign - eg foo -bar. Phrase queries can be done by double quoting the string "foo is a bar". You can truncate terms by appending a *.

There are a few keys you can prefix to a term or phrase to search within a specific set of metadata. They are used like key:value. The keys name and title search strictly within the text field of the event subjects. The key app searches within the application name or description that is found in the actor attribute of the events. Lastly you can use the site key to search within the domain name of the subject URIs.

You can also control the results with the boolean operators AND and OR and you may use brackets, ( and ), to control the operator precedence.

`self` : | The ZeitgeistIndex you want to query
`query` : | The search string to send to Zeitgeist
`time_range` : | Restrict matched events to ones within this time range. If you are not interested in restricting the timerange pass `zeitgeist_time_range_new_anytime()` as Zeitgeist will detect this and optimize the query accordingly
`event_templates` : | Restrict matches events to ones matching these templates
`offset` : | Offset into the result set to read events from
`num_events` : | Maximal number of events to retrieve
`result_type` : | The ZeitgeistResultType determining the sort order. You may pass ZEITGEIST_RESULT_TYPE_RELEVANCY to this method to have the results ordered by relevancy calculated in relation to `query`
`cancellable` : | A GCancellable used to cancel the call or `NULL`
`callback` : | A GAsyncReadyCallback to invoke when the search results are ready
`user_data` : | User data to pass back with `callback`

### zeitgeist_index_search_finish ()

    ZeitgeistResultSet * zeitgeist_index_search_finish      (ZeitgeistIndex *self,
                                                             GAsyncResult *res,
                                                             GError **error);

Retrieve the result from an asynchronous query started with `zeitgeist_index_search()`.

The total hit count of the query will be avilable via the returned result set by calling `zeitgeist_result_set_estimated_matches()`. This will often be bigger than actual number of events held in the result set, which is limited by the `num_events` paramter passed to `zeitgeist_index_search()`.

`self` : | The ZeitgeistIndex to retrieve results from
`res` : | The GAsyncResult you received in the GAsyncReadyCallback you passed to `zeitgeist_index_search()`
`error` : | A place to store a GError or `NULL` in case you want to ignore errors
Returns : | A newly allocated ZeitgeistResultSet containing the ZeitgeistEvents matching the query. You must free the result set with `g_object_unref()`. The events held in the result set will automatically be unreffed when it is finalized.