[mb-devel] What are the valid fields to use in query parameter of xmlwebservice

Paul Taylor paul_t100 at fastmail.fm
Thu Apr 5 09:10:40 UTC 2007


thanks, Ive never seen this page before, (might be worth adding a link 
from the xmlwebservice wiki page.)

paul

Robert Kaye wrote:
>
> On Apr 4, 2007, at 1:24 PM, Paul Taylor wrote:
>
>> Could someone tell me where to find the list of fields that can be 
>> used with the query parameter for the tracks collection, I know
>> track, artist and release which are equivalent to the filter 
>> parameters title,artist and release. But what about the rest, and are 
>> their additional fields not accessible from the standard filter params.
>> I tried adding duration and tracknum to my query but neither had any 
>> effect so I think I must have invalid field names.
>
> The query field takes the same arguments as the advanced syntax of the 
> indexed search. All of this is documented here:
>
>    http://musicbrainz.org/doc/TextSearchSyntax
>
> So, for testing I recommend using the web interface to hone your query 
> and then move it to your application.
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