====== Search in Friendica ======

Depending on the settings users of Friendica can perform searches for various things using the ''/search'' page (or the search bar in the upper navigation panel). The search is performed on the Friendica node itself, so only the content known to the Friendica node can be found.

===== Account Search =====

  * Pattern: ''@name''
  * Result: Lists all the profiles that match the name. The name can be used in the //display name// field of the profile or the //nick name// and it may only be a part of the entire text.

===== Group Search =====

  * Pattern: ''!name''
  * Result: Lists all the groups that match the name. The name can be used in the //display name// field of the group profile or the //nick name// and it may only be a part of the entire text. The groups can be hosted on any supported platform, e.g. Friendica, Lemmy, gupp.pe.

===== Text Search =====

  * Pattern: ''name''
  * Result: (//Depends on the admin setting//) Searches for all the postings that contain ''name'' and lists them. As full text searches are resource intensive, admins can limit the search to only be performed on the tags.

==== Boolean Operators ====

For the text search boolean operators may be used by prefixing the search terms with a ''+'' (word must be included) or a ''-'' (the posting must not contain the word). In addition brackets can be used to combine operators.

If no boolean operator is used for a word, then the ''OR'' is used.

For example ''+(Fediverse Friendica) +Berlin'' will search for all postings on the Friendica node that contain either //Fediverse// or //Friendica// and in addition the postings must also contain the word //Berlin//. In contrast ''-(Fediverse Friendica) +Berlin'' would search for postings that include the word //Berlin// but exclude all postings from the result that also contain either the word //Fediverse// or //Friendica//.

===== URL Search =====

  * Pattern: ''http://example.com/some/page''
  * Result: Friendica will try to find ActivityPub enabled content at the URL that was used. If successful the posting will be imported into the node, so that the user can now interact with the content as usual (like, re-share, comment, etc.)