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Improve server-side event search
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Currently, there is no way to perform server-side event search with filters such as date.
Describe the solution you'd like
Add more filters. This is a list of all filters, the ones that are already implemented are checked.
- limit
- not_senders
- not_types
- senders
- types
- lazy_load_members
- include_redundant_members
- not_rooms
- rooms
- contains_url
- not_date
- date
- after
- before
- mentions
- msgtypes
- not_msgtypes
Additional context
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Research direction
No files or tests are named. Start by locating the existing server-side event search specification and compare its implemented filters with the unchecked list in this issue. Done means the specification defines the requested date, sender, mention, and message-type filters, including their behavior and parameters.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- api, search
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100