Search Endpoint (Query in URL)

[maltfield]

This ticket is a feature request to add some-sort of "search endpoint" where a user can send a GET request with a search query that searches the ProxySto.re Shop:

• https://shop.proxysto.re

Why?

Currently there is a search function, but there is no way to link-to a query.

For example, if I'm having a discussion on some forums and I want to link to all the products related to NFC on ProxyStore, I can't add a link to the forums that goes to the ProxyStore shop with the search query "NFC" (eg for items spanning many categories, such as books, gadgets, faraday bags, etc).

Solution

There should be some URL endpoint where a GET (not POST) can be sent with a query specified as a variable in the URL.

It's standard for search engines to do this with the 'q' get variable, for example:

• https://duckduckgo.com/?q=this+is+an+nfc+search
• https://www.google.com/search?q=his+is+an+nfc+search

Therefore, I'd recommend an endpoint such as

• https://shop.proxysto.re/search?q=nfc