The main search API into RAMADDA is /search/do , e.g:

http://localhost:8080/repository/search/do?<arguments>

The entry types, metadata types and output types that are available at a given RAMADDA are listed at /search/info, e.g.:

http://localhost:8080/repository/search/info

The search arguments include: The default is to show the above results in a web page. Like any time dealing with entries in RAMADDA you can specify another output type with:

output=<some output>

Common outputs include:

output=atom
output=rss.full
output=thredds.catalog
output=zip.tree
output=default.csv

To search on entry name or description:

text=<text in name or description>
http://localhost:8080/repository/search/do?text=test

You can search on entries of specific types with:

type=<entry type>
http://localhost:8080/repository/search/do?type=group

Date Search

There are 3 types of date based searches. All dates expressed here should be in a standard formats, e.g., 2007-09-01'T'11:05. //TODO: fix this in the code Entries have a data date range. This can be searched with:

datadate.from=<lower date range>
datadate.to=<upper date range>

Where the lower date of the entry date range needs to be >= the datadate.from and the upper date of the entry date range is <= the datedate.to The date when the entry was created and/or modified can be searched with:

createdate.from=<lower date range>
createdate.to=<upper date range>
changedate.from=<lower date range>
changedate.to=<upper date range>

The type of search can be specified with:

datadate.mode=containedby|overlaps|contains

Spatial Search

Entries have a spatial bounds. The area_ search arguments define a search rectangle. The areamode argument specifies the type of search - does the search rectangle overlap or contain the entries bounds.

area_north=<decimal degrees>
area_west=<decimal degrees>
area_east=<decimal degrees>
area_south=<decimal degrees>
areamode=overlaps|contains

Miscellaneous

For entries that have a file the file suffix (e.f., .pdf) can be search on

filesuffix=pdf

Metadata Properties

metadata.attr1.<type>