This article describes how the search system in the Flashpoint Launcher works.
Overview
- Flashpoint uses docopt parsing:
([-][[(no|not|missing|is|has|<field>):]|[@|#|!]](<phrase>|"<phrase>"))...
- A search query can contain any number of phrases (
tag:Arcade platform:Flash jump run)
- Phrases containing spaces must be wrapped in quotes or will count as separate parameters (
developer:"Tom Fulp")
- Searches are not case sensitive, can have incomplete names (except tags) and a name backwards (both
nana cr and CRASH NANACA will find NANACA†CRASH!!)
- Phrases without metadata prefixes are matched against a curation's Title, Alternate Titles, Developer and Publisher. The phrase only has to match one of these fields for the game to be included.
- Searches inside playlists do not currently work.
Metadata Prefixes
| Prefix |
Example
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| title:
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title:Bowman
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| alternateTitles:
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alternateTitles:II
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| series:
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series:Sonny
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| developer:
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developer:Devname
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| publisher:
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publisher:Newgrounds
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| playMode:
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playMode:"Single Player"
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| status:
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status:Partial
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| releaseDate:
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releaseDate:2010-01
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| version:
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version:2.0
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| language:
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language:pt
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| tag:
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tag:Toy
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| source:
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source:deviantart.com
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| platform:
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platform:Flash
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| applicationPath:
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applicationPath:Basilisk
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| launchCommand:
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launchCommand:localflash
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| notes:
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notes:Extras
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| originalDescription:
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originalDescription:ninja
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| id:
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id:cdeb30c5
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broken: and activeDataOnDisk: are special cases since their values are boolean; for example, broken: without a phrase will display games that are not broken in Infinity while broken:1 (or any other phrase) will search the opposite. You still must enable broken in Infinity (for Infinity users) games in the Launcher to see these. activeDataOnDisk: can be used to filter by GameZIPs.- In 9.0 and prior,
extreme: was a boolean value for extreme games; You still must enable extreme games in the Launcher to see these. There is no current replacement.
- In 12.0 and up, the launch command and application path search only apply to non-zipped games. There is no current replacement.
Other Prefixes
| Prefix |
Explanation |
Example
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| -
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Excludes a parameter from the search when used before other prefixes.
|
-tag:Soccer
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| no:
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The field that matches the phrase must be false or empty. not: and missing: have the same purpose.
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no:releaseDate
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| has:
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The field that matches the phrase must be true or not empty. is: has the same purpose.
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is:extreme
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| @
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Short-hand for developer:.
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@Devname
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| #
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Short-hand for tag:.
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#Shooter
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| !
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Short-hand for platform:.
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!Unity
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