<p>Search queries are built of tokens that are separated by spaces. Each token can be of following form:</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Syntax</th> <th>Token type</th> <th>Description</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><code><value></code></td> <td>anonymous tokens</td> <td>used for basic filters</td> </tr> <tr> <td><code><key>:<value></code></td> <td>named tokens</td> <td>used for advanced filters</td> </tr> <tr> <td><code>sort:<style></code></td> <td>sort style tokens</td> <td>used to sort the results</td> </tr> <tr> <td><code>special:<value></code></td> <td>special tokens</td> <td>filters usually tied to the logged in user</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Most of anonymous and named tokens support ranged and composite values that take following form:</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td><code>a,b,c</code></td> <td>will show things that satisfy either <code>a</code>, <code>b</code> or <code>c</code>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><code>1..</code></td> <td>will show things that are equal to or greater than 1.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><code>..4</code></td> <td>will show things that are equal to at most 4.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><code>1..4</code></td> <td>will show things that are equal to 1, 2, 3 or 4.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Ranged values can be also supplied by appending <code>-min</code> or <code>-max</code> to the key, for example like this: <code>score-min:1</code>.</p> <p>Date/time values can be of following form:</p> <ul> <li><code>today</code></li> <li><code>yesterday</code></li> <li><code><year></code></li> <li><code><year>-<month></code></li> <li><code><year>-<month>-<day></code></li> </ul> <p>Some fields, such as user names, can take wildcards (<code>*</code>).</p> <p>All tokens can be negated by prepending them with <code>-</code>.</p> <p>Sort style token values can be appended with <code>,asc</code> or <code>,desc</code> to control the sort direction, which can be also controlled by negating the whole token.</p> <p>You can escape special characters such as <code>:</code> and <code>-</code> by prepending them with a backslash: <code>\\</code>.</p> <h1>Example</h1> <p>Searching for posts with following query:</p> <pre><code>sea -fav-count:8.. type:swf uploader:Pirate</code></pre> <p>will show flash files tagged as sea, that were liked by seven people at most, uploaded by user Pirate.</p> <p>Searching for posts with <code>re:zero</code> will show an error message about unknown named token.</p> <p>Searching for posts with <code>re\:zero</code> will show posts tagged with <code>re:zero</code>.</p>