Endpoint search for types

[charlesneimog]

@jmetrikat, what’s the best way to search for types?

Currently, the search endpoint only returns objects. It would be very helpful to have a dedicated search endpoint for types as well.
Right now, to get a type_id, I have to loop through all types until I find the one I'm looking for, which is inefficient.

Thanks!

[jmetrikat]

hey @charlesneimog, no efficient solution available for that yet. it's easy to add though: i'm thinking of adding simple filtering to the listing endpoints of objects, types, properties, members and tags, eg. /v1/spaces/:space_id/types?name=book

does this already address your needs? adding dedicated search endpoints might make sense later when there's more complex search filters etc. wdyt?

[charlesneimog]

Yes, that would be great and definitely make things easier. One of the key features of the API for my use case is creating objects—like books or articles—based on notes extracted from PDFs. To do that, I need to retrieve the specific type I want to create.

From what I understand, the endpoint /v1/spaces/:space_id/types?name=book would let me filter and retrieve a type by its name, such as Article or Book. That’s exactly what I need—it gives me a straightforward way to get a single type by name without having to fetch and manually filter the full list.

[charlesneimog]

Thanks!

[jmetrikat]

yep, that's how it would work. same for spaces, tags, objects in list etc.. plus: it's easily extendable in the future for other fields

[charlesneimog]

Great! Thank you again!