added IN operator to search, closes #534

src/services/build_search_query.js

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ module.exports = function(filters, selectedColumns = 'notes.*') {
     const params = [];
 
     for (const filter of filters) {
-        if (['isarchived', 'orderby', 'limit'].includes(filter.name.toLowerCase())) {
+        if (['isarchived', 'in', 'orderby', 'limit'].includes(filter.name.toLowerCase())) {
             continue; // these are not real filters
         }
 

src/services/note_cache.js

@@ -255,6 +255,25 @@ function isArchived(noteId) {
     return isNotePathArchived(notePath);
 }
 
+/**
+ * @param {string} noteId
+ * @param {string} ancestorNoteId
+ * @return {boolean} - true if given noteId has ancestorNoteId in any of its paths (even archived)
+ */
+function isInAncestor(noteId, ancestorNoteId) {
+    if (ancestorNoteId === noteId) { // special case
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    for (const parentNoteId of childToParent[noteId] || []) {
+        if (isInAncestor(parentNoteId, ancestorNoteId)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
 function getNoteTitleFromPath(notePath) {
     const pathArr = notePath.split("/");
 
@@ -529,6 +548,7 @@ module.exports = {
     getNoteTitleFromPath,
     isAvailable,
     isArchived,
+    isInAncestor,
     load,
     findSimilarNotes
 };

src/services/search.js

@@ -35,6 +35,20 @@ async function searchForNoteIds(searchString) {
             }
         }
 
+        const isInFilter = filters.find(filter => filter.name.toLowerCase() === 'in');
+
+        if (isInFilter) {
+            if (isInFilter.operator === '=') {
+                noteIds = noteIds.filter(noteId => noteCacheService.isInAncestor(noteId, isInFilter.value));
+            }
+            else if (isInFilter.operator === '!=') {
+                noteIds = noteIds.filter(noteId => !noteCacheService.isInAncestor(noteId, isInFilter.value));
+            }
+            else {
+                throw new Error(`Unrecognized isIn operator ${isInFilter.operator}`);
+            }
+        }
+
         const limitFilter = filters.find(filter => filter.name.toLowerCase() === 'limit');
 
         if (limitFilter) {