Command line search of the Tridion repository?

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Hello, 
 I had a question from a user - whether it's possible to search the Tridion repository using command line - either PowerShell or API. 
 Essentially, call the Search functionality/dialogue in Pub Manager that appears if you press Ctrl+F. 
 The reason for the ask is that the writers must now manually search in the pdf for trademarks. 
 
 Worth asking! 
 
 Best regards 
 Peter

Dave De Meyer · Answer

Hi Peter, 
 Mark explained the API part. Key is that "Document Object" is about content objects (so OASIS DITA Maps, Topics, Library Topics, Images and Other) while "Publication Output" is about publication version objects. There is only a Full Text Index for the "Document Object" part, which you can access over the "Search" API. For publication versions, we only have relational database querying, in the API we refer to the "Find" keyword for that. 
 In your scenario, I assume you are looking for an xml construct in the "Document Object" part - so in the xml files.

If your Publication Manager, has the "Current publication" scope set. Than it is using API call https://docs.rws.com/992527/186243/tridion-docs-15/search-2-5-performsearchinpublication 
 If your Publication Manager, has the "Entire Repository" scope set. Than it is using API call https://docs.rws.com/992527/70179/tridion-docs-15/search-2-5-performsearch 
 
 ISHRemote Search-IShDocumentObj cmdlet, only implemented the "Repository" wide querying. Most of it is explained on https://github.com/RWS/ISHRemote/blob/d3cd88d6394601e6751e1234f18daa4d869437e0/Doc/ReleaseNotes-ISHRemote-0.13.md

If your Publication Manager, has the " Entire Repository for publications " scope set. Than it is using API call https://docs.rws.com/992527/69978/tridion-docs-15/publicationoutput-2-5-find which is a relational SQL query.
 
 For completeness ISHRemote offers this as Find-IShPublicationOutput

Best wishes, Dave

Peter Stromback · Answer

Hi Mark, 
 Thanks for an exhaustive and informative answer - much appreciated! 
 
 BR 
 Peter

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