Re^5: metacpan link shortcut? (both)

[jdporter]

Where is documented the query syntax? I don't find any documentation at all. (The FAQ is all meta stuff.) TIA.

[Anonymous Monk]

A little testing reveals

search within a distribution https://metacpan.org/search?q=dist:MetaCPAN-API&q=search

A little source diving (MetaCPAN::Web::Controller::Search) reveals

search for an author (author results on top of the other search results) https://metacpan.org/search?q=author:mark

What, I just found out I like about metacpan, is the dependencies are listed for each module/distribution right on the page, and the reverse dependencies are a click away -- where as on search.cpan.org, its always an extra click (a slow one)

[jdporter]

I'm taking that as a confirmation that there is no documentation. Source diving is not an acceptable substitute.

[Anonymous Monk]

I'm taking that as a confirmation that there is no documentation. Source diving is not an acceptable substitute.

Yup, there is no documentation

But, FWIW, there really isn't anything worth documenting anyway

You really don't need to use author: to find an author by name

As for dist:, you're provided with a search form on the distributions page -- if you make the connection, you make it :)