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The new search widget doesn't display any results in namespaces "Special:" and "File:".
Previously it supported searching across titles by prefix e.g. "File:" and "Special:Search" would allow access to the special page.
The API should be able to handle these use cases.
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
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| Resolved | ovasileva | T277363 New search widget API doesn't work in "Special:" and "File:" namespace | |||
| Resolved | BUG REPORT | • nnikkhoui | T301346 Searching for special pages with REST API: The given PageIdentity Special:AbuseFilter does not represent a proper page |
My first guess as to what may be the cause is that in the SearchHandler class, SearchHandler:: createSearchEngine() is using defaultNamespaces() to set the searchable namespaces. I see another method that exists called searchableNamespaces() that might be the correct set of namespaces to use.
Hasn't been tested or anything but might be part of the solution after a quick glance?
I think the key issue here is that the namespace prefix must be detected as such, resolved to a namespace ID, and the search engine has to be instructed to search in that namespace, and that namespace only. If no namespace is detected, it should search in the default namespaces.
The expected behavior seems to be: "User Anchovies" does not find any user, because it's search in the default namespaces. "User:Anchovies" returns results only from the User namespace. At least, that's how Special:Search and the old search box behave.
I suppose TitleParser could be used for namespace detection.
Appears it does work in File namespace, both for local and Commons, but still does not work for Special pages. At least for me, on any wiki site.
this ticket should probably have been tagged in this patch https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/core/+/762945/
The "Special:" namespace works if you add the colon i believe.
Resolved in this patch. This should be tagged in the description, but my authentication failed for Gerrit so I can't do it right now.
I think this is on-par with other namespace autosuggesting such as with the Template: namespace.