QNAP qsirch now provides Full-text search directly within Windows File Explorer

[mj6jl5lk6j6]

QNAP qsirch now provides Full-text search directly within Windows File Explorer

I don't understand the mechanics (e.g. where is the index actually stored and how does Windows include said index for searching); but if Windows can use the qsirch index, is there a way for Everything to also do so?

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but if Windows can use the qsirch index, is there a way for Everything to also do so?

It looks like it: there is an API to "talk to" the Qsirch running on the NAS.

For those that have Qsirch installed on their NAS: the API is available at http://IP:PORT/qsirch/latest/api
(where IP and PORT have to be replaced with the actual IP-address and port of your QNAP NAS)


Note: I don't know if the API is available in the Lite version as well as the 'Qsirch for NAS' edition.
The latter one is free for now, but that changes in 2023: 299$

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[mj6jl5lk6j6]

Thanks for finding out that info about the API.

Without installing anything on my PC, I'm able to use the Windows File Explorer Search Box and search the NAS, so unless Qisirch has written their API to be compliant to some Windows Search standard, I'm clueless how this is working.

Opening up the same URL in Everything shows no files listed. I understand that Everything gets file info from the NTFS MFT and content info from Microsoft Search Indexing, so I believe that info is not available to Everything through SMB to the NAS (which is not using NTFS). I'm not seeing a way to configure Everything to use the Qsirch index like File Explorer is doing... and again, neither Windows nor File Explorer needed any configuring to utilize the Qsirch index.

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Please try the si: search function in Everything 1.5:

• In Everything 1.5, include the following in your search:
  si:tvs

Please make sure you are indexing your NAS:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Folders tab.
• Click Add....
• Select your \\server\share and click OK.
  (using a mapped network drive should also work)
• Click OK.

[mj6jl5lk6j6]

Thanks -

I added the NAS share to Everything>Tools>Options>Folders (the standard way I've previously indexed remote shares)

>> Please try the si: search function
That didn't work; it returned 0 objects (I'm using 1.5).

I tried "\\tvs872x\home tvs" and "\\tvs872x\home content:tvs" which worked fine, but I believe this is standard Everything behavior and has nothing to do with the Qsirch index; I even disabled Qsirch to confirm that Everything behaved the same.

Was the hope that the system-index Search Function would use the Qsirch index since Windows File Explorer is?

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Basically, si: will search your system index, similar to how the search works in Windows Explorer.

The hope was this would also query your QNAP qsirch.

Unfortunately, it looks like si: is only searching the Windows index.

I have put on my TODO list to add support for QNAP qsirch.
Thank you for the suggestion.

[mj6jl5lk6j6]

Wow - that would be great! And thanks for the lightning-quick responses --

[mj6jl5lk6j6]

...
I don't understand the mechanics (e.g. where is the index actually stored and how does Windows include said index for searching)...

Seems the mechanics are:
WSP uses the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol which allows a client to issue queries to a server hosting a Generic Search service (GSS). The protocol is primarily intended to be used for full-text queries.

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Thank you for the link.

I have put on my TODO list to add support for GSS.

[mj6jl5lk6j6]

Hi - Wondering if you've had a chance to look into adding support for GSS?