Everything 1.5 SDK

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The Everything SDK for Everything 1.5

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Everything-SDK3.zip



The Everything 1.5 SDK is version 3 of the Everything SDK.
Version 2 is for Everything 1.4.
version 1 is for Everything 1.3.

Previous versions are compatible with Everything 1.5.

The Everything 1.5 SDK now uses named pipes.
Pipe connections can be kept open if you wish to monitor result list changes.

Everything hosts 8 pipe servers by default.
pipe servers are recreated as soon as a client connects.
Note: it's possible (but unlikely) for 8 clients to connect at the same time and the 9th client will fail before a new pipe server is created.

To set the number of IPC pipe servers:

• In Everything 1.5, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Advanced tab on the left.
• To the right of Show settings containing, search for:
  menu
• Select: ipc_pipe_count
• Set the value to: 8
  (where 8 is the number of IPC pipe servers)
• Click OK.

Example Usage

#include "Everything3.h"

void simple_example(void)
{
	EVERYTHING3_CLIENT *client;

	// connect to Everything..	
	client = Everything3_ConnectW(L"1.5a");
	if (client)
	{
		EVERYTHING3_SEARCH_STATE *search_state;

		// Connected..
		
		// Create an empty search state.
		search_state = Everything3_CreateSearchState();
		if (search_state)
		{
			EVERYTHING3_RESULT_LIST *result_list;

			// Set the search text.
			Everything3_SetSearchTextW(search_state,L"ABC 123");
			
			// Execute the search.
			result_list = Everything3_Search(client,search_state);
			if (result_list)
			{
				SIZE_T viewport_count;
				SIZE_T result_index;
				
				// Search successful.

				// Get the number of results.
				viewport_count = Everything3_GetResultListViewportCount(result_list);
				
				// loop through the results.
				for(result_index=0;result_index<viewport_count;result_index++)
				{
					wchar_t filename[MAX_PATH];

					// Get the filename
					Everything3_GetResultFullPathNameW(result_list,result_index,filename,MAX_PATH);
					
					// Display the filename.
					printf("%S\n",filename);
				}
				
				// Destroy the result list.
				Everything3_DestroyResultList(result_list);
			}

			// Destroy the search state.
			Everything3_DestroySearchState(search_state);
		}
		
		// Disconnect and free the client.
		Everything3_DestroyClient(client);
	}
}

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Everything 1.5.0.1388a adds the following API calls:

EVERYTHING3_USERAPI EVERYTHING3_BOOL EVERYTHING3_API Everything3_GetFileAttributesExW(EVERYTHING3_CLIENT *client,const EVERYTHING3_WCHAR *lpFilename,WIN32_FIND_DATAW *pfd);
EVERYTHING3_USERAPI EVERYTHING3_BOOL EVERYTHING3_API Everything3_GetFileAttributesExA(EVERYTHING3_CLIENT *client,const EVERYTHING3_CHAR *lpFilename,WIN32_FIND_DATAA *pfd);
EVERYTHING3_USERAPI EVERYTHING3_DWORD EVERYTHING3_API Everything3_GetFileAttributesUTF8(EVERYTHING3_CLIENT *client,const EVERYTHING3_UTF8 *lpFilename);
EVERYTHING3_USERAPI EVERYTHING3_DWORD EVERYTHING3_API Everything3_GetFileAttributesW(EVERYTHING3_CLIENT *client,const EVERYTHING3_WCHAR *lpFilename);
EVERYTHING3_USERAPI EVERYTHING3_DWORD EVERYTHING3_API Everything3_GetFileAttributesA(EVERYTHING3_CLIENT *client,const EVERYTHING3_CHAR *lpFilename);

[shihonglei]

Master, when will the SDK3 DLL be built and released? We've been eagerly waiting and looking forward to it!

[void]

Added DLL and static LIBs to SDK.


To build with the static LIB please define EVERYTHING3_USERAPI:

#define EVERYTHING3_USERAPI

Everything 1.5.0.1390a adds the following API calls:

EVERYTHING3_USERAPI EVERYTHING3_FIND_HANDLE *EVERYTHING3_API Everything3_FindFirstFileW(EVERYTHING3_CLIENT *client,const EVERYTHING3_WCHAR *lpFilename,WIN32_FIND_DATAW *pfd);
EVERYTHING3_USERAPI EVERYTHING3_FIND_HANDLE *EVERYTHING3_API Everything3_FindFirstFileA(EVERYTHING3_CLIENT *client,const EVERYTHING3_CHAR *lpFilename,WIN32_FIND_DATAA *pfd);
EVERYTHING3_USERAPI EVERYTHING3_BOOL EVERYTHING3_API Everything3_FindNextFileW(EVERYTHING3_FIND_HANDLE *find_handle,WIN32_FIND_DATAW *pfd);
EVERYTHING3_USERAPI EVERYTHING3_BOOL EVERYTHING3_API Everything3_FindNextFileA(EVERYTHING3_FIND_HANDLE *find_handle,WIN32_FIND_DATAA *pfd);
EVERYTHING3_USERAPI EVERYTHING3_BOOL EVERYTHING3_API Everything3_FindClose(EVERYTHING3_FIND_HANDLE *find_handle);

EVERYTHING3_USERAPI EVERYTHING3_RESULT_LIST *EVERYTHING3_API Everything3_GetResults(EVERYTHING3_CLIENT *client,EVERYTHING3_SEARCH_STATE *search_state);
EVERYTHING3_USERAPI EVERYTHING3_RESULT_LIST *EVERYTHING3_API Everything3_Sort(EVERYTHING3_CLIENT *client,EVERYTHING3_SEARCH_STATE *search_state);
EVERYTHING3_USERAPI EVERYTHING3_BOOL EVERYTHING3_API Everything3_WaitForResultListChange(EVERYTHING3_CLIENT *client);

Added EVERYTHING3_PROPERTY_ID_CONTENT property ID.

[shihonglei]

I have tried for a long time, and the DLL is loaded correctly, but I still cannot connect to the IPC channel of Everything 1.5a through SDK3. However, I can see "Everything IPC (1.5a)" in my IPC list. I’m not sure what the reason could be.
#include <stdio.h>
#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
#define EVERYTHING3_USERAPI

#include <windows.h>
#include "..\include\Everything3.h"

int main(int argc, char** argv) {
EVERYTHING3_CLIENT* client;

printf("SDK test\n");
HMODULE hDll = LoadLibrary(L"Everything3_x64.dll");
if (hDll == NULL) {
DWORD lastError = GetLastError();
printf("Failed to load DLL. Error code: %lu\n", lastError);
return -1;
}
printf("DLL loaded successfully.\n");

printf("Attempting to connect to Everything service...\n");
client = Everything3_Connect(NULL); // 尝试默认管道
if (!client) {
printf("Failed to connect to Everything service.\n");

DWORD last_error = GetLastError();
printf("GetLastError returned: %lu\n", last_error);

printf("Possible causes:\n");
printf("1. Everything is not running.\n");
printf("2. IPC is not enabled in Everything settings.\n");
printf("3. DLL or pipe configuration mismatch.\n");
printf("4. Insufficient permissions.\n");

// 显式指定管道名称重试
printf("Retrying with explicit pipe name...\n");
client = Everything3_Connect(L"Everything IPC (1.5a)");
if (!client) {
printf("Failed to connect to Everything IPC (1.5a).\n");
return -1;
}
}

printf("Successfully connected to Everything service.\n");

DWORD ipc_pipe_version = Everything3_GetIPCPipeVersion(client);
printf("IPC pipe version: %d\n", ipc_pipe_version);

Everything3_DestroyClient(client);

return 0;
}

[void]

Please try connecting to the 1.5a instance:

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client = Everything3_Connect(L"1.5a");

[Laus]

Hi!

I've just published a new python wrapper for the Everything 1.5 SDK version 3 on Github:
https://github.com/git-emil/pyEverything3

It's not yet full fledged, but it it already satisfies my needs in most cases.

Yours, Laus

[cuiliang]

May I ask if there is a documentation for the communication protocol?
If such documentation exists, it would be more convenient to communicate directly using various programming languages without relying on SDK calls.
Thank you!

[NotNull]

You can interact with the GUI using Command IDs, but that gives very limited access to information in the database.

Alternatively, look at the source code of the command-line utility ES.exe as ES largely bypasses the API calls defined in the SDK.

[lin-ycv]

does the SDK v3 not have the equivalent of

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Everything_SetMax

?

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Everything3_SetSearchViewportCount

[lin-ycv]

Everything3_SetSearchViewportCount

I could be understanding things wrong, but what i see from testing is that

Everything_SetMax

limits the number of results returned by the api, meaning if there's 100 results that match, it'll only find 10 then stop, but with

Everything3_SetSearchViewportCount

the api still returns all 100 results, just doesn't display all of them?

[NotNull]

Not a developer, but the way I interpreted the example from void's openingspost:

(To minimize confusion: Client = application that uses the SDK; Server = Everything program + database )

• The client asks the server for a unique connection and does some initializing when granted.
• The client sends a search query to the server ("abc 123")
• Server processes the query and returns a "link" to the resultlist where all matching results are stored.
  (this resultlist is server-sided)
  CAfter asking the server if there are any results and how many, the results can be "downloaded" from the server to the client in "batches" that each are the size of "Viewport".
• Typically one would define the size of the viewport to be the amount of results that fits on the screen, but if you need just 10 results:
  define the viewport size as 10 and download only the first "batch".

An alternative would be to add count:10 to your search query, like

abc 123 count:10

(untested)