(Bug report) search script doesn't work in search function

[markbj71]

Trilium Version

0.62.5

What operating system are you using?

Windows

What is your setup?

Local + server sync

Operating System Version

Windows 10

Description

Start a new search, if I use the search string "#active", I get 2 notes in result.

While if I use the following search script, I get no result:

const candidateNotes = api.searchForNotes("#active");
return candidateNotes;

Error logs

No response

[dosubot[bot]]

Hi @markbj71! I'm Dosu and I’m helping the Trilium team.

The scripting API's search function (api.searchForNotes) doesn't always handle tag shortcuts like "#active" the same way as the main search bar. In scripts, you may need to use the explicit syntax tag:active instead of #active. Try this in your script:

const candidateNotes = api.searchForNotes("tag:active");
return candidateNotes;

This difference comes from how the backend parses search queries for scripts versus the UI, and it's not clearly documented as a bug or intended behavior, but it's consistent with how the codebase handles search expressions. For more on search syntax, see the Trilium search documentation.

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