Order/Filter searched topics by latest update to First Post

[Honeyxilia]

hello

I would like to know if it is possible to search through topics/posts, either by the user interface or by the API endpoint /search.json depending on their update date, either by ordering them by latest update or by filtering topics updated before/after a certain date

ty in advance !

[Arkshine]

Hello,

Unless I misunderstood, did you try the advanced search?
https://meta.discourse.org/search?expanded=true

Also worth to be noted:

Search tips and tricks

Discourse’s search capability is feature-rich. It comes with many of filters and criteria. When you use these from the advanced search form, it automatically appends the relevant syntax to your query. For instance, if you select In my messages, it will append in:personal to your search query. This topic aims to list other filters that aren’t available in the advanced search form, filter aliases, results orders and other search-related tips and tricks. It will not cover filters available from…

[Honeyxilia]

This isn’t what I mean - what I really want is to retrieve topics of which the main post has been edited after a given YYYY-MM-DD date on the whole site with the search

For instance, if you had two topics created on 2024-02-11, but one of them was edited on 2024-02-12, than i would like to be able to search for that later topic only (edited-after:2024-02-12 for instance)

[Arkshine]

Oh, I see!

Hmm, the only way I can think of, is to use Discourse Data Explorer to create a query specific to your needs.

Then, you can follow this guide to use it via the API: Run Data Explorer queries with the Discourse API.