Searching with QueryParser
QueryParser is an interpreter tool that transforms a search string into a series of Query clauses. It's not absolutely necessary to use QueryParser to perform a search, but it's a great feature that empowers users by allowing the use of search modifiers. A user can specify a phrase match by putting quotes (") around a phrase. A user can also control whether a certain term or phrase is required by putting a plus ("+") sign in front of the term or phrase, or use a minus ("-") sign to indicate that the term or phrase must not exist in results. For Boolean searches, the user can use AND and OR to control whether all terms or phrases are required.
To do a field-specific search, you can use a colon (":") to specify a field ...
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