From df1e3f3404c7561ad349b5d33e2565ea128f6321 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Cruz=20Monrreal=20II=C2=89?= <Cruz.Monrreal@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 14:53:57 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Documented missing search endpoint along with a new 'curl'
 example

---
 README.md        | 2 ++
 docs/devnotes.md | 6 +++---
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 83c47875..a76551af 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2451,6 +2451,8 @@ interact with copyparty using non-browser clients
     `post movie.mkv`
   * `chunk(){ curl -H pw:wark -T- http://127.0.0.1:3923/;}`  
     `chunk <movie.mkv`
+  *  `search() { curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST --data '{"n":42,"q":"'"${1}"'"}' http://127.0.0.1:3923?srch; }`
+    `search 'name like *.jpg*'`
 
 * bash: when curl and wget is not available or too boring
   * `(printf 'PUT /junk?pw=wark HTTP/1.1\r\n\r\n'; cat movie.mkv) | nc 127.0.0.1 3923`
diff --git a/docs/devnotes.md b/docs/devnotes.md
index 3db6b201..0fe5e237 100644
--- a/docs/devnotes.md
+++ b/docs/devnotes.md
@@ -198,9 +198,9 @@ authenticate using header `Cookie: cppwd=foo` or url param `&pw=foo`
 | GET | `?th=opus` | convert audio file to 128kbps opus |
 | GET | `?th=caf` | ...in the iOS-proprietary container |
 
-| method | body | result |
-|--|--|--|
-| jPOST | `{"q":"foo"}` | do a server-wide search; see the `[🔎]` search tab `raw` field for syntax |
+| method | params | body | result |
+|--|--|--|--|
+| jPOST | `?srch` | `{"n":42,"q":"foo"}` | do a server-wide search; see the `[🔎]` search tab `raw` field for syntax |
 
 | method | params | body | result |
 |--|--|--|--|