query-parse

Synopsis

operator nodeset query-parse(query, supported-operators);
string query;
string supported-operators;

Parameters

• string query
• string supported-operators Default value: AND and () CONTAINING CONTENT %field%: + NEAR - NOT NOTCONTAINING NOTWITHIN OR0 quotes regex stem THRU BEFORE FOLLOWEDBY weight wildcard wildchar WITHIN WORDS site less-than less-than-or-equal greater-than greater-than-or-equal equal range.

Return Value

• operator nodeset

Exceptions

• There are no exceptions specific to this function.

Authentication

Like all Watson Explorer Engine API functions with the exception of ping, the query-parse function requires authentication.

When using REST, you can simply pass v.username and v.password as CGI parameters via HTTP or HTTPS to authenticate the REST call to the query-parse function.

When using the SOAP API, you can pass credentials as parameters on an endpoint, or you can leverage the authentication method that is supported by all Watson Explorer Engine functions. Each provides a setAuthentication method that can be passed an authentication object to provide the username and password under which a function executes. An example of this in Java for a SOAP call to the query-parse function is the following:

    Authentication authentication = new Authentication();
    authentication.setUsername("joe-user");
    authentication.setPassword("joes-password");

    QueryParse foo = new QueryParse();
    foo.setAuthentication(authentication);

A single authentication object would typically be reused throughout each individual application.