Server: Find an app by name within nextcloud

[hajika]

When Iam searching for an app that has a specific name on page settings/app, I cant just use the search function because it will only search in the current page. And because there is no page for "all apps", I have to get through each category before I can find the app by name.

There needs t be a possibility to find and install an app within nextcloud by simple name search. Even when one finds the app by name on https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps, there is no information in what category its hidden.

[georgehrke]

@jancborchardt

[nickvergessen]

Maybe the app store can display the categories? @BernhardPosselt

[BernhardPosselt]

This is about the nextcloud server right?

[nickvergessen]

The request yes, but it would also help, if e.g. https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/admin_notifications would tell you in which category you would find the app on the server
https://github.com/nextcloud/admin_notifications/blob/master/appinfo/info.xml#L11-L12

[BernhardPosselt]

Should be available in the downloaded apps.json, see categories in http://nextcloudappstore.readthedocs.io/en/latest/restapi.html#get-all-apps-and-releases

[nickvergessen]

yeah, but the appstore UI doesnt show it ;)

[BernhardPosselt]

Ah ok :)

File an issue in the issue tracker please

[jancborchardt]

Absolutely agree, had the same issue recently.

• The search should also search through appstore apps below / after the local results (without blocking the local search of course)
• There should be a sidebar entry "App store" above the categories which lists all apps from the app store, sorted by rating.

[hajika]

Maybe the app store can display the categories?

eh ok, that would help for the workaround a bit, but the real problem is not the website but the here addressed nextcloud server :)

[vitaliis]

+1. Also had this issue. Found this https://github.com/nextcloud/appstore/issues/528. It would help to workaroud the problem. But showing a category is generally a good idea.

Another possible solution to this problem:

• If search in one category did not give any results, try to search through "all apps". The same way as it is done for files (e.g. 7 search results in other folders)

[jospoortvliet]

Yeah, searching all apps would be a huge help. And perhaps an 'all apps' category, too? Ref https://twitter.com/SisimBiva/status/981547010221314048

[BloodyIron]

Not being able to search for all has wasted a good amount of my time already. I don't know how the apps are categorised, and often I'll find apps in a section that doesn't make sense to me. Having search all really is needed, otherwise the search is useless IMO.

[MorrisJobke]

Fixed with #9565