can't figure out search/find request format

[sergi]

Hi,

I'm trying to use the search command, but I always get an error in response. The old request format works, but I'm testing against MPD 0.21 and 0.22, so the new format should work too. What I'm trying:

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search  (artist contains "red" )
ACK [2@0] {search} '==' or '!=' expected
search  (artist contains "red")
ACK [5@0] {} Space expected after closing '"'
search  ( artist contains "red" )
ACK [2@0] {search} Word expected
search  ( "artist" contains "red" )
ACK [2@0] {search} Word expected

What's the proper request format? I can't figure it out and most implementations seem to use the old

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search artist "red"

format.

[max]

Let's look at this example:

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search  (artist contains "red" )

This is a "search" command with 4 parameters (separated by spaces):

• "(artist"
• "contains"
• "red"
• ")"

This doesn't look right, does it?
The filter expression must be exactly one argument (see https://www.musicpd.org/doc/html/protocol.html#filters). You forgot to quote the expression.