That's great, thank you so much for the help! On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 6:56 PM, Erik Bernhardson &lt;ebernhardson(a)wikimedia.org > I'm not sure if it's intentional, but it looks like the web ui defaults to > including the file namespace in search, where the api does not. Getting the > results for files from api can be done by specifying the namespace you want: > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list= > search&srsearch=dave%20vanian&utf8=&srnamespace=6 > > On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 10:54 AM, Gheorghe Postelnicu < > gheorghe.postelnicu(a)gmail.com> >> Hello, >> >> First, many thanks for maintaining this API! >> >> I am writing as I am having trouble using the full text search API on >> Commons. Namely, I would like to get the following list back via the API: >> >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Sear >> ch&profile=images&search=dave+vanian&fulltext=1 >> >> however the full text search doesn't produce the same results when using >> the API: >> >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=se >> arch&srsearch=dave%20vanian&utf8= >> >> A suggestion to nudge me in the right direction would be greatly >> appreciated. >> >> Many thanks in advance for the help. >> >> Best regards, >> Gheorghe >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discovery mailing list >> Discovery(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/discovery >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discovery mailing list > Discovery(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/discovery > >