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Limit /portal search in Slack by radius or ?

Discussion in 'Support' started by GreyStoke2000, Sep 9, 2016.

  1. Returning 6 portals in California is kinda pointless when pointing out a portal with this function in the Midwest...
    Forgive if I missed this somewhere...
     
  2. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Administrator Staff Member Illuminator Enlightened L15

    The problem with that is the backend API call from Slack doesn't give any info about where the user is (no location or even IP address). If you made the /portal command have an extra parameter specifying the location, that would work, but it essentially would end up being the same as it is now. The /portal command searches on everything (not just portal name). So you can include zip code, city, state, street name, etc.

    As an example, this Slack command will return 268 results:
    Code:
    /portal heritage park

    This will return just ones in Maryland (just 2 results):
    Code:
    /portal heritage park md

    This one will return results for San Diego (7 results):
    Code:
    /portal heritage park san diego

    You can also do things like *just* search on address:
    Code:
    /portal mira mesa blvd
    I'm all for making the portal search better, and if you have any ideas for allowing the Slack user to specify their location somehow (without making it difficult to use), I'm all ears. :)
     
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  3. where did i miss this?

    and thank you for the prompt and explicit response!
     
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