Today we are releasing the beta version of our new search function in the API. Actually it has existed since last week but the full (beta) release will be today.
There is a new endpoint called search (currently v3beta/search) that will allow you to search for installations, devices and functions on many different criteria, including name and of course all metadata. If you are interested please read the API-documentation.
This has been possible before as well but only within a specific installation, making it hard to find a specific sensor without knowing what installation is belongs to. This was due to the history of IoT Open in healthcare with sensitive data that demanded absolute isolation between different installations. In today's larger installations like smart cities and industries this has become more of an obstacle than a nice feature.
Since there has been ways to search before we call this global search. But the API is only the first step. In the upcoming release of the frontend there will be a search tool there as well.
Here you can search based on pretty much anything among Installations, Devices and Functions. Other objects, like notifications and apps might be added later. Users and Organizations is already easy to find since they are not hidden beneath Installations.
This post is really just a teaser about what is coming soon.
