This endpoint is used to search within the public timelines.

http://rest.netvibes.com/timeline/search?query=query&format=format

query (required): the query, in the format described below
format (optional): xml, json, rss, atom
limit (optional): the number of results to display per page (default is 20, maximum is 100
offset (optional): number of results to skip (ie. jump to next page of results)

The query string must be URL-encoded.

In order to use multiple criterions in a query, the following operators are at your disposal (+ is the same as a blank character in the URL):

• + (AND)
• OR
• - (NOT)

By default, all query parameters are sent in AND mode.

Advanced use: it's a Lucene Query parser search.

Many filters can be applied within the query string, using the following keywords:

Netvibes users can send items to their public timeline tied to multiple types of content. You may want to filter some out (or in).

• Retrieve a user's public activities in XML (link):
  query=user:xavier&format=xml

• Retrieve the 100 latest public activities of a user's friends in JSON (link):
  query=friendsof:netvibes&format=xml&limit=100

• Retrieve the last 5 starred items from the followers of a user, in RSS format (link):
  query=followersof:maurice%20type:star&format=rss&limit=5

• Retrieve the 20 next-to-10 last status updates from a user's friends, in Atom format (link):
  query=friendsof:samyz%20type:status&format=atom&limit=20&offset=10

• Retrieve any item mentionning a given word, in RSS (link):
  query=user:tariqkrim%20netvibes&format=rss

• Retrieve any item from a user's followers, mentionning a given word in its comment part (link): query=followersof:tariqkrim%20netvibes&format=rss

• Retrieve all items that mention a given word in their comment section, from all the followers of a user (link):
  query=followersof:tariqkrim%20type:status%20comment:netvibes&format=rss

• Retrieve the status for two users (link):
  query=type:status%20(user:florent%20OR%20user:charles)&format=rss

• Retrieve starred items that mention one of a few word, for many users (link):
  query=type:star%20(user:florent%20OR%20user:charles%20OR%20user:znarf)%20(javascript%20OR%20html)&format=rss

Etc.

Retrieving all public statuses.

http://rest.netvibes.com/timeline/search?query=type:status

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<netvibes>
  <query>type:status</query>
  <numfound>21118</numfound>
  <timeline>
    <item>
      <id>25116465</id>
        <userId>55028919</userId>
        <type>1</type>
        <createdOn>2008-05-26 22:05:12</createdOn>
        <updatedOn>2008-05-26 22:05:12</updatedOn>
        <data>Bientôt le début des partiels ...</data>
        <comment/>
        <status>public</status>
        <userName>shirase</userName>
        <userFullName>Shirase</userFullName>
    </item>
 
    <item>
      <id>25115840</id>
      <userId>44865085</userId>
      <type>1</type>
      <createdOn>2008-05-26 21:54:57</createdOn>
      <updatedOn>2008-05-26 21:54:57</updatedOn>
      <data>is very chill at the moment</data>
      <comment/>
      <status>public</status>
      <userName>kewlduud14</userName>
      <userFullName>Bruce K.</userFullName>
    </item>
    (...)
  </timeline>
</netvibes>
<netvibes>
  ...
</netvibes>