FEATURE: new search filter - @username

config/locales/server.en.yml

@@ -2782,9 +2782,9 @@ en:
       <h3>Options</h3>
       <p>
         <table>
-        <tr><td><code>order:views</code></td><td><code>order:latest</code></td><td><code>order:likes</code><td></td><td colspan=2></td></tr>
+        <tr><td><code>order:views</code></td><td><code>order:latest</code></td><td><code>order:likes</code></td><td><code>@username</code></td><td><code>user:foo</code></td></tr>
         <tr><td><code>status:open</code></td><td><code>status:closed</code></td><td><code>status:archived</code></td><td><code>status:noreplies</code></td><td><code>status:single_user</code></td></tr>
-        <tr><td><code>#category-slug</code></td><td><code>category:foo</code></td><td><code>user:foo</code></td><td><code>group:foo</code></td><td><code>badge:foo</code></td><td></td></tr>
+        <tr><td><code>#category-slug</code></td><td><code>category:foo</code></td><td><code>group:foo</code></td><td><code>badge:foo</code></td><td></td></tr>
         <tr><td><code>in:likes</code></td><td><code>in:posted</code></td><td><code>in:watching</code></td><td><code>in:tracking</code></td><td><code>in:private</code></td></tr>
         <tr><td><code>in:bookmarks</code></td><td><code>in:first</code></td><td><code>in:pinned</code></td><td><code>in:unpinned</code></td><td></td></tr>
         <tr><td><code>posts_count:num</code></td><td><code>before:days or date</code></td><td><code>after:days or date</code></td> <td colspan=2></td></tr>

lib/search.rb

@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ class Search
     end
   end
 
-  advanced_filter(/^\#([a-zA-Z0-9,\-:]+)/) do |posts,match|
+  advanced_filter(/^\#([a-zA-Z0-9\-:]+)/) do |posts,match|
     slug = match.to_s.split(":")
     if slug[1]
       # sub category
@@ -315,6 +315,15 @@ class Search
     end
   end
 
+  advanced_filter(/^\@([a-zA-Z0-9_\-.]+)/) do |posts,match|
+    user_id = User.where(staged: false).where(username_lower: match.downcase).pluck(:id).first
+    if user_id
+      posts.where("posts.user_id = #{user_id}")
+    else
+      posts.where("1 = 0")
+    end
+  end
+
   advanced_filter(/before:(.*)/) do |posts,match|
     if date = Search.word_to_date(match)
       posts.where("posts.created_at < ?", date)

spec/components/search_spec.rb

@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ describe Search do
       expect(Search.execute('boom in:unpinned', guardian: guardian).posts.length).to eq(1)
     end
 
-    it 'supports before and after in:first user:' do
+    it 'supports before and after, in:first, user:, @username' do
 
       time = Time.zone.parse('2001-05-20 2:55')
       freeze_time(time)
@@ -449,6 +449,8 @@ describe Search do
       expect(Search.execute('user:nobody').posts.length).to eq(0)
       expect(Search.execute("user:#{_post.user.username}").posts.length).to eq(1)
       expect(Search.execute("user:#{_post.user_id}").posts.length).to eq(1)
+
+      expect(Search.execute("@#{_post.user.username}").posts.length).to eq(1)
     end
 
     it 'supports group' do