Description:
We need to implement a query parser that will be used by both the OWASP API and OWASP UI search interfaces. The parser should support a GitHub-like syntax for filtering entities based on their attributes.

Requirements:

• Basic string equality checks

  • Example: author:name

• Comparison operators for numeric fields

  • Example: stars:>100, stars:<50, issues:>=10

• Ability to combine multiple conditions (logical AND; potential future support for OR).

• Output should be structured in a way that can be easily consumed by backend search logic (e.g., dict or list of conditions).

Possible Features for Later Iterations:

• Quoted strings for multi-word values: project:"OWASP ZAP"
• OR conditions: (author:alice OR author:bob)
• Negations: -archived:true

Suggested Python Packages to Explore:

• https://pypi.org/project/pyparsing/

Benefits:

• Unifies search syntax across OWASP projects.
• Enables advanced filtering and more precise search results.
• Provides a foundation for future improvements in search capabilities.

Are you going to work on implementing this?

• Yes
• No

Additional context

• GitHub search syntax: https://docs.github.com/en/search-github/searching-on-github