[Developers] OR operator in query

[Christian Hirsch]

Hi,

I'm starting with a topic id (e.g. /en/the_departed) and like to query
all of its properties (e.g. all actors starring in the movie, awards
won, etc.).

At the moment I'm using separate queries for each type which is
associated with the topic to get all these information, e.g.:

{
  "*" : [],
  "id" : "/en/the_departed",
  "type" : "/film/film"
}

------------

{
  "*" : [],
  "id" : "/en/the_departed",
  "type" : "/award/award_winning_work"
}

------------

etc.

This works well but is not very efficient.
First of all a query is needed to get the types of the topic:
{
  "id" : "/en/the_departed",
  "type" : []
}

...and then a query is needed for each type as described above.


What would be the best way to reduce the number of queries?

I just tried to use an OR operator, e.g.:

{
    "*" : [],
    "id" : "/en/the_departed",
    "type" : [],
    "type|=" : [
      "/film/film",
      "/award/award_winning_work"
    ]
}

but it doesn't give the desired results. Is there some syntax error,
or does the OR not work in this case?

Cheers,
Christian