[Developers] Change to Phrase Matching in MQL | New MQL Reference Guide

[Phil Gochenour]

Hi everyone, 

with our new client push today came two items that will be of great interest to you all.

First, there has been a change to the way the pattern matching operator handles phrases. Previously, to match the phrase "I love you," you would need a query like this:

[
  {
    "limit" : 25,
    "name" : null,
    "name~=" : "\"I love you""\,
    "type" : "/music/track"
  }
]

Now you can find that same phrase without having to use the escaped quotes, so it looks like this:

[
  {
    "limit" : 25,
    "name" : null,
    "name~=" : "I love you",
    "type" : "/music/track"
  }
]

An updated version of the MQL cheat sheet that reflects this change will be available for download next week, I'll send out a note to the list when it's available.

Second, after months of development, the new MQL Reference Guide is now available: http://mql.freebaseapps.com. The link from the Help Center now goes to this URL, and PDF version will be available for download next week at the same time as the cheat sheet.

Phil