feat(UnifiedSearch): Online search providers support, toggle option

core/ResponseDefinitions.php

@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
  *     name: string,
  *     icon: string,
  *     order: int,
+ *     isExternalProvider: bool,
  *     triggers: list<string>,
  *     filters: array<string, string>,
  *     inAppSearch: bool,

core/openapi-full.json

@@ -1045,6 +1045,7 @@
                     "name",
                     "icon",
                     "order",
+                    "isExternalProvider",
                     "triggers",
                     "filters",
                     "inAppSearch"
@@ -1066,6 +1067,9 @@
                         "type": "integer",
                         "format": "int64"
                     },
+                    "isExternalProvider": {
+                        "type": "boolean"
+                    },
                     "triggers": {
                         "type": "array",
                         "items": {

core/openapi.json

@@ -1045,6 +1045,7 @@
                     "name",
                     "icon",
                     "order",
+                    "isExternalProvider",
                     "triggers",
                     "filters",
                     "inAppSearch"
@@ -1066,6 +1067,9 @@
                         "type": "integer",
                         "format": "int64"
                     },
+                    "isExternalProvider": {
+                        "type": "boolean"
+                    },
                     "triggers": {
                         "type": "array",
                         "items": {

core/src/components/UnifiedSearch/UnifiedSearchModal.vue

@@ -86,6 +86,13 @@
 						<IconFilter :size="20" />
 					</template>
 				</NcButton>
+				<NcCheckboxRadioSwitch v-if="hasExternalResources"
+					v-model="searchExternalResources"
+					type="switch"
+					class="unified-search-modal__search-external-resources"
+					:class="{'unified-search-modal__search-external-resources--aligned': localSearch}">
+					{{ t('core', 'Search connected services') }}
+				</NcCheckboxRadioSwitch>
 			</div>
 			<div class="unified-search-modal__filters-applied">
 				<FilterChip v-for="filter in filters"
@@ -172,6 +179,7 @@ import NcButton from '@nextcloud/vue/components/NcButton'
 import NcEmptyContent from '@nextcloud/vue/components/NcEmptyContent'
 import NcInputField from '@nextcloud/vue/components/NcInputField'
 import NcDialog from '@nextcloud/vue/components/NcDialog'
+import NcCheckboxRadioSwitch from '@nextcloud/vue/components/NcCheckboxRadioSwitch'
 
 import CustomDateRangeModal from './CustomDateRangeModal.vue'
 import FilterChip from './SearchFilterChip.vue'
@@ -198,6 +206,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
 		NcEmptyContent,
 		NcDialog,
 		NcInputField,
+		NcCheckboxRadioSwitch,
 		SearchableList,
 		SearchResult,
 	},
@@ -264,6 +273,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
 			showDateRangeModal: false,
 			internalIsVisible: this.open,
 			initialized: false,
+			searchExternalResources: false,
 		}
 	},
 
@@ -301,6 +311,10 @@ export default defineComponent({
 		debouncedFilterContacts() {
 			return debounce(this.filterContacts, 300)
 		},
+
+		hasExternalResources() {
+			return this.providers.some(provider => provider.isExternalProvider)
+		},
 	},
 
 	watch: {
@@ -338,6 +352,12 @@ export default defineComponent({
 				this.$emit('update:query', this.searchQuery)
 			},
 		},
+
+		searchExternalResources() {
+			if (this.searchQuery) {
+				this.find(this.searchQuery)
+			}
+		},
 	},
 
 	mounted() {
@@ -418,6 +438,14 @@ export default defineComponent({
 					unifiedSearchLogger.debug('Limiting search to', params.limit)
 				}
 
+				const shouldSkipSearch = !this.searchExternalResources && provider.isExternalProvider
+				const wasManuallySelected = this.filteredProviders.some(filteredProvider => filteredProvider.id === provider.id)
+				// if the provider is an external resource and the user has not manually selected it, skip the search
+				if (shouldSkipSearch && !wasManuallySelected) {
+					this.searching = false
+					return
+				}
+
 				const request = unifiedSearch(params).request
 
 				request().then((response) => {
@@ -742,6 +770,21 @@ export default defineComponent({
 		padding-top: 4px;
 	}
 
+	&__search-external-resources {
+		:deep(span.checkbox-content) {
+			padding-top: 0;
+			padding-bottom: 0;
+		}
+
+		:deep(.checkbox-content__icon) {
+			margin: auto !important;
+		}
+
+		&--aligned {
+			margin-inline-start: auto;
+		}
+	}
+
 	&__filters-applied {
 		padding-top: 4px;
 		display: flex;

lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php

@@ -738,6 +738,7 @@
     'OCP\\SabrePluginEvent' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/SabrePluginEvent.php',
     'OCP\\SabrePluginException' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/SabrePluginException.php',
     'OCP\\Search\\FilterDefinition' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/Search/FilterDefinition.php',
+    'OCP\\Search\\IExternalProvider' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/Search/IExternalProvider.php',
     'OCP\\Search\\IFilter' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/Search/IFilter.php',
     'OCP\\Search\\IFilterCollection' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/Search/IFilterCollection.php',
     'OCP\\Search\\IFilteringProvider' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/Search/IFilteringProvider.php',

lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php

@@ -779,6 +779,7 @@ class ComposerStaticInit749170dad3f5e7f9ca158f5a9f04f6a2
         'OCP\\SabrePluginEvent' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/SabrePluginEvent.php',
         'OCP\\SabrePluginException' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/SabrePluginException.php',
         'OCP\\Search\\FilterDefinition' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/Search/FilterDefinition.php',
+        'OCP\\Search\\IExternalProvider' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/Search/IExternalProvider.php',
         'OCP\\Search\\IFilter' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/Search/IFilter.php',
         'OCP\\Search\\IFilterCollection' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/Search/IFilterCollection.php',
         'OCP\\Search\\IFilteringProvider' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/Search/IFilteringProvider.php',

lib/private/Search/SearchComposer.php

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 use OCP\IURLGenerator;
 use OCP\IUser;
 use OCP\Search\FilterDefinition;
+use OCP\Search\IExternalProvider;
 use OCP\Search\IFilter;
 use OCP\Search\IFilteringProvider;
 use OCP\Search\IInAppSearch;
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@ function (array $providerData) use ($route, $routeParameters) {
 				if ($order === null) {
 					return;
 				}
+				$isExternalProvider = $provider instanceof IExternalProvider ? $provider->isExternalProvider() : false;
 				$triggers = [$provider->getId()];
 				if ($provider instanceof IFilteringProvider) {
 					$triggers += $provider->getAlternateIds();
@@ -192,6 +194,7 @@ function (array $providerData) use ($route, $routeParameters) {
 					'name' => $provider->getName(),
 					'icon' => $this->fetchIcon($appId, $provider->getId()),
 					'order' => $order,
+					'isExternalProvider' => $isExternalProvider,
 					'triggers' => array_values($triggers),
 					'filters' => $this->getFiltersType($filters, $provider->getId()),
 					'inAppSearch' => $provider instanceof IInAppSearch,

lib/public/Search/IExternalProvider.php

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+namespace OCP\Search;
+
+/**
+ * Interface for search providers that forward user queries to external services.
+ *
+ * @since 32.0.0
+ */
+interface IExternalProvider extends IProvider {
+	/**
+	 * Indicates whether this search provider queries external (3rd-party) resources.
+	 * This is used by the Unified Search modal filter (toggle switch). By default, searching through external providers is disabled.
+	 *
+	 * @return bool default false
+	 *
+	 * @since 32.0.0
+	 */
+	public function isExternalProvider(): bool;
+}

openapi.json

@@ -1083,6 +1083,7 @@
                     "name",
                     "icon",
                     "order",
+                    "isExternalProvider",
                     "triggers",
                     "filters",
                     "inAppSearch"
@@ -1104,6 +1105,9 @@
                         "type": "integer",
                         "format": "int64"
                     },
+                    "isExternalProvider": {
+                        "type": "boolean"
+                    },
                     "triggers": {
                         "type": "array",
                         "items": {