How to search the content only from the specified directory using AEM query builder?

Using the AEM query builder will search a content that is available in a specified directory only. This query will not search the content in subdirectories, or not even child of the child directories. 

Open AEM Query Builder Debugger: http://localhost:4502/libs/cq/search/content/querydebug.html. Add the following options to perform the search.

path=/content/dam/we-retail/en/features

path.flat=true

type=dam:Asset

fulltext=cart

Filters definition:

• path=? // On which path this query will perform the search operation.
• path.flat=true // will look the content only in the specified directory.
• fulltext=? //name or keyword which you are searching for.

find direct children using the query builder

Query tree + URLs

ROOT=group: [

{fulltext=fulltext: fulltext=cart}

{path=path: path=/content/dam/we-retail/en/features, flat=true}

{type=type: type=dam:Asset}

]

XPath query to find the direct child in a directory

/jcr:root/content/dam/we-retail/en/features/element(*, dam:Asset)

[

(jcr:contains(., 'cart'))

]

JSON response 

You can get the JSON response of this query using this URL: (Note: update the domain(localhost:4502) to browse the url for your AEM instance)

http://localhost:4502/bin/querybuilder.json?fulltext=cart&path=%2fcontent%2fdam%2fwe-retail%2fen%2ffeatures&path.flat=true&type=dam%3aAsset

Response:

{

  "success": true,

  "results": 1,

  "total": 1,

  "more": false,

  "offset": 0,

  "hits": [

    {

      "path": "/content/dam/we-retail/en/features/cart.png",

      "excerpt": "/content/dam/we-retail/en/features/cart.png",

      "name": "cart.png",

      "title": "cart.png",

      "lastModified": "2016-06-06 16:26:05"

    }

  ]

}