# Gimp.PDB.query_procedures

    @accepts(Gimp.PDB, unicode, unicode, unicode, unicode, unicode, unicode, unicode, unicode)
    @returns([unicode])
    def query_procedures(self, name, blurb, help, help_id, authors, copyright, date, proc_type):
        # Python wrapper for gimp_pdb_query_procedures()

Queries the procedural database for its contents using regular expression matching.

This function queries the contents of the procedural database. It is supplied with eight arguments matching procedures on

{ name, blurb, help, help-id, authors, copyright, date, procedure type}.

This is accomplished using regular expression matching. For instance, to find all procedures with "jpeg" listed in the blurb, all seven arguments can be supplied as ".*", except for the second, which can be supplied as ".*jpeg.*". There are two return arguments for this procedure. The first is the number of procedures matching the query. The second is a concatenated list of procedure names corresponding to those matching the query. If no matching entries are found, then the returned string is NULL and the number of entries is 0.

Since 3.0

self

  A Gimp.PDB.

name

  The regex for procedure name.

blurb

  The regex for procedure blurb.

help

  The regex for procedure help.

help_id

  The regex for procedure help-id.

authors

  The regex for procedure authors.

copyright

  The regex for procedure copyright.

date

  The regex for procedure date.

proc_type

  The regex for procedure type: { 'Internal GIMP procedure', 'GIMP Plug-in', 'GIMP Extension', 'Temporary Procedure' }.

Returns