Hello MarkLogic experts,

This may be a very stupid question but is there a way for a web service to use 
an XPath expression with the REST API search?

For instance one with an axis like:
//ResourceTypeX[descendant-or-self::node()="urn:anotherelementid:xyz"]

I was hoping to be able to do something like 
localhost:8003://v1/search?q=my_xpath_expression

Also I need to massage the response so it includes the actual resource content 
and aggregate
them in a container (defined as a list of the resource type elements returned). 
I'm wondering
if writing extension(s) to the REST API (my web service also supports regular 
CRUD operations
on XML documents) is the right approach?
If I do so, can I call the MarkLogic REST API from within my extension point 
(to retrieve or search docs etc.)?

Or should I look into mapping pre-defined XPath expressions into structured 
queries?
I was hoping to use the REST API (using search or keyvalue) but I'm not 
convinced this is going to work.

Any hints most appreciated!

Thanks,
Hubert

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