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[James Tait <1337864@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is already possible via the search API:

{
  "_links": {
    "first": {
      "href": "https://search.apps.ubuntu.com/api/v1/search?q=department%3A%22games%22&page=1&size=2";
    },
    "last": {
      "href": "https://search.apps.ubuntu.com/api/v1/search?q=department%3A%22games%22&page=35&size=2";
    },
    "next": {
      "href": "https://search.apps.ubuntu.com/api/v1/search?q=department%3A%22games%22&page=2&size=2";
    },
    "self": {
      "href": "https://search.apps.ubuntu.com/api/v1/search?q=department%3A%22games%22&page=1&size=2";
    },
    "curies": [
      {
        "templated": true,
        "name": "clickindex",
        "href": "https://search.apps.ubuntu.com/docs/relations.html{#rel}";
      }
    ]
  },
  "_embedded": {
    "clickindex:recommendation": [],
    "clickindex:package": [
      {
        "price": 0,
        "icon_url": "https://myapps.developer.ubuntu.com/site_media/appmedia/2013/09/solitaire-games64.png";,
        "title": "Solitaire Games",
        "name": "com.ubuntu.developer.labsin.solitaire-games",
        "_links": {
          "self": {
            "href": "https://search.apps.ubuntu.com/api/v1/package/com.ubuntu.developer.labsin.solitaire-games";
          }
        },
        "publisher": "Sam Segers",
        "content": "application"
      },
      {
        "price": 0,
        "icon_url": "https://myapps.developer.ubuntu.com/site_media/appmedia/2014/06/rockpaperscissorslogo_256.png";,
        "title": "Rock Paper Scissors",
        "name": "com.ubuntu.developer.11ubuntucg.rockpaperscissors",
        "_links": {
          "self": {
            "href": "https://search.apps.ubuntu.com/api/v1/package/com.ubuntu.developer.11ubuntucg.rockpaperscissors";
          }
        },
        "publisher": "Brian Jaury",
        "content": "application"
      }
    ]
  }
}

However, I accept that this might not be optimal for a couple of
reasons:

 - It requires a separate call to the index
 - It requires pagination support on the client

The second point can be mitigated by adjusting the size parameter
accordingly to get things off the ground, but that's a temporary work-
around - ultimately, the scope is going to have to support pagination,
otherwise we'll be returning potentially thousands of results in a
single response.  It's not just the network usage that's a problem here,
but the memory and processing overhead on the client.

The first point can be addressed on the server side by embedding
clickindex:package resources in the department response.  This is, in
fact, the long-term plan.  There was an unfortunate mix-up in
terminology that led to "browsing search results by department" being
misinterpreted as "browsing for arbitrary packages by department" - the
former of which is not currently supported, the latter being expressly
permitted - and so this embedding was de-scoped for RTM.  I'm happy to
do the work to support it now, with the caveat that pagination support
will be added later.

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Title:
  Apps missing in some store categories

Status in “unity-scope-click” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Since the recent introduction of departments in the Ubuntu Store,
  there are several applications missing. For instance the email client
  "Dekko" cannot be seen in the Internet->mail category. Flashback is
  another app that seems to be missing from the Sound & Video section.

  There are several departments shown which are empty and I suspect they
  are missing apps as well.

  By manual searching for these by app names, they are returned in the
  search results indicating they are present in the stores.

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