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'''GET request''' to perform an advanced search for wiki pages by title or content text match.<br />
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== API documentation == <!--T:2--><br />
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=== GET request === <!--T:3--><br />
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{{Note|1=<translate><!--T:4--> Default search results are without UTF8 encoding.</translate> <translate><!--T:5--> Replace <tvar name=1><code>utf8</code></tvar> in the get request above to see the difference.</translate>}}<br />
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=== Response === <!--T:6--><br />
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{<br />
"batchcomplete": "",<br />
"continue": {<br />
"sroffset": 10,<br />
"continue": "-||"<br />
},<br />
"query": {<br />
"searchinfo": {<br />
"totalhits": 5060<br />
},<br />
"search": [<br />
{<br />
"ns": 0,<br />
"title": "Nelson Mandela",<br />
"pageid": 21492751,<br />
"size": 196026,<br />
"wordcount": 23664,<br />
"snippet": "<span class=\"searchmatch\">Nelson</span> Rolihlahla <span class=\"searchmatch\">Mandela</span> (/mænˈdɛlə/, Xhosa: [xoliɬaˈɬa <span class=\"searchmatch\">manˈdɛla</span>]; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary,",<br />
"timestamp": "2018-07-23T07:59:43Z"<br />
},<br />
{<br />
"ns": 0,<br />
"title": "Death of Nelson Mandela",<br />
"pageid": 41284488,<br />
"size": 133513,<br />
"wordcount": 13512,<br />
"snippet": "On December 5, 2013, <span class=\"searchmatch\">Nelson</span> <span class=\"searchmatch\">Mandela</span>, the first President of South Africa to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, as well as the country's",<br />
"timestamp": "2018-07-19T17:30:59Z"<br />
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=== Sample code === <!--T:7--><br />
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== Possible errors == <!--T:11--><br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
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! <translate><!--T:13--> Info</translate><br />
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| <translate><!--T:15--> search error has occurred</translate><br />
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== Parameter history == <!--T:16--><br />
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* v1.24: <translate><!--T:22--> Deprecated <tvar name=1><code>score</code>,<code>hasrelated</code></tvar></translate><br />
* v1.23:<br />
** <translate><!--T:23--> Removed <tvar name=1><code>srredirects</code></tvar>.</translate> <translate><!--T:24--> Redirects are always included.</translate><br />
** <translate><!--T:25--> Introduced <tvar name=1><code>srinterwiki</code></tvar></translate><br />
* v1.22: <translate><!--T:26--> Introduced <tvar name=1><code>srbackend</code></tvar></translate><br />
* v1.17: <translate><!--T:27--> Introduced <tvar name=1><code>nearmatch</code>, <code>score</code>, <code>titlesnippet</code>, <code>redirecttitle</code>, <code>redirectsnippet</code>, <code>sectiontitle</code>, <code>sectionsnippet</code>, <code>hasrelated</code></tvar></translate><br />
* v1.16: <translate><!--T:28--> Introduced <tvar name=1><code>srinfo</code>, <code>srprop</code></tvar></translate><br />
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== Additional notes == <!--T:17--><br />
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* Depending on which search backend is in use, how <tvar name=1><code>srsearch</code></tvar> is interpreted may vary.</translate> <translate><!--T:19--> On Wikimedia wikis which use CirrusSearch, see <tvar name=1></tvar> for information about the search syntax.</translate><br />
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[[Category:MediaWiki API query lists|MediaWiki API query lists]]<br />
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''Sample content adapted from [[mediawikiwiki:API:Search]] on mediawiki.org, licensed under [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ CC BY-SA 4.0].''</div>
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