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|Name|search| |:---|:-----| |Description|Provides basic text search service, based on a query string and some optional constraints.| |Accessible Via|/api/service/search| |HTTP GET|True | |HTTP Post|False | |Special Headers|None | |Login Required|False | |Required Arguments|None | |Optional Arguments|prefix: a prefix to do an auto-complete on (may be incomplete) - default| | |query: the string to do a search for| | |type: type of items to match for| | |limit: the maximum number of results to return, default is 20| | |start: offset from which to start returning results, default is 0| | |escape: how to escape results (html or false), default is html| |Extra Arguments Ignored|True | |Response Format|application/json|

Example result for /api/service/search?query=Casino&limit=1

{ "code": "/api/status/ok", "result": [ { "guid": "#9202a8c04000641f80000000009c1234", "id" : "\/wikipedia\/en_id\/3191060", "alias" : [], "name": "Casino Royale", "article": { "id": "#9202a8c04000641f80000000009cddab" }, "image": { "id": "#9202a8c04000641f80000000011939bd" }, "type" : [ { "id": "/common/topic", "name" : "Topic" }, { "id": "/film/film", "name" : "Film" }, ... ] }, ... ] }