Method: query.search

The Cloud Search query API provides the search method, which returns the most relevant results from a user query. The results can come from Google Workspace apps, such as Gmail or Google Drive, or they can come from data that you have indexed from a third party.

Note: This API requires a standard end user account to execute. A service account can't perform query API requests directly; to use a service account to perform queries, set up Google Workspace domain-wide delegation of authority.

HTTP request

POST https://cloudsearch.googleapis.com/v1/query/search

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Request body

The request body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation 
{
  "requestOptions": {
    object (RequestOptions)
  },
  "query": string,
  "pageSize": integer,
  "start": integer,
  "dataSourceRestrictions": [
    {
      object (DataSourceRestriction)
    }
  ],
  "facetOptions": [
    {
      object (FacetOptions)
    }
  ],
  "sortOptions": {
    object (SortOptions)
  },
  "queryInterpretationOptions": {
    object (QueryInterpretationOptions)
  },
  "contextAttributes": [
    {
      object (ContextAttribute)
    }
  ]
}
Fields
requestOptions

object (RequestOptions)

Request options, such as the search application and user timezone.
query

string

The raw query string. See supported search operators in the Narrow your search with operators
pageSize

integer

Maximum number of search results to return in one page. Valid values are between 1 and 100, inclusive. Default value is 10. Minimum value is 50 when results beyond 2000 are requested.
start

integer

Starting index of the results.
dataSourceRestrictions[]

object (DataSourceRestriction)

The sources to use for querying. If not specified, all data sources from the current search application are used.
facetOptions[]

object (FacetOptions)
sortOptions

object (SortOptions)

The options for sorting the search results
queryInterpretationOptions

object (QueryInterpretationOptions)

options to interpret the user query.
contextAttributes[]

object (ContextAttribute)

Context attributes for the request which will be used to adjust ranking of search results. The maximum number of elements is 10.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains an instance of SearchResponse.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud_search.query
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud_search

For more information, see the Authorization guide.