---
title: Search
slug: We6t-search
docTags: 
createdAt: 2022-01-04T21:19:17.000Z
---

Link Enterprise provides a web service endpoint that will allow you to retrieve a subset of documents based on a search criteria.

:::ApiMethodV2
```json
{
  "tab": "examples",
  "url": "https://localhost:82/scrud/search",
  "name": "Search ",
  "method": "POST",
  "request": {
    "pathParameters": [],
    "queryParameters": [],
    "headerParameters": [],
    "bodyDataParameters": [
      {
        "kind": "required",
        "name": "cmsName",
        "type": "String",
        "description": "Name of the s3 system configured in Link Enterprise ."
      },
      {
        "kind": "required",
        "name": "whereClause",
        "type": "string",
        "description": "A where clause Used to query s3 to return a set of files/folders depending on criteria set."
      },
      {
        "kind": "required",
        "name": "selectedCMS",
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Value should always be set to \"s3\" to let Link Enterprise know which configured content system to search."
      },
      {
        "name": "location",
        "kind": "optional",
        "type": "string",
        "description": "S3 Bucket name where you want to search the document.",
        "children": []
      }
    ],
    "formDataParameters": []
  },
  "results": {
    "languages": [
      {
        "id": "l7mAccvIkcMGyR03J3_aP",
        "code": "[\n\t{\n\t\t\"compid\": \"data24\",\n\t\t\"content-length\": \"3000\",\n\t\t\"contrep\": \"K2456\",\n\t\t\"docid\": \"1234\",\n\t\t\"scanperformed\": \"true\"\n\t}\n]",
        "language": "200"
      },
      {
        "id": "C0tj4vmrgrTV7Xq8ZvvAu",
        "code": "",
        "language": "500"
      }
    ],
    "selectedLanguageId": "l7mAccvIkcMGyR03J3_aP"
  },
  "examples": {
    "languages": [
      {
        "id": "RinXZo0WaAz3lEkUOH2ux",
        "code": "{\n    \"cmsName\":\"insertProductionSystemName (located in Link       Enterprise gui)\",\n   \"selectedCMS\":\"s3\",\n\t\"whereClause\":\"contRep,K2456\",\n\t   \"location\":\"S3 Bucket Name\"\n}",
        "language": "json"
      }
    ],
    "selectedLanguageId": "RinXZo0WaAz3lEkUOH2ux"
  },
  "description": "Search for all documents using a where clause. If successful will return a JSON Array with a size greater then or equal to zero with status code of 200. Otherwise status code 500 is returned. If it's a known error returns 200 with error message in response.\n",
  "currentNewParameter": {
    "label": "Body Parameter",
    "value": "bodyDataParameters"
  },
  "autoGeneratedAnchorSlug": "search",
  "legacyHash": "2I1lkUo-tBmvDr0MrlixB"
}
```
:::