Search Database

https://{your-workspace-slug}.{region}.xata.sh/db/db_branch_name/search

This endpoint performs full text search across an entire database branch. You can filter down to particular table by using the tables parameter. The tables parameter accepts a mixed array of strings and objects. Using a string (the table name) selects the full table. Using an object allows one to specify a filter as well. The supported filters are the same as documented for the query endpoint with the following exceptions:

  • filters $contains, $startsWith, $endsWith don't work on columns of type text
  • filtering on columns of type multiple is currently unsupported

Expected Parameters

NameDescriptionInRequiredSchema
db_branch_nameThe DBBranchName matches the pattern `{db_name}:{branch_name}`. pathstring
POST
https://{your-workspace-slug}.{region}.xata.sh/db/db_branch_name/search

Run a free text search operation across the database branch.

Request Body Example
{
  "tables": [
    "users",
    {
      "table": "articles",
      "filter": {
        "author": "Abigail"
      }
    }
  ],
  "query": "after a long day"
}

Request Body Type Definition

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/**
 * @example {"tables":["users",{"table":"articles","filter":{"author":"Abigail"}}],"query":"after a long day"}
 */
type SearchBranch = {
    /*
     * An array with the tables in which to search. By default, all tables are included. Optionally, filters can be included that apply to each table.
     */
    tables?: (string | {
        /*
         * The name of the table.
         */
        table: string;
        filter?: FilterExpression;
        target?: TargetExpression;
        boosters?: BoosterExpression[];
    })[];
    /*
     * The query string.
     *
     * @minLength 1
     */
    query: string;
    fuzziness?: FuzzinessExpression;
    prefix?: PrefixExpression;
    highlight?: HighlightExpression;
    page?: SearchPageConfig;
};

/**
 * @minProperties 1
 */
type FilterExpression = {
    $exists?: string;
    $existsNot?: string;
    $any?: FilterList;
    $all?: FilterList;
    $none?: FilterList;
    $not?: FilterList;
} & {
    [key: string]: FilterColumn;
};

/**
 * The target expression is used to filter the search results by the target columns.
 */
type TargetExpression = (string | {
    /*
     * The name of the column.
     */
    column: string;
    /*
     * The weight of the column.
     *
     * @default 1
     * @maximum 10
     * @minimum 1
     */
    weight?: number;
})[];

/**
 * Booster Expression
 */
type BoosterExpression = {
    valueBooster?: ValueBooster;
} | {
    numericBooster?: NumericBooster;
} | {
    dateBooster?: DateBooster;
};

/**
 * Maximum [Levenshtein distance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance) for the search terms. The Levenshtein
 * distance is the number of one character changes needed to make two strings equal. The default is 1, meaning that single
 * character typos per word are tolerated by search. You can set it to 0 to remove the typo tolerance or set it to 2
 * to allow two typos in a word.
 * 
 * @default 1
 * @maximum 2
 * @minimum 0
 */
type FuzzinessExpression = number;

/**
 * If the prefix type is set to "disabled" (the default), the search only matches full words. If the prefix type is set to "phrase", the search will return results that match prefixes of the search phrase.
 */
type PrefixExpression = "phrase" | "disabled";

type HighlightExpression = {
    /*
     * Set to `false` to disable highlighting. By default it is `true`.
     */
    enabled?: boolean;
    /*
     * Set to `false` to disable HTML encoding in highlight snippets. By default it is `true`.
     */
    encodeHTML?: boolean;
};

/**
 * Pagination settings for the search endpoints.
 */
type SearchPageConfig = {
    /*
     * Set page size.
     *
     * @default 25
     * @maximum 200
     */
    size?: number;
    /*
     * Use offset to skip entries. To skip pages set offset to a multiple of size.
     *
     * @default 0
     * @maximum 800
     */
    offset?: number;
};

type FilterList = FilterExpression | FilterExpression[];

type FilterColumn = FilterColumnIncludes | FilterPredicate | FilterList;

/**
 * Boost records with a particular value for a column.
 */
type ValueBooster = {
    /*
     * The column in which to look for the value.
     */
    column: string;
    /*
     * The exact value to boost.
     */
    value: string | number | boolean;
    /*
     * The factor with which to multiply the added boost.
     */
    factor: number;
    /*
     * Only apply this booster to the records for which the provided filter matches.
     */
    ifMatchesFilter?: FilterExpression;
};

/**
 * Boost records based on the value of a numeric column.
 */
type NumericBooster = {
    /*
     * The column in which to look for the value.
     */
    column: string;
    /*
     * The factor with which to multiply the value of the column before adding it to the item score.
     */
    factor: number;
    /*
     * Modifier to be applied to the column value, before being multiplied with the factor. The possible values are:
     *   - none (default).
     *   - log: common logarithm (base 10)
     *   - log1p: add 1 then take the common logarithm. This ensures that the value is positive if the
     *     value is between 0 and 1.
     *   - ln: natural logarithm (base e)
     *   - ln1p: add 1 then take the natural logarithm. This ensures that the value is positive if the
     *     value is between 0 and 1.
     *   - square: raise the value to the power of two.
     *   - sqrt: take the square root of the value.
     *   - reciprocal: reciprocate the value (if the value is `x`, the reciprocal is `1/x`).
     */
    modifier?: "none" | "log" | "log1p" | "ln" | "ln1p" | "square" | "sqrt" | "reciprocal";
    /*
     * Only apply this booster to the records for which the provided filter matches.
     */
    ifMatchesFilter?: FilterExpression;
};

/**
 * Boost records based on the value of a datetime column. It is configured via "origin", "scale", and "decay". The further away from the "origin",
 * the more the score is decayed. The decay function uses an exponential function. For example if origin is "now", and scale is 10 days and decay is 0.5, it
 * should be interpreted as: a record with a date 10 days before/after origin will be boosted 2 times less than a record with the date at origin.
 * The result of the exponential function is a boost between 0 and 1. The "factor" allows you to control how impactful this boost is, by multiplying it with a given value.
 */
type DateBooster = {
    /*
     * The column in which to look for the value.
     */
    column: string;
    /*
     * The datetime (formatted as RFC3339) from where to apply the score decay function. The maximum boost will be applied for records with values at this time.
     * If it is not specified, the current date and time is used.
     */
    origin?: string;
    /*
     * The duration at which distance from origin the score is decayed with factor, using an exponential function. It is formatted as number + units, for example: `5d`, `20m`, `10s`.
     *
     * @pattern ^(\d+)(d|h|m|s|ms)$
     */
    scale: string;
    /*
     * The decay factor to expect at "scale" distance from the "origin".
     */
    decay: number;
    /*
     * The factor with which to multiply the added boost.
     *
     * @minimum 0
     */
    factor?: number;
    /*
     * Only apply this booster to the records for which the provided filter matches.
     */
    ifMatchesFilter?: FilterExpression;
};

/**
 * @maxProperties 1
 * @minProperties 1
 */
type FilterColumnIncludes = {
    $includes?: FilterPredicate;
    $includesAny?: FilterPredicate;
    $includesAll?: FilterPredicate;
    $includesNone?: FilterPredicate;
};

type FilterPredicate = FilterValue | FilterPredicate[] | FilterPredicateOp | FilterPredicateRangeOp;

type FilterValue = number | string | boolean;

/**
 * @maxProperties 1
 * @minProperties 1
 */
type FilterPredicateOp = {
    $any?: FilterPredicate[];
    $all?: FilterPredicate[];
    $none?: FilterPredicate | FilterPredicate[];
    $not?: FilterPredicate | FilterPredicate[];
    $is?: FilterValue | FilterValue[];
    $isNot?: FilterValue | FilterValue[];
    $lt?: FilterRangeValue;
    $le?: FilterRangeValue;
    $gt?: FilterRangeValue;
    $ge?: FilterRangeValue;
    $contains?: string;
    $startsWith?: string;
    $endsWith?: string;
    $pattern?: string;
};

/**
 * @maxProperties 2
 * @minProperties 2
 */
type FilterPredicateRangeOp = {
    $lt?: FilterRangeValue;
    $le?: FilterRangeValue;
    $gt?: FilterRangeValue;
    $ge?: FilterRangeValue;
};

type FilterRangeValue = number | string;
Status CodeDescriptionExample Response/Type Definition
200OK
type SearchBranch = {
    records: Record[];
    warning?: string;
};

/**
 * Xata Table Record Metadata
 */
type Record = RecordMeta & {
    [key: string]: any;
};

/**
 * Xata Table Record Metadata
 */
type RecordMeta = {
    id: RecordID;
    xata: {
        /*
         * The record's version. Can be used for optimistic concurrency control.
         */
        version: number;
        /*
         * The time when the record was created.
         */
        createdAt?: string;
        /*
         * The time when the record was last updated.
         */
        updatedAt?: string;
        /*
         * The record's table name. APIs that return records from multiple tables will set this field accordingly.
         */
        table?: string;
        /*
         * Highlights of the record. This is used by the search APIs to indicate which fields and parts of the fields have matched the search.
         */
        highlight?: {
            [key: string]: string[] | {
                [key: string]: any;
            };
        };
        /*
         * The record's relevancy score. This is returned by the search APIs.
         */
        score?: number;
        /*
         * Encoding/Decoding errors
         */
        warnings?: string[];
    };
};

/**
 * @maxLength 255
 * @minLength 1
 * @pattern [a-zA-Z0-9_-~:]+
 */
type RecordID = string;
400Bad Request
type SearchBranch = {
    id?: string;
    message: string;
};
401Authentication Error
{
  "message": "invalid API key"
}
404Example response
type SearchBranch = {
    id?: string;
    message: string;
};
503ServiceUnavailable
type SearchBranch = {
    id?: string;
    message: string;
};
5XXUnexpected Error