---
title: "Search for versions by content"
method: POST
path: "/search/versions"
tags: ["Search", "Versions"]
---

# Search for versions by content

`POST /search/versions`

## Request

- The document declares no server URL.
- Auth: none declared

Returns a paginated list of all versions that match the posted content.

This operation can fail for the following reasons:

* Provided content (request body) was empty (HTTP error `400`)
* A server error occurred (HTTP error `500`)

## Query parameters

- `canonical` boolean
- `artifactType` string
- `offset` integer
- `limit` integer
- `order` 'asc' | 'desc'
- `orderby` 'groupId' | 'artifactId' | 'version' | 'name' | 'createdOn' | 'modifiedOn' | 'globalId'
- `groupId` string: An ID of a single artifact group.
- `artifactId` string: The ID of a single artifact.
- `state` 'ENABLED' | 'DISABLED' | 'DEPRECATED' | 'DRAFT' | 'SUNSET': Describes the state of an artifact or artifact version. * ENABLED * DISABLED * DEPRECATED * DRAFT * SUNSET — Signals that a migration deadline has passed and the version will be removed. Requires transitioning through DEPRECATED first. Added in 3.3.0.
- `skipCount` boolean

## Request body `*/*`

- string, binary

## Response `200`

On a successful response, returns a result set of versions - one for each version
in the registry that matches the criteria.

- VersionSearchResults: Describes the response received when searching for artifacts.
  - `count` integer, required: The total number of versions that matched the query (may be more than the number of versions returned in the result set).
  - `versions` SearchedVersion[], required: The collection of artifact versions returned in the result set.
    - `name` string
    - `description` string
    - `createdOn` string, date-time, required
    - `owner` string, required
    - `artifactType` string, required
    - `state` 'ENABLED' | 'DISABLED' | 'DEPRECATED' | 'DRAFT' | 'SUNSET', required: Describes the state of an artifact or artifact version. * ENABLED * DISABLED * DEPRECATED * DRAFT * SUNSET — Signals that a migration deadline has passed and the version will be removed. Requires transitioning through DEPRECATED first. Added in 3.3.0.
    - `globalId` integer, required
    - `version` string, required: A single version of an artifact. Can be provided by the client when creating a new version, or it can be server-generated. The value can be any string unique to the artifact, but it is recommended to use a simple integer or a semver value.
    - `contentId` integer, required
    - `artifactId` string, required: The ID of a single artifact.
    - `groupId` string: An ID of a single artifact group.
    - `modifiedBy` string
    - `modifiedOn` string, date-time
    - `labels` Labels: User-defined name-value pairs. Name and value must be strings.

## Other responses

- `400`: Common response for all operations that can return a `400` error.
- `401`: Common response for all operations that can return a `401` error indicating authentication is required.
- `403`: Common response for all operations that can return a `403` error indicating the user is authenticated but not authorized.
- `500`: Common response for all operations that can fail with an unexpected server error.

## Changes

- **2026-10-31** `ff9684af2aad`: 20 info
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation/causes/items/code` to the response with the `400` status
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation/causes/items/code` to the response with the `401` status
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation/causes/items/code` to the response with the `403` status
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation/causes/items/code` to the response with the `500` status
  - …16 more
- **2026-10-29** `f17f5df4e79c`: 4 info
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation` to the response with the `400` status
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation` to the response with the `401` status
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation` to the response with the `403` status
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation` to the response with the `500` status
- **2026-08-10** `b41a13d5e5e2`: 1 info
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `state`
- **2026-06-23** `649594fdc80a`: 1 info
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `skipCount`
- **2026-05-18** `561c6d6c6989`: 1 warning
  - added the new `SUNSET` enum value to the `versions/items/state` response property for the response status `200`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/apicurio/apis/apicurio-registry-api-v3/changes/search/versions/post.md)

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