---
title: "Search reference metadata (redirect target when configured)."
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/search-reference"
tags: ["Catalog"]
---

# Search reference metadata (redirect target when configured).

`GET /api/v1/search-reference`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://huggingbay.xyz`
- URL: `https://huggingbay.xyz/api/v1/search-reference`
- Auth: none required

Search reference metadata (redirect target when configured).

**Inputs.** No path or query fields are required. No request body is required.

**Outputs.** See each status below for its media type, schema and headers. A missing record or unavailable capability is not a successful empty result.

**Errors.** API JSON failures use the documented response schema. Read code, message and next; retry only when the response allows it. Auth, invalid input and missing records need a caller change.

**Rate limits.** Public read budgets apply by client IP and route group. This operation can have a smaller route-specific budget. Read Retry-After on 429 or retryable 503 responses.

## Response `200`

Search reference descriptor

- object
  - `redirectTarget` string, nullable

## Other responses

- `429`: Too many requests in the current window. Wait for Retry-After, then retry.

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