---
title: "Search the public Solana & Robinhood Chain tools directory"
method: GET
path: "/tools/search"
tags: ["Tools"]
---

# Search the public Solana & Robinhood Chain tools directory

`GET /tools/search`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://madeonsol.com/api/v1`
- URL: `https://madeonsol.com/api/v1/tools/search`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Full-text search across the MadeOnSol tools/dApps directory (the same data backing https://madeonsol.com). Returns matching tools with name, slug, category, short description, and tool URL. Useful for embedding the directory in your own site or chatbot.

## Query parameters

- `q` string, required
- `category` string
- `limit` integer

## Response `200`

OK

- object
  - `tools` object[]
    - `name` string
    - `slug` string
    - `tagline` string
    - `logo_url` string, nullable
    - `website_url` string
    - `average_rating` number
    - `review_count` integer
    - `pricing_model` 'free' | 'freemium' | 'paid' | 'token_gated'
    - `health_score` integer, nullable: 0-100
    - `categories` string[]: Category slugs
    - `url` string, uri: Live tool page on madeonsol.com
  - `count` integer

## Other responses

- `400`: Missing or too-short search term
- `401`: Missing or invalid API key, or an expired free-tier key. Authentication-stage error: no `X-RateLimit-*` headers, no `_rid`.
- `403`: Forbidden. One of: the key's tier is below this endpoint's or parameter's gate (`tier_required` with an `upgrade` block); the public demo key used outside its allow-list (`demo_key_endpoint_not_allowed`); an invalid or revoked key; an origin-restricted key called from a disallowed origin (`code` `origin_not_allowed` / `origin_required`). `X-RateLimit-*` headers are present only on `tier_required`.
- `429`: Too many requests. Every 429 carries `Retry-After`. A quota 429 (`rate_limit_exceeded`, with `X-RateLimit-*`), a heavy-query concurrency 429 (`error_kind` `concurrency`/`capacity`), or the per-IP authentication-failure block (30 failed auths/min; plain `error` + `retry_after_seconds`, no `X-RateLimit-*`).
- `500`: Unexpected server error from the route (`Internal server error`, with `_rid`). Safe to retry with backoff. A failed API-key lookup is a 503 `auth_backend_unavailable`, never a 500.
- `503`: The API-key or subscription lookup could not be answered (authentication stage). Retryable and not your fault: it is never counted as a failed authentication. Honour `Retry-After`; no `X-RateLimit-*`, no `_rid`.

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