---
title: "Search concepts and collections by query term"
method: GET
path: "/search"
tags: ["Global methods"]
---

# Search concepts and collections by query term

`GET /search`

## Query parameters

- `query` string, required
- `lang` string
- `labellang` string
- `vocab` string
- `type` string
- `parent` string
- `group` string
- `maxhits` integer
- `offset` integer
- `fields` string
- `unique` string

## Response `200`

data of the concepts matching the search term

- SearchResults
  - `uri` string, required
  - `vocabularies` SearchResult[], required
    - `uri` string, required
    - `type` string[]
    - `prefLabel` string
    - `altLabel` string
    - `hiddenLabel` string
    - `lang` string
    - `vocab` string
    - `exvocab` string
    - `notation` string

## Changes

- **2016-05-12** `d70235348090` — 1 info
  - api tag `Global methods` added
- **2016-05-12** `edc7f0ce1476` — 1 info
  - api tag `Global methods` removed

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/natlibfi/apis/skosmos-api/changes/search/get.md)

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