---
title: "Changes to Simple entity search"
method: GET
path: "/search/{dataset}"
---

# Changes to Simple entity search

`GET /search/{dataset}`

> Every recorded change to this operation, newest first.

## Timeline

Changed in 11 of 28 revisions.

- **2026-06-13** `c5a282ece45d`: 3 info
- **2026-04-21** `024572c7ad35`: 2 info
- **2025-06-15** `bde582a678cc`: 1 info
- **2025-03-08** `918214e0f3be`: 1 breaking, 2 info
- **2024-12-08** `ba18f11366fb`: 1 info
- **2023-10-26** `968352e22dd9`: 4 breaking, 7 info
- **2023-04-01** `4cab12386731`: 2 info
- **2022-10-04** `c17b65cd8059`: 1 breaking, 1 warning, 2 info
- **2022-05-27** `4b38679f47dc`: 2 warning
- **2022-05-04** `aafc936b438d`: 1 breaking, 1 info
- **2022-04-09** `e3a7d874b6d7`: 1 breaking, 1 warning, 7 info

## Changes

- **2026-06-13** `c5a282ece45d`: 3 info
  - removed `subschema #1, subschema #2` from the `results/items/first_seen` response property `anyOf` list for the response status `200`
  - removed `subschema #1, subschema #2` from the `results/items/last_change` response property `anyOf` list for the response status `200`
  - removed `subschema #1, subschema #2` from the `results/items/last_seen` response property `anyOf` list for the response status `200`
- **2026-04-21** `024572c7ad35`: 2 info
  - added the optional property `detail/items/ctx` to the response with the `422` status
  - added the optional property `detail/items/input` to the response with the `422` status
- **2025-06-15** `bde582a678cc`: 1 info
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `filter`
- **2025-03-08** `918214e0f3be`: 1 breaking, 2 info
  - removed the enum value `names` from the property `items/` of the `query` request parameter `facets`
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `filter_op`
  - `query` request parameter `target` was deprecated
- **2024-12-08** `ba18f11366fb`: 1 info
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `include_dataset`
- **2023-10-26** `968352e22dd9`: 4 breaking, 7 info
  - the response property `results/items/first_seen` became optional for the status `200`
  - the response property `results/items/last_seen` became optional for the status `200`
  - response property `results/items/first_seen` list-of-types was widened by adding types `null` to media type `application/json` of response `200`
  - response property `results/items/last_seen` list-of-types was widened by adding types `null` to media type `application/json` of response `200`
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `changed_since`
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `exclude_dataset`
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `exclude_schema`
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `facets`
  - `query` request parameter `target` list-of-types was widened by adding types `null`
  - for the `query` request parameter `target`, the type was generalized from `boolean` to no type
  - added the optional property `results/items/last_change` to the response with the `200` status
- **2023-04-01** `4cab12386731`: 2 info
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `fuzzy`
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `simple`
- **2022-10-04** `c17b65cd8059`: 1 breaking, 1 warning, 2 info
  - the response property `total/relation` became optional for the status `200`
  - deleted the `query` request parameter `fuzzy`
  - added the non-success response with the status `500`
  - the `relation` response's property default value `eq` was added for the status `200`
- **2022-05-27** `4b38679f47dc`: 2 warning
  - for the `query` request parameter `limit`, the max was set to `500.00`
  - for the `query` request parameter `offset`, the max was set to `9499.00`
- **2022-05-04** `aafc936b438d`: 1 breaking, 1 info
  - response property `detail/items/loc/items/` list-of-types was widened by adding types `integer` to media type `application/json` of response `422`
  - added the optional property `results/items/target` to the response with the `200` status
- **2022-04-09** `e3a7d874b6d7`: 1 breaking, 1 warning, 7 info
  - the `total` response's property type changed from `integer` to `object` for status `200`
  - deleted the `query` request parameter `nested`
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `sort`
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `target`
  - added the non-success response with the status `400`
  - the response property `total` became required for the status `200`
  - the `total` response's property default value `0` was removed for the status `200`
  - added the required property `total/relation` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the required property `total/value` to the response with the `200` status

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