---
title: "Full-text search tasks."
method: POST
path: "/tasks/search"
tags: ["tasks"]
---

# Full-text search tasks.

`POST /tasks/search`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://restivity.ai/api/v1`
- URL: `https://restivity.ai/api/v1/tasks/search`
- Auth: OAuth 2 (authorization code, authorization URL `https://restivity.ai/oauth/authorize`, token URL `https://restivity.ai/api/oauth/token`, scopes: `tasks:read`)

Full-text search over titles and descriptions with typo tolerance (tsvector rank plus trigram word similarity). Scoped by RLS to what the caller can see. `q` must be at least 2 characters; `limit` is clamped to 50. Items are the same `Task` DTO as `GET /tasks/{id}`, each with its relevance score. MCP sibling: `tasks_search`.

## Request body

- SearchTasksBody
  - `q` string, required
  - `project_id` string, uuid
  - `status` string[]
  - `include_completed` boolean
  - `include_archived` boolean
  - `due_before` string, date-time
  - `due_after` string, date-time
  - `limit` integer
  - `cursor` string
  - `include_series` boolean: Default false: the search leaves out the template (master) of every `materialized` recurring series — its occurrences (one task per day, `parent_recurrence_id` = the master) are matched instead. true also returns the templates. A `reminder_only` recurring task is searched in every case: there the master is the task.

## Response `200`

Matching tasks, best match first.

- SearchTasksResult
  - `items` object[], required
    - `task` Task, required
      - `id` string, uuid, required
      - `user_id` string, uuid, required
      - `project_id` string, uuid, nullable, required
      - `title` string, required
      - `description` string, required: The stored HTML, as the task editor writes it (sanitized). To show it to a person read `description_text`.
      - `description_text` string, required: The description as plain text: every tag removed, one line per block, `- ` / `N. ` before list items, entities decoded — the same shape as a comment’s `content_text`. Show THIS to a person; `description` is the stored HTML. Read-only
      - `status` 'todo' | 'in_progress' | 'completed' | 'archived', required: Lifecycle state of a task.
      - `priority` 'low' | 'medium' | 'high' | 'urgent', required
      - `order` integer, nullable, required
      - `due_date` string, nullable, required
      - `is_for_today` boolean, required
      - `is_important` boolean, required
      - `is_urgent` boolean, required
      - `estimated_pomodoros` integer, required
      - `completed_pomodoros` integer, required
      - `is_recurring` boolean, required
      - `recurring_frequency` string, nullable, required
      - `recurring_end_date` string, nullable, required
      - `recurring_days` integer[], nullable, required
      - `parent_recurrence_id` string, uuid, nullable, required
      - `recurrence_model` 'materialized' | 'reminder_only', nullable, required
      - `recurrence_start_date` string, nullable, required: RES-115 — the series anchor ("Starts on") of a recurring master, a civil date at UTC midnight. The deadline is only a deadline: a `reminder_only` master's `due_date` is the occurrence it is currently on (it rolls forward when the occurrence is completed or skipped), a `materialized` master has none (each child occurrence carries its own). NULL on non-recurring rows and on child occurrences.
      - `completed_at` string, nullable, required
      - `assigned_to` string, uuid, nullable, required
      - `code` string, nullable, required
      - `created_at` string, required
      - `updated_at` string, required
      - `deleted_at` string, nullable, required
      - `url` string
      - `subtasks` Subtask[]
        - `id` string, uuid, required
        - `task_id` string, uuid, required
        - `title` string, required
        - `completed` boolean, required
        - `order` integer, nullable
        - `created_at` string
      - `tags` TagRef[]
        - `id` string, uuid, required
        - `user_id` string, uuid, required
        - `name` string, required
        - `color` string, required
        - `usage_count` integer, required
        - `deleted_at` string, nullable
      - `project` ProjectRef
        - `id` string, uuid, required
        - `name` string, required
        - `color` string, required
        - `prefix` string, nullable
        - `team_id` string, uuid, nullable
        - `team_name` string, nullable
        - `team_slug` string, nullable
      - `project_status` ProjectStatusRef
        - `id` string, uuid, required
        - `name` string, required
        - `color` string, required
        - `category` 'todo' | 'in_progress' | 'completed', required: Lifecycle category of a custom project status.
      - `assigned_to_profile` AssignedProfileRef
        - `id` string, uuid, required
        - `display_name` string, required
        - `photo_url` string, nullable, required
      - `planned_occurrences` PlannedOccurrence[]: AGF-381 — only on the master of a `materialized` series, from `tasks_get`: the next occurrences that do not exist yet (the nightly job creates each one 30 days before its day), up to the series end and at most 12, after the occurrences that already exist (those are real child tasks: `parent_recurrence_id` = this id). Absent on every other task and on list endpoints.
        - `date` string, required: The day of the occurrence (YYYY-MM-DD).
        - `creates_on` string, required: The day the nightly job creates it as a real task (YYYY-MM-DD): the date minus 30 days.
      - `series_change` SeriesChange
        - `change` 'to_reminder' | 'stop_repeating', required: `to_reminder`: the series is now a `reminder_only` master; `stop_repeating`: it is now a plain task.
        - `trashed_occurrence_ids` string[], required: The occurrences still to come (due today or later, not completed) — now in the Trash, restorable.
        - `kept_occurrence_ids` string[], required: The past and the completed occurrences — live, still linked to the series (`parent_recurrence_id`).
        - `reminder_due_date` string, nullable, required: `to_reminder`: the day the reminder is due (YYYY-MM-DD) — its next occurrence from today; null otherwise.
    - `_search_score` number, required: Relevance (tsvector rank ×0.7 + trigram word similarity ×0.3). Higher is better.
  - `next_cursor` string, nullable, required: Always null today — the search is a single page (≤ 50).

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid request shape.
- `401`: Missing or invalid access token.
- `403`: Token lacks the required scope.
- `422`: Request body failed schema validation.
- `429`: Rate-limit exceeded for this tier.

---

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