---
title: "Comm-Link Search (Deprecated)"
method: POST
path: "/api/comm-links/search"
tags: ["Comm-Links", "RSI-Website"]
deprecated: true
---

# Comm-Link Search (Deprecated)

`POST /api/comm-links/search`

> **Deprecated.**

Deprecated. Use GET /api/comm-links?filter[title]={value} for title search. This endpoint will be removed in a future version.

## Query parameters

- `locale` string
- `include` string[] — Available Comm-Link includes
- `filter[channel]` string
- `filter[series]` string
- `filter[category]` string

## Request body

- object
  - `keyword` string — Search term for partial title match (min 3 characters)
  - `query` string — Search term for partial title match or numeric CIG ID (min 1 character)

## Response `200`

A singular Comm-Link

- CommLink — A Spectrum Comm-Link published by Cloud Imperium Games on robertsspaceindustries.com.
  - `id` integer — CIG identifier for the Comm-Link
  - `title` string — Title of the Comm-Link
  - `rsi_url` string, uri — Link to the Comm-Link on the RSI website.
  - `api_url` string, uri — API URL for this Comm-Link resource.
  - `api_public_url` string, uri — Public web URL for this Comm-Link on the API portal.
  - `channel` string — Publishing channel, e.g. Engineering, Transmission.
  - `category` string — Content category, e.g. General, Community, Lore, Development.
  - `series` string — Series the Comm-Link belongs to, e.g. Around the Verse, 10 For the Chairman.
  - `images` CommLinkImage[] — Included images when the `images` relation is loaded.
    - `id` integer — Internal database identifier.
    - `name` string — File name or path segment of the image.
    - `rsi_url` string, uri — Full URL to the image on the RSI media CDN.
    - `api_url` string, uri, nullable — API URL for this image resource.
    - `alt` string — Alternative text for the image.
    - `size` integer — File size in bytes.
    - `mime_type` string — MIME type of the image file.
    - `last_modified` string, date-time — ISO 8601 timestamp of when the image was last modified on the CDN.
    - `tags` object[], nullable — Tags associated with the image when the `tags` relation is loaded.
      - `name` string — Tag name.
      - `translated_name` string, nullable — Translated tag name.
      - `images_count` integer — Number of images sharing this tag.
    - `similar_url` string, uri — API URL to find visually similar images.
    - `comm_links` object[], nullable — Comm-Links that reference this image, included when the `commLinks` relation is loaded.
      - `id` integer — CIG identifier of the Comm-Link
      - `title` string — Title of the Comm-Link
      - `api_url` string, uri — API URL for this Comm-Link resource.
      - `web_url` string, uri — Public web URL for this Comm-Link.
    - `duplicates` object[], nullable — Duplicate images that share the same base image, included when the `duplicates` relation is loaded.
      - `id` integer — Internal database ID of the duplicate image
      - `name` string — File name of the duplicate image
    - `base_image` object, nullable — The original image this is a duplicate of, included when the `baseImage` relation is loaded.
      - `id` integer — Internal database ID of the base image
      - `name` string — File name of the base image
    - `similarity` integer, nullable — Similarity percentage to the search image. Only present in reverse image search results.
  - `images_count` integer — Total number of images associated with this Comm-Link.
  - `links` CommLinkLink[] — Included links when the `links` relation is loaded.
    - `href` string, uri — The URL the link points to.
    - `text` string — Display text of the hyperlink.
  - `links_count` integer — Total number of external links in the Comm-Link content.
  - `comment_count` integer — Number of comments on the original RSI post.
  - `created_at` string, date-time — ISO 8601 timestamp of when the Comm-Link was published.
  - `translations` Translation — Translations of an entity
    - `en` string
    - `de` string
    - `zh` string
  - `created_at_human` string — Human-readable relative time since publication.

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation error. At least one of keyword or query is required.

## Changes

- **2026-04-24** `c096aa819d11` — 1 breaking, 1 warning, 18 info
  - the `images/items/tags/items/` response's property type changed from `string` to `object` for status `200`
  - removed the optional property `links/items/api_url` from the response with the `200` status
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `filter[category]`
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `filter[channel]`
  - …16 more
- **2026-03-29** `8ff40d443bb4` — 1 breaking, 8 warning, 19 info
  - the `links` response's property type changed from no type to `array` for status `200`
  - deleted the `query` request parameter `filter[category]`
  - deleted the `query` request parameter `filter[channel]`
  - deleted the `query` request parameter `filter[series]`
  - …24 more

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/starcitizenwiki/apis/star-citizen-wiki-api/changes/api/comm-links/search/post.md)

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