--- schema_version: "1" id: 3e76d9f8ef9891ab4cf4baad7b5de84620353dd13a046a395ec8d7cfc3480f33 title: ConnectApi.SearchRequest collection: legacydeveloper version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/legacydeveloper/current/en-us/apexref/apex_connectapi_input_search_reques.md canonical_url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_connectapi_input_search_reques.htm source_site: developer.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: 40d605b534d9adb9a61ce12c7cd577db7286a416b71043edc9e0298133b98edb description: Search request input for searching an object. --- # ConnectApi.SearchRequest Search request input for searching an object. | Property | Type | Description | Required or Optional | Available Version | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | q | String | Query term to search on. Query term must be two or more characters. | Required | 63.0 | | configurationName | String | Name of the search configuration to apply. Look up search configuration names from Search Manager. | Optional | 63.0 | | dataCategories | [List](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_methods_system_list.htm#apex_methods_system_list "Contains methods for the List collection type.")<[ConnectApi.​SearchData​Category](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_connectapi_input_data_category_inpu.htm "Data category input for object search.")\> | List of data categories to filter. | Optional | 63.0 | | displayFields | [List](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_methods_system_list.htm#apex_methods_system_list "Contains methods for the List collection type.") | List of fields to display and return in the search results. By default, the fields displayed are defined by the search layout. | Optional | 63.0 | | filters | [List](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_methods_system_list.htm#apex_methods_system_list "Contains methods for the List collection type.")<[ConnectApi.​SearchFilter](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_connectapi_input_filter_inpu.htm "Filter input for object search.")\> | List of filters to apply. | Optional | 63.0 | | highlights | Boolean | Specifies whether search generates a text highlight (true) or not (false). The default value is false. | Optional | 63.0 | | offset | Integer | Search page offset position. Default value is 0, which indicates displaying results from the beginning without skipping any entries. | Optional | 63.0 | | orderBy | [List](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_methods_system_list.htm#apex_methods_system_list "Contains methods for the List collection type.")<[ConnectApi.​SearchOrderBy](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_connectapi_input_order_by_inpu.htm "Order by parameter for object search.")\> | Order by input for object search. | Optional | 63.0 | | pageSize | Integer | Number of results in a page. Valid values are from 1 through 1999. If unspecified the default value is 20. | Optional | 63.0 | | spellcheck | Boolean | Specifies whether search should apply spellcheck (true) or not (false). The default value is true. | Optional | 63.0 | #### See Also - [find(objectApiName, request)](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_ConnectAPI_Search_static_methods.htm#apex_ConnectAPI_Search_find_object_1 "Search an object using keywords and return results.")