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title: Search Input
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description: Input representation for Search API
---
# Search Input

Input representation for Search API

## Root XML tag

<searchInput>

## JSON example

{
   "searchTerm":"Joe Tester",
   "verificationContext":{
      "processDefinition":{
         "processDetail":{
            "processDetailList":\[
               {
                  "verificationProcessFieldList":{
                     "verificationProcessFields":\[
                          {
                            "dataSourceType" : "Salesforce",
                            "developerName" : "SampleAccountName",
                            "fieldName" : "Name",
                            "fieldType" : "optionalVerifier",
                            "label" : "Account Name"
                          }, {
                            "dataSourceType" : "Salesforce",
                            "developerName" : "SampleAccountNumber",
                            "fieldName" : "AccountNumber",
                            "fieldType" : "optionalVerifier",
                            "label" : "Account Number"
                          }, {
                            "dataSourceType" : "Salesforce",
                            "developerName" : "SamplePhone",
                            "fieldName" : "Phone",
                            "fieldType" : "optionalVerifier",
                            "label" : "Phone"
                          }, {
                            "dataSourceType" : "Salesforce",
                            "developerName" : "SamplePostalCode",
                            "fieldName" : "BillingPostalCode",
                            "fieldType" : "optionalVerifier",
                            "label" : "Billing Zip/Postal Code"
                          }, {
                            "dataSourceType" : "Salesforce",
                            "developerName" : "SampleAccount",
                            "fieldName" : "Name",
                            "fieldType" : "resultField",
                            "label" : "Account Name"
                          }, {
                            "dataSourceType" : "Salesforce",
                            "developerName" : "AccountNumberSample",
                            "fieldName" : "AccountNumber",
                            "fieldType" : "resultField",
                            "label" : "Account Number"
                          }, {
                            "dataSourceType" : "Salesforce",
                            "developerName" : "SamplePhoneNumber",
                            "fieldName" : "Phone",
                            "fieldType" : "resultField",
                            "label" : "Phone"
                          }
                     \]
                  },
                  "searchType": "Text-Based",
                  "searchSequenceNo": 1,
                  "searchResultUniqueIdField": "Id",
                  "searchObjectName": "Account",
                  "optionalVerifierCount": 1,
                  "dataSourceType": "Salesforce"
               }
            \]
         }
      }
   }
}

## Properties

| Name | Type | Description | Required or Optional | Available Version |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| searchTerm | String | The search term for the account to use when performing a search. | Required | 54.0 |
| verificationContext | [Verification Context Input](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.264.0.health_cloud_object_reference.meta/health_cloud_object_reference/connect_requests_verification_context_input.htm) | The structure that contains the setup data and context required to perform the search. | Required | 54.0 |