# Get Search Results

Returns search results for a query across any storage. Results can include files and/or folders resources matching the search string.

> Kind: REST endpoint · Updated: Mar 6, 2026 · GET /v1/search

Returns search results for a query across any storage. Results can include files and/or folders resources matching the search string.

### Query parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| driveId | string | optional | Drive Id. Required when library is sharepoint or msteams. |
| library | string | optional | One of sharepoint, msteams, google, onedrive, box, dropbox, cloudfiles, s3, azure, hubspot, azurefiles, sftp |
| q | string | optional | Search query |

### Header parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Authorization | string | optional | Replace the API_Key placeholder with your actual API key. |

## Example request

**cURL**
```bash
curl --request GET \
     --url 'https://api.cloudfiles.io/v1/search?driveId=string&library=string&q=string' \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'authorization: Bearer API_Key'
```

**JavaScript**
```js
var myHeaders = new Headers();
myHeaders.append("accept", "application/json");
myHeaders.append("content-type", "application/json");
myHeaders.append("authorization", "Bearer API_Key");

var requestOptions = {
   method: 'GET',
   headers: myHeaders,
   redirect: 'follow'
};

fetch("https://api.cloudfiles.io/v1/search?driveId=string&library=string&q=string", requestOptions)
   .then(response => response.text())
   .then(result => console.log(result))
   .catch(error => console.log('error', error));
```

**Ruby**
```ruby
require "uri"
require "json"
require "net/http"

url = URI("https://api.cloudfiles.io/v1/search?driveId=string&library=string&q=string")

https = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
https.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["accept"] = "application/json"
request["content-type"] = "application/json"
request["authorization"] = "Bearer API_Key"

response = https.request(request)
puts response.read_body

```

**Python**
```py
import requests
import json

url = "https://api.cloudfiles.io/v1/search?driveId=string&library=string&q=string"

payload = {}
headers = {
   'accept': 'application/json',
   'content-type': 'application/json',
   'authorization': 'Bearer API_Key'
}

response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.text)

```

## Response body

```json
{
  "content": [
    {
      "id": "fld_456",
      "name": "Contracts",
      "type": "folder",
      "createdAt": "2026-07-01T09:00:00Z",
      "updatedAt": "2026-07-08T12:00:00Z",
      "createdBy": "usr_1",
      "externalUrl": "https://cloudfiles.sharepoint.com/sites/Sales/Shared%20Documents/Contracts"
    },
    {
      "id": "file_789",
      "name": "Proposal.pdf",
      "type": "file",
      "createdAt": "2026-07-02T09:00:00Z",
      "updatedAt": "2026-07-08T12:00:00Z",
      "createdBy": "usr_1",
      "extension": "pdf",
      "size": 20481,
      "externalUrl": "https://cloudfiles.sharepoint.com/sites/Sales/Shared%20Documents/Proposal.pdf"
    }
  ]
}
```