Search for sites

Search across a SharePoint tenant for sites that match provided keywords.

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	Sites.Read.All, Sites.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	Sites.Read.All, Sites.ReadWrite.All

HTTP request

GET /sites?search={query}

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "value": [
    {
      "id": "contoso.sharepoint.com,da60e844-ba1d-49bc-b4d4-d5e36bae9019,712a596e-90a1-49e3-9b48-bfa80bee8740",
      "name": "Team A Site",
      "description": "",
      "createdDateTime": "2016-10-18T03:05:59Z",
      "lastModifiedDateTime": "2016-10-18T10:40:59Z",
      "webUrl": "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/siteA"
    },
    {
      "id": "contoso.sharepoint.com,da60e844-ba1d-49bc-b4d4-d5e36bae9019,0271110f-634f-4300-a841-3a8a2e851851",
      "name": "Team B Site",
      "description": "",
      "createdDateTime": "2016-10-18T03:05:59Z",
      "lastModifiedDateTime": "2016-10-18T10:40:59Z",
      "webUrl": "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/siteB"
    }
  ]
}