Code Search Results - Fetch Code Search Results

Reference

Service:: Search

API Version:: 7.1

Provides a set of results for the search text.

POST https://almsearch.dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_apis/search/codesearchresults?api-version=7.1

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
organization	path	True	string	The name of the Azure DevOps organization.
project	path		string	Project ID or project name
api-version	query	True	string	Version of the API to use. This should be set to '7.1' to use this version of the api.

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
$orderBy	SortOption[]	Options for sorting search results. If set to null, the results will be returned sorted by relevance. If more than one sort option is provided, the results are sorted in the order specified in the OrderBy.
$skip	integer	Number of results to be skipped.
$top	integer	Number of results to be returned.
filters	object	Filters to be applied. Set it to null if there are no filters to be applied.
includeFacets	boolean	Flag to opt for faceting in the result. Default behavior is false.
includeSnippet	boolean	Flag to opt for including matched code snippet in the result. Default behavior is false.
searchText	string	The search text.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	CodeSearchResponse	successful operation

Security

oauth2

Type: oauth2
Flow: accessCode
Authorization URL: https://app.vssps.visualstudio.com/oauth2/authorize&response_type=Assertion
Token URL: https://app.vssps.visualstudio.com/oauth2/token?client_assertion_type=urn:ietf:params:oauth:client-assertion-type:jwt-bearer&grant_type=urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:jwt-bearer

Scopes

Name	Description
vso.code	Grants the ability to read source code and metadata about commits, changesets, branches, and other version control artifacts. Also grants the ability to search code and get notified about version control events via service hooks.

Examples

Sample request

HTTP

POST https://almsearch.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/search/codesearchresults?api-version=7.1

{
  "searchText": "CodeSearchController",
  "$skip": 0,
  "$top": 1,
  "filters": {
    "Project": [
      "MyFirstProject"
    ],
    "Repository": [
      "MyFirstProject"
    ],
    "Path": [
      "/"
    ],
    "Branch": [
      "master"
    ],
    "CodeElement": [
      "def",
      "class"
    ]
  },
  "$orderBy": [
    {
      "field": "filename",
      "sortOrder": "ASC"
    }
  ],
  "includeFacets": true
}

Sample response

Status code:: 200

{
  "count": 1,
  "results": [
    {
      "fileName": "CodeSearchController.cs",
      "path": "/CodeSearchController.cs",
      "matches": {
        "content": [
          {
            "charOffset": 1187,
            "length": 20
          },
          {
            "charOffset": 1395,
            "length": 20
          },
          {
            "charOffset": 1686,
            "length": 20
          }
        ],
        "fileName": [
          {
            "charOffset": 0,
            "length": -1
          }
        ]
      },
      "collection": {
        "name": "DefaultCollection"
      },
      "project": {
        "name": "MyFirstProject",
        "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
      },
      "repository": {
        "name": "MyFirstProject",
        "id": "c1548045-29f6-4354-8114-55ef058be1a3",
        "type": "git"
      },
      "versions": [
        {
          "branchName": "master",
          "changeId": "47e1cc8877baea4b7bb33af803d6cc697914f88b"
        }
      ],
      "contentId": "004898f1ad91c9c2a0f492f2d1174468bc3c84ef"
    }
  ],
  "infoCode": 0,
  "facets": {
    "Project": [
      {
        "name": "MyFirstProject",
        "id": "MyFirstProject",
        "resultCount": 1
      }
    ],
    "Repository": [
      {
        "name": "MyFirstProject",
        "id": "MyFirstProject",
        "resultCount": 1
      }
    ],
    "CodeElement": [
      {
        "name": "Class",
        "id": "class",
        "resultCount": 1
      },
      {
        "name": "Comment",
        "id": "comment",
        "resultCount": 1
      },
      {
        "name": "Definition",
        "id": "def",
        "resultCount": 1
      }
    ]
  }
}

Definitions

Name	Description
CodeResult	Defines the code result containing information of the searched files and its metadata.
CodeSearchRequest	Defines a code search request.
CodeSearchResponse	Defines a code search response item.
Collection	Defines the details of the collection.
Project	Defines the details of the project.
Repository	Defines the details of the repository.
SortOption	Defines how to sort the result.
Version	Describes the details pertaining to a version of the result file.
VersionControlType	Version control type of the result file.

CodeResult

Defines the code result containing information of the searched files and its metadata.

Name	Type	Description
collection	Collection	Collection of the result file.
contentId	string	ContentId of the result file.
fileName	string	Name of the result file.
matches	object	Dictionary of field to hit offsets in the result file. Key identifies the area in which hits were found, for ex: file content/file name etc.
path	string	Path at which result file is present.
project	Project	Project of the result file.
repository	Repository	Repository of the result file.
versions	Version[]	Versions of the result file.

CodeSearchRequest

Defines a code search request.

Name	Type	Description
$orderBy	SortOption[]	Options for sorting search results. If set to null, the results will be returned sorted by relevance. If more than one sort option is provided, the results are sorted in the order specified in the OrderBy.
$skip	integer	Number of results to be skipped.
$top	integer	Number of results to be returned.
filters	object	Filters to be applied. Set it to null if there are no filters to be applied.
includeFacets	boolean	Flag to opt for faceting in the result. Default behavior is false.
includeSnippet	boolean	Flag to opt for including matched code snippet in the result. Default behavior is false.
searchText	string	The search text.

CodeSearchResponse

Defines a code search response item.

Name	Type	Description
count	integer	Total number of matched files.
facets	object	A dictionary storing an array of `Filter` object against each facet.
infoCode	integer	Numeric code indicating any additional information: 0 - Ok, 1 - Account is being reindexed, 2 - Account indexing has not started, 3 - Invalid Request, 4 - Prefix wildcard query not supported, 5 - MultiWords with code facet not supported, 6 - Account is being onboarded, 7 - Account is being onboarded or reindexed, 8 - Top value trimmed to maxresult allowed 9 - Branches are being indexed, 10 - Faceting not enabled, 11 - Work items not accessible, 19 - Phrase queries with code type filters not supported, 20 - Wildcard queries with code type filters not supported. Any other info code is used for internal purpose.
results	CodeResult[]	List of matched files.

Collection

Defines the details of the collection.

Name	Type	Description
name	string	Name of the collection.

Project

Defines the details of the project.

Name	Type	Description
id	string	Id of the project.
name	string	Name of the project.

Repository

Defines the details of the repository.

Name	Type	Description
id	string	Id of the repository.
name	string	Name of the repository.
type	VersionControlType	Version control type of the result file.

SortOption

Defines how to sort the result.

Name	Type	Description
field	string	Field name on which sorting should be done.
sortOrder	string	Order (ASC/DESC) in which the results should be sorted.

Version

Describes the details pertaining to a version of the result file.

Name	Type	Description
branchName	string	Name of the branch.
changeId	string	ChangeId in the given branch associated with this match.

VersionControlType

Version control type of the result file.

Name	Type	Description
custom	string	For internal use.
git	string
tfvc	string

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