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Anythink Search

Anythink indexes every entity automatically. Search across your entire data set — or a specific entity — with a single API call. No configuration required.

How search works

Every time you create or update a record in Anythink, it is automatically indexed for search. There is no setup — indexing happens in the background as you write data.

You can search across all entities at once, or scope the search to a specific entity using the e parameter.

The search endpoint

Authenticated search

Use this for searches from your backend or from authenticated frontend sessions:

http 
GET /org/{orgId}/search?q={query}&e={entity}&page=1&pageSize=20
Parameter Required Description
q No Search query. Defaults to * (return everything)
e No Entity name to scope the search (e.g. products). Omit to search all entities
page No Page number, default 1
pageSize No Results per page, default 20

Example — search for "headphones" across all entities:

http 
GET /org/{orgId}/search?q=headphones

Example — search for "headphones" in the products entity only:

http 
GET /org/{orgId}/search?q=headphones&e=products

Public search

Use this for unauthenticated search from a public-facing frontend (no JWT required):

http 
GET /org/{orgId}/search/public?q={query}&e={entity}

The public endpoint supports the same q, e, page, and pageSize parameters. It only returns records from entities that do not require authentication to read.

Response format

Search returns a paginated result set:

json 
{
  "items": [
    {
      "id": 5,
      "name": "Wireless Headphones",
      "description": "Over-ear, noise cancelling",
      "price": 79.99
    }
  ],
  "total_items": 1,
  "page": 1,
  "page_size": 20,
  "has_next_page": false
}

Results include all fields on the matching record. Use standard pagination parameters to page through large result sets.

Wildcard search

Pass q=* (or omit q entirely) to return all indexed records for an entity. Useful for populating dropdowns or pre-loading data:

http 
GET /org/{orgId}/search?q=*&e=categories

Search from your frontend

javascript 
const orgId = 'YOUR_ORG_ID';
const token = 'YOUR_TOKEN';

async function search(query, entity = null) {
  const params = new URLSearchParams({ q: query });
  if (entity) params.append('e', entity);

  const res = await fetch(
    `https://api.my.anythink.cloud/org/${orgId}/search?${params}`,
    { headers: { 'Authorization': `Bearer ${token}` } }
  );
  return res.json();
}

// Search all entities
const results = await search('coffee');

// Search a specific entity
const products = await search('coffee', 'products');

For public-facing sites (no auth), use the /search/public endpoint instead and omit the Authorization header.

Re-indexing

If you suspect search results are stale or an entity has data that is missing from results, you can trigger a re-index from the dashboard under Settings → Search. This forces all records for an entity to be re-indexed.

Re-indexing runs in the background and does not affect live traffic.