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# Search

### Description

[Swagger doc](https://api.whisk.com/spec/#/FoodAPI/FoodAPI_SearchFood)

Search API allows to look for a product and fetch the options along with the nutrition and other useful information. Search API works with the complete user input, often with the autocomplete results i.e. `apple` instead of `appl`.

### Parameters

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th width="103">Optional</th><th>Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>query</td><td>no</td><td>string</td><td>Max length is 255 chars </td></tr><tr><td>language</td><td>no</td><td>string</td><td>ISO 639-1 two letter language code</td></tr><tr><td>country</td><td>yes</td><td>string</td><td>ISO 3166-1 two letter country code</td></tr><tr><td>cursor.limit</td><td>yes</td><td>int</td><td>Number of results</td></tr><tr><td>cursor.cursors.after</td><td>yes</td><td>string</td><td>Next page after the value. Can not be used together with <code>cursor.cursors.before</code></td></tr><tr><td>cursor.cursors.before</td><td>yes</td><td>string</td><td>Page previous to the value. Cannon be used together with <code>cursor.cursors.after</code></td></tr></tbody></table>

#### Request example

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.whisk.com/food/v2/search" -H  "accept: application/json" -H  "Authorization: Bearer %WHISK_TOKEN%" -H  "Content-Type: application/json" -d '
{  "query": "apple",  "language": "en",  "country": "gb",  "cursor": {    "limit": 20  }}'
```

### Response

Data returned in JSON. Empty strings, zero values, empty arrays and null values are not returned.

#### JSON response example

```json
{
  "food": [
    {
      "food_hit": "CiMyMDI2OTdjYjQ5MGU5YmM0MTMzYTg5OWYzOWJhZTI3NmEyZQ==",
      "title": "apple"
    } 
...
  ],
  "paging": {
    "cursors": {
      "after": "d5:after1284: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e"
    },
    "total": "1106"
  }
}
```

#### Core attributes

<table><thead><tr><th width="142">Name</th><th width="101">Optional</th><th width="93">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>food_hit</td><td>no</td><td>string</td><td>Food identifier to be used with Get Food method</td></tr><tr><td>title</td><td>no</td><td>string</td><td>Localized food name</td></tr><tr><td>paging.total</td><td>yes</td><td>int</td><td>The total number of available results</td></tr><tr><td>paging.cursors.after</td><td>yes</td><td>string</td><td>Reference to the next page</td></tr><tr><td>paging.cursors.before</td><td>yes</td><td>string</td><td>References to the previous page</td></tr></tbody></table>


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