API Reference / API Methods / Rules / Search rules
Required API Key: any key with the settings ACL
Method signature
$index->searchRules(string query)

$index->searchRules(string query, [
  // All the following parameters are optional
  'anchoring' => string,
  'context' => string,
  'page' => integer,
  'hitsPerPage' => integer,
  'enabled' => boolean
])

About this method # A

Search for rules matching various criteria.

Examples # A

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$response = $index->searchRules('something', [
  'enabled' => true
]);

Parameters # A

query #
type: string
default: ""
Optional

Full text query.

anchoring #
type: string|enum
default: all anchoring
Optional

When specified, restricts matches to rules with a specific anchoring type. When omitted, all anchoring types may match. One of the following values:

  • is,
  • startsWith,
  • endsWith,
  • contains
context #
type: string
default: Any context
Optional

Restricts matches to contextual rules with a specific context (exact match).

page #
type: integer
default: 0
Optional

Requested page (zero-based).

hitsPerPage #
type: integer
default: 20
Optional

Maximum number of hits in a page. Minimum is 1, maximum is 1000.

enabled #
type: boolean
default: none
Optional

When specified, restricts matches to rules with a specific enabled status. When absent (default), all rules are retrieved, regardless of their enabled status.

requestOptions #
type: key/value mapping
default: No request options
Optional

A mapping of requestOptions to send along with the request.

Response # A

This section shows the JSON response returned by the API. Since each language encapsulates this response inside objects specific to that language and/or implementation, the actual type in your language might differ from what’s written here. You can view the response in the logs (using the getLogs method).

JSON format#

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{
  "hits":[
    {
      "conditions":[{
        "pattern":"smartphone",
        "anchoring":"contains"
      }],
      "consequence":{
        "params":{
          "filters":"category = 1"
        }
      },
      "objectID":"a-rule-id",
      "_highlightResult":{
        "conditions":[{
          "pattern":{
            "value":"<b>s<\/b>martphone",
            "matchLevel":"full",
            "fullyHighlighted":false,
            "matchedWords":[
              "s"
            ]
          }],
          "anchoring":{
            "value":"contains",
            "matchLevel":"none",
            "matchedWords":[

            ]
          }
        },
        "consequence":{
          "params":{
            "filters":{
              "value":"category = 1",
              "matchLevel":"none",
              "matchedWords":[

              ]
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "nbHits":1,
  "page":0,
  "nbPages":1
}
hits #
list of rule

Rule objects matched by the search query (see Rule Schema). Highlighting is provided through the standard mechanism (_highlightResult attribute inside every returned object)

nbHits #
integer

Total number of rules matching the query.

page #
integer

Returned page number (zero-based).

nbPages #
integer

Total number of pages.

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