Secure Search API requires two API calls:

1. Get the security token
2. Search API request using the security token

GET the Security Token

The request for authentication sends the credentials based on the security selected that is, SearchBlox Realm or LDAP Realm.

Prerequisite

Please select the realm in Search -> Security settings, give the required users, groups and then authenticate using the following API call:

Method

POST

Content-Type

application/json

URL

https://localhost:8443/searchblox/rest/v2/api/secured/authenticate

JSON Request

{
"username":"ad-test\\test",
"password":"password"
}

{
"username":"user",
"password":"pwd"
}

Search API Request

Using the token generated in the previous step you can get the search results in JSON format using the following API request

Prerequisite

Provide the token generated in the previous request as the bearer token under authentication. Please refer to the screenshot in postman for the same.

Method

GET

URL

https://localhost:8443/searchblox/rest/v2/api/search?query=*&public=true

Parameters

Below given are the basic mandatory parameters. There are a wide variety of parameters that are supported, please refer to Search Parameters