Answers.Body: <p>Welcome to SE!  I don't think you can call full-text search through the API currently. But you could write an extension to provide that as an API call based on CRM/Contact/Form/Search/Custom/FullText.php</p>
  <p>However, that is a heavy search and can cause problems on a large site. You might be better to refine what you really need to search for and then use APIv4 to do the searches.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Thanks Aidan. I'll see what we can do then :-)
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Body: <p>A client of my asked me to implement a Search functionality on their website, which interfaces with CiviCRM through the API. The 'Full text search' functionality of CiviCRM does exactly what is required, so I was wondering, is it possible to call it through the API?</p>
  <p>Thanks!</p>
  
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Title: Full text search through API
ThreadText: # Full text search through API
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-06-09)
  
  A client of my asked me to implement a Search functionality on their website, which interfaces with CiviCRM through the API. The 'Full text search' functionality of CiviCRM does exactly what is required, so I was wondering, is it possible to call it through the API?
  
  Thanks!
  
  **Tags:** search
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2021-06-10. Score: 2
  
  Welcome to SE! I don't think you can call full-text search through the API currently. But you could write an extension to provide that as an API call based on CRM/Contact/Form/Search/Custom/FullText.php
  
  However, that is a heavy search and can cause problems on a large site. You might be better to refine what you really need to search for and then use APIv4 to do the searches.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks username_1. I'll see what we can do then :-)  
  
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