Sharepoint REST api search for a querytext in a site

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I am having issue while searching using query text in a specific site. When I use following get query, https://client.sharepoint.com/_api/search/query?querytext='vpn', I get results in the entire site of client.sharepoint.com I also get results when I search for term 'vpn' directly in site https://client.sharepoint.com/sites/SysDocs. Now I need to combine both. When I use https://client.sharepoint.com/_api/search/query?querytext='vpn+path:"https://client.sharepoint.com/sites/SysDocs"', it is not returning me results.

What should I change in the syntax for getting 'vpn' results in site https://client.sharepoint.com/sites/SysDocs ? Please advise !!

Thanks !!

can you try it as https://cl‌ient.sharepoint.com/_api/search/query?querytext='(vpn)+AND+(path:https://client.sharepoint.com/sites/SysDocs)' and check ? — Gautam Sheth, Jan 7, 2018 at 17:09
How about https://cl‌ient.sharepoint.com/_api/search/query?querytext=‌'vpn AND path:htt‌ps://client.sharepoi‌nt.com/sites/SysDocs‌' ? It works at my end — Gautam Sheth, Jan 7, 2018 at 17:54
I am still getting no results. In SharePoint query search tool, my query becomes like this client.sharepoint.com/_api/search/…‌ps:%2f%2fclient.sharepoi‌nt.com%2fsites%2fSysDocs‌' Not sure if I can pass you the screenshot but when I directly search vpn under the site on sharepoint, I get lot of results. So expecting this to return me results. I tried other search strings also but same result This is office365 sharepoint api calls. — user72980, Jan 7, 2018 at 18:14
ok thats strange, i am using POSTMAN and its giving me correct results. Can you try hitting the query in the browser and check ? — Gautam Sheth, Jan 7, 2018 at 18:15

Gautam Sheth · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-08 11:17:36Z

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You should modify your endpoint url as below :

https://cl‌ient.sharepoint.com/_api/search/query?
querytext=‌'(vpn)+AND+(path:htt‌ps://client.sharepoi‌nt.com/sites/SysDocs‌)'

or

https://cl‌ient.sharepoint.com/_api/search/query?
querytext=‌‌'vpn AND path:htt‌ps://client.sharepoi‌nt.com/sites/SysDocs‌'

answered Jan 8, 2018 at 11:17

Gautam Sheth

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