# FOLIO Search API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/folio/folio-search-api/  
**Provider:** FOLIO — https://apis.io/providers/folio/  
**Documentation:** https://s3.amazonaws.com/foliodocs/api/edge-caiasoft/s/edge-caiasoft.html

FOLIO Search API is one of 355 APIs that [FOLIO](https://apis.io/providers/folio/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 117 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include search. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a GitHub repository, an API reference, and 117 JSON Schemas.

Provides endpoints to search for records (e.g., instances, authorities) using CQL (Contextual Query Language) queries. Supports various search options and retrieval of search results.

## Operations (5)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/search/instances` | Search Instances |
| GET | `/search/authorities` | Search Authorities |
| GET | `/search/linked-data/works` | Search Linked Data Works |
| GET | `/search/linked-data/hubs` | Search Linked Data Hubs |
| GET | `/search/linked-data/authorities` | Search Linked Data Authorities |

## Machine-readable artifacts (285)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/folio/refs/heads/main/openapi/folio-search-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://s3.amazonaws.com/foliodocs/api/edge-caiasoft/s/edge-caiasoft.html
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/folio-org/edge-caiasoft
- **Reference** — https://dev.folio.org/reference/api/endpoints/
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/folio/refs/heads/main/json-schema/folio-accession-item-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/folio/refs/heads/main/json-schema/folio-return-item-response-schema.json
- **Documentation** — https://s3.amazonaws.com/foliodocs/api/edge-courses/s/edge-courses.html
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/folio-org/edge-courses
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/folio/refs/heads/main/json-schema/folio-instructors-schema.json
- **Documentation** — https://s3.amazonaws.com/foliodocs/api/edge-dcb/s/edge-dcb.html
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/folio-org/edge-dcb
- **Documentation** — https://s3.amazonaws.com/foliodocs/api/edge-dematic/s/edge-dematic.html
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/folio-org/edge-dematic
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/folio/refs/heads/main/json-schema/folio-asr-requests-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/folio/refs/heads/main/json-schema/folio-asr-items-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/folio/refs/heads/main/json-schema/folio-update-asr-item-schema.json
- **Documentation** — https://s3.amazonaws.com/foliodocs/api/edge-erm/s/edge-erm.html
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/folio-org/edge-erm
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/folio/refs/heads/main/json-schema/folio-license-terms-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/folio/refs/heads/main/json-schema/folio-license-terms-batch-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/folio/refs/heads/main/json-schema/folio-request-ids-schema.json
- **Documentation** — https://s3.amazonaws.com/foliodocs/api/edge-fqm/s/edge-fqm.html
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/folio-org/edge-fqm
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/folio/refs/heads/main/json-schema/folio-entity-type-summaries-schema.json
- **Documentation** — https://s3.amazonaws.com/foliodocs/api/edge-ill/s/edge-ill.html
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/folio-org/edge-ill
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/folio/refs/heads/main/json-schema/folio-test-document-delivery-offer-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/folio/refs/heads/main/json-schema/folio-test-document-delivery-register-schema.json
- **Documentation** — https://s3.amazonaws.com/foliodocs/api/edge-inn-reach/s/edge-inn-reach.html
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/folio-org/edge-inn-reach
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/folio/refs/heads/main/json-schema/folio-access-token-response-schema.json
- **Documentation** — https://s3.amazonaws.com/foliodocs/api/edge-inventory/s/edge-inventory.html
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/folio-org/edge-inventory
- **Documentation** — https://s3.amazonaws.com/foliodocs/api/edge-rtac/s/edge-rtac.html
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/folio-org/edge-rtac
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/folio/refs/heads/main/json-schema/folio-batch-holdings-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/folio/refs/heads/main/json-schema/folio-rtac-request-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/folio/refs/heads/main/json-schema/folio-instance-holdings-schema.json
- **Documentation** — https://s3.amazonaws.com/foliodocs/api/edge-users/s/edge-users.html
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/folio-org/edge-users
- …and 245 more, listed in full on the page.

## Other FOLIO APIs (12)

- [FOLIO edge-oai-pmh](https://apis.io/apis/folio/edge-oai-pmh/)
- [FOLIO edge-orders](https://apis.io/apis/folio/edge-orders/)
- [FOLIO edge-patron](https://apis.io/apis/folio/edge-patron/)
- [FOLIO folio-custom-fields](https://apis.io/apis/folio/folio-custom-fields/)
- [FOLIO mod-audit](https://apis.io/apis/folio/mod-audit/)
- [FOLIO mod-circulation-storage](https://apis.io/apis/folio/mod-circulation-storage/)
- [FOLIO mod-circulation](https://apis.io/apis/folio/mod-circulation/)
- [FOLIO mod-configuration](https://apis.io/apis/folio/mod-configuration/)
- [FOLIO mod-copycat](https://apis.io/apis/folio/mod-copycat/)
- [FOLIO mod-courses](https://apis.io/apis/folio/mod-courses/)
- [FOLIO mod-data-import](https://apis.io/apis/folio/mod-data-import/)
- [FOLIO mod-di-converter-storage](https://apis.io/apis/folio/mod-di-converter-storage/)

## Tags

search

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