# NuGet Search API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/nuget/nuget-search-api/  
**Provider:** NuGet — https://apis.io/providers/nuget/  
**Documentation:** https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/api/search-query-service-resource

NuGet Search API is one of 7 APIs that [NuGet](https://apis.io/providers/nuget/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Package Management, .NET, Search, Discovery, and Packages. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an OpenAPI specification.

The NuGet Search API allows clients to query for packages available on a NuGet package source using the SearchQueryService resource found in the service index. It supports filtering by keyword, target framework, prerelease status, and package type, and returns paginated results with package metadata including versions, descriptions, download counts, and dependency information.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/api/search-query-service-resource
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nuget/refs/heads/main/openapi/nuget-search-api-openapi.yml

## Other NuGet APIs (6)

- [NuGet Catalog API](https://apis.io/apis/nuget/nuget-catalog-api/)
- [NuGet Package Content API](https://apis.io/apis/nuget/nuget-package-content-api/)
- [NuGet Autocomplete API](https://apis.io/apis/nuget/nuget-autocomplete-api/)
- [NuGet Package Publish API](https://apis.io/apis/nuget/nuget-package-publish-api/)
- [NuGet Registration API](https://apis.io/apis/nuget/nuget-registration-api/)
- [NuGet Service Index API](https://apis.io/apis/nuget/nuget-service-index-api/)

## Tags

Package Management, .NET, Search, Discovery, Packages

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