Salesforce Sales Cloud Search API

SOSL search execution

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salesforce-sales-cloud-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Salesforce Sales Cloud Salesforce Analytics REST Change Events Search API
  description: Access Salesforce reports, dashboards, and analytics data programmatically. Enables embedding analytics into custom applications, automating report generation, running reports synchronously or asynchronously, and managing dashboard components and filters.
  version: 59.0.0
  termsOfService: https://www.salesforce.com/company/legal/agreements/
  contact:
    name: Salesforce Developer Support
    url: https://developer.salesforce.com/
  license:
    name: Salesforce Master Subscription Agreement
    url: https://www.salesforce.com/company/legal/agreements/
servers:
- url: https://{instance}.salesforce.com/services/data/v59.0/analytics
  description: Salesforce Production or Developer Edition
  variables:
    instance:
      default: yourInstance
      description: Your Salesforce instance identifier
security:
- oauth2: []
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Search
  description: SOSL search execution
paths:
  /search:
    get:
      operationId: executeSOSLSearch
      summary: Salesforce Sales Cloud Execute a SOSL search
      description: Executes the specified SOSL search string and returns matching records. SOSL searches are optimized for text-based searching across multiple objects simultaneously.
      tags:
      - Search
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: true
        description: The SOSL search string
        schema:
          type: string
        example: FIND {Acme} IN ALL FIELDS RETURNING Account(Id, Name)
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search executed successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResult'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  schemas:
    SObjectRecord:
      type: object
      description: An sObject record with attributes and field values
      properties:
        attributes:
          type: object
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
              description: The sObject type
            url:
              type: string
              description: The relative URL for the record
        Id:
          type: string
          description: The 18-character Salesforce record ID
      additionalProperties: true
    SearchResult:
      type: object
      description: Result from a SOSL search execution
      properties:
        searchRecords:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SObjectRecord'
    ErrorResponse:
      type: array
      description: Standard Salesforce REST API error response
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
    ApiError:
      type: object
      description: An API error message
      properties:
        statusCode:
          type: string
          description: The error status code
        message:
          type: string
          description: The error message
        fields:
          type: array
          description: Fields related to the error
          items:
            type: string
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Authentication failed - invalid, expired, or missing access token
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    BadRequest:
      description: Invalid request - malformed query, missing required fields, or validation error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: Salesforce OAuth 2.0 authentication
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://login.salesforce.com/services/oauth2/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://login.salesforce.com/services/oauth2/token
          scopes:
            api: Access and manage your Salesforce data
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: OAuth 2.0 Access Token
externalDocs:
  description: Salesforce Reports and Dashboards REST API Developer Guide
  url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_analytics.meta/api_analytics/sforce_analytics_rest_api_intro.htm