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SearchConvertQueryResponse

SearchConvertQueryResponse schema from Censys Platform API

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Properties

Name Type Description
alternative_queries arraynull Alternative queries that may be used. For example, a query that includes web results in addition to host results.
comments arraynull Comments about the query conversion.
converted_query string The original query, converted to CenQL syntax. This may be empty if unable to translate the query.
errors arraynull The error messages if the query could not be converted.
original_query string The original Censys Search Language query.
targets arraynull The types of Platform data records (host, cert, and web) that can be targeted by the converted query. Note: Does not include targets that could be returned due to full-document search. This may be emp
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JSON Schema

platform-searchconvertqueryresponse-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/censys/refs/heads/main/json-schema/platform-searchconvertqueryresponse-schema.json",
  "title": "SearchConvertQueryResponse",
  "description": "SearchConvertQueryResponse schema from Censys Platform API",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "alternative_queries": {
      "description": "Alternative queries that may be used. For example, a query that includes web results in addition to host results.",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/AlternativeQuery"
      },
      "type": [
        "array",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "comments": {
      "description": "Comments about the query conversion.",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "type": [
        "array",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "converted_query": {
      "description": "The original query, converted to CenQL syntax. This may be empty if unable to translate the query.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "errors": {
      "description": "The error messages if the query could not be converted.",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ConvertQueryError"
      },
      "type": [
        "array",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "original_query": {
      "description": "The original Censys Search Language query.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "targets": {
      "description": "The types of Platform data records (host, cert, and web) that can be targeted by the converted query. Note: Does not include targets that could be returned due to full-document search. This may be empty if the query is a match-all for full-document search query.",
      "items": {
        "enum": [
          "host",
          "web",
          "cert",
          "unknown"
        ],
        "type": "string"
      },
      "type": [
        "array",
        "null"
      ]
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "original_query",
    "errors",
    "targets"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

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