search.all

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Searches for messages and files matching a query.

Supported token types:

workspace user

Expected scopes:

search:read read

This method allows users and applications to search both messages and files in a single call.

Arguments

This method has the URL https://slack.com/api/search.all and follows the Slack Web API calling conventions.

Present these parameters as part of an application/x-www-form-urlencoded querystring or POST body. application/json is not currently accepted.

Argument	Example	Required	Description
`token`	`xxxx-xxxxxxxxx-xxxx`	Required	Authentication token. Requires scope: `search:read`
`query`	`pickleface`	Required	Search query. May contains booleans, etc.
`count`	`20`	Optional, default=20	Number of items to return per page.
`highlight`	`true`	Optional	Pass a value of `true` to enable query highlight markers (see below).
`page`	`2`	Optional, default=1	Page number of results to return.
`sort`	`timestamp`	Optional, default=score	Return matches sorted by either `score` or `timestamp`.
`sort_dir`	`asc`	Optional, default=desc	Change sort direction to ascending (`asc`) or descending (`desc`).

Response

The response returns matches broken down by their type of content, similar to the facebook/gmail auto-completed search widgets.

{
    "ok": true,
    "query": "Best Pickles",
    "messages": {...},
    "files": {...}
}

Within each content group, data is returned in the following format:

{
    "matches": [],
    "paging": {
        "count": 100,  - number of records per page
        "total": 15,   - total records matching query
        "page": 1,     - page of records returned
        "pages": 1     - total pages matching query
    }
}

This block gives the (estimated) total number of matches of this type, then has an array containing the specified page of the top matches. The format of matches depends on the match type, as described in the documentation for search.messages and search.files. These methods can be used to fetch further pages of messages or files.

Errors

This table lists the expected errors that this method could return. However, other errors can be returned in the case where the service is down or other unexpected factors affect processing. Callers should always check the value of the ok params in the response.

Error	Description
`not_authed`	No authentication token provided.
`invalid_auth`	Invalid authentication token.
`account_inactive`	Authentication token is for a deleted user or team.
`user_is_bot`	This method cannot be called by a bot user.
`invalid_arg_name`	The method was passed an argument whose name falls outside the bounds of accepted or expected values. This includes very long names and names with non-alphanumeric characters other than `_`. If you get this error, it is typically an indication that you have made a very malformed API call.
`invalid_array_arg`	The method was passed a PHP-style array argument (e.g. with a name like `foo[7]`). These are never valid with the Slack API.
`invalid_charset`	The method was called via a `POST` request, but the `charset` specified in the `Content-Type` header was invalid. Valid charset names are: `utf-8` `iso-8859-1`.
`invalid_form_data`	The method was called via a `POST` request with `Content-Type` `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` or `multipart/form-data`, but the form data was either missing or syntactically invalid.
`invalid_post_type`	The method was called via a `POST` request, but the specified `Content-Type` was invalid. Valid types are: `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` `multipart/form-data` `text/plain`.
`missing_post_type`	The method was called via a `POST` request and included a data payload, but the request did not include a `Content-Type` header.
`team_added_to_org`	The team associated with your request is currently undergoing migration to an Enterprise Organization. Web API and other platform operations will be intermittently unavailable until the transition is complete.
`request_timeout`	The method was called via a `POST` request, but the `POST` data was either missing or truncated.

Warnings

This table lists the expected warnings that this method will return. However, other warnings can be returned in the case where the service is experiencing unexpected trouble.

Warning	Description
`missing_charset`	The method was called via a `POST` request, and recommended practice for the specified `Content-Type` is to include a `charset` parameter. However, no `charset` was present. Specifically, non-form-data content types (e.g. `text/plain`) are the ones for which `charset` is recommended.
`superfluous_charset`	The method was called via a `POST` request, and the specified `Content-Type` is not defined to understand the `charset` parameter. However, `charset` was in fact present. Specifically, form-data content types (e.g. `multipart/form-data`) are the ones for which `charset` is superfluous.