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# Search for composition rules

> Searches for composition rules in your index.

**Required ACL:** `settings`

## Usage

<CodeGroup>
  ```cs C# theme={"system"}
  // Initialize the client
  var client = new CompositionClient(
    new CompositionConfig("ALGOLIA_APPLICATION_ID", "ALGOLIA_API_KEY")
  );

  // Call the API
  var response = await client.SearchCompositionRulesAsync(
    "foo",
    new SearchCompositionRulesParams { Query = "batman" }
  );

  // print the response
  Console.WriteLine(response);
  ```

  ```dart Dart theme={"system"}
  // Initialize the client
  final client = CompositionClient(
      appId: 'ALGOLIA_APPLICATION_ID', apiKey: 'ALGOLIA_API_KEY');

  // Call the API
  final response = await client.searchCompositionRules(
    compositionID: "foo",
    searchCompositionRulesParams: SearchCompositionRulesParams(
      query: "batman",
    ),
  );

  // print the response
  print(response);
  ```

  ```go Go theme={"system"}
  // Initialize the client
  client, err := composition.NewClient("ALGOLIA_APPLICATION_ID", "ALGOLIA_API_KEY")
  if err != nil {
    // The client can fail to initialize if you pass an invalid parameter.
    panic(err)
  }

  // Call the API
  response, err := client.SearchCompositionRules(client.NewApiSearchCompositionRulesRequest(
    "foo").WithSearchCompositionRulesParams(
    composition.NewEmptySearchCompositionRulesParams().SetQuery("batman")))
  if err != nil {
    // handle the eventual error
    panic(err)
  }


  // print the response
  print(response)
  ```

  ```java Java theme={"system"}
  // Initialize the client
  CompositionClient client = new CompositionClient("ALGOLIA_APPLICATION_ID", "ALGOLIA_API_KEY");

  // Call the API
  SearchCompositionRulesResponse response = client.searchCompositionRules("foo", new SearchCompositionRulesParams().setQuery("batman"));

  // print the response
  System.out.println(response);
  ```

  ```js JavaScript theme={"system"}
  // Initialize the client
  const client = compositionClient('ALGOLIA_APPLICATION_ID', 'ALGOLIA_API_KEY');

  // Call the API
  const response = await client.searchCompositionRules({
    compositionID: 'foo',
    searchCompositionRulesParams: { query: 'batman' },
  });


  // print the response
  console.log(response);
  ```

  ```kotlin Kotlin theme={"system"}
  // Initialize the client
  val client = CompositionClient(appId = "ALGOLIA_APPLICATION_ID", apiKey = "ALGOLIA_API_KEY")

  // Call the API
  var response =
    client.searchCompositionRules(
      compositionID = "foo",
      searchCompositionRulesParams = SearchCompositionRulesParams(query = "batman"),
    )


  // print the response
  println(response)
  ```

  ```php PHP theme={"system"}
  // Initialize the client
  $client = CompositionClient::create('ALGOLIA_APPLICATION_ID', 'ALGOLIA_API_KEY');

  // Call the API
  $response = $client->searchCompositionRules(
      'foo',
      ['query' => 'batman',
      ],
  );


  // print the response
  var_dump($response);
  ```

  ```python Python theme={"system"}
  # Initialize the client
  # In an asynchronous context, you can use CompositionClient instead, which exposes the exact same methods.
  client = CompositionClientSync("ALGOLIA_APPLICATION_ID", "ALGOLIA_API_KEY")

  # Call the API
  response = client.search_composition_rules(
      composition_id="foo",
      search_composition_rules_params={
          "query": "batman",
      },
  )


  # print the response
  print(response)
  ```

  ```ruby Ruby theme={"system"}
  # Initialize the client
  client = Algolia::CompositionClient.create("ALGOLIA_APPLICATION_ID", "ALGOLIA_API_KEY")

  # Call the API
  response = client.search_composition_rules(
    "foo",
    Algolia::Composition::SearchCompositionRulesParams.new(query: "batman")
  )


  # print the response
  puts(response)
  ```

  ```scala Scala theme={"system"}
  // Initialize the client
  val client = CompositionClient(appId = "ALGOLIA_APPLICATION_ID", apiKey = "ALGOLIA_API_KEY")

  // Call the API
  val response = Await.result(
    client.searchCompositionRules(
      compositionID = "foo",
      searchCompositionRulesParams = Some(
        SearchCompositionRulesParams(
          query = Some("batman")
        )
      )
    ),
    Duration(100, "sec")
  )

  // print the response
  println(response)
  ```

  ```swift Swift theme={"system"}
  // Initialize the client
  let client = try CompositionClient(appID: "ALGOLIA_APPLICATION_ID", apiKey: "ALGOLIA_API_KEY")

  // Call the API
  let response = try await client.searchCompositionRules(
      compositionID: "foo",
      searchCompositionRulesParams: SearchCompositionRulesParams(query: "batman")
  )

  // print the response
  print(response)
  ```
</CodeGroup>

<Card icon="folder-code" horizontal="true" title="See the full API reference" arrow="true" href="/doc/rest-api/composition/search-composition-rules">
  For more details about input parameters
  and response fields.
</Card>