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# Search dictionary entries

> Searches for standard and custom dictionary entries.

**Required ACL:** `settings`

## Usage

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  ```cs C# theme={"system"}
  // Initialize the client
  var client = new SearchClient(new SearchConfig("ALGOLIA_APPLICATION_ID", "ALGOLIA_API_KEY"));

  // Call the API
  var response = await client.SearchDictionaryEntriesAsync(
    Enum.Parse<DictionaryType>("Stopwords"),
    new SearchDictionaryEntriesParams { Query = "about" }
  );

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

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

  // Call the API
  final response = await client.searchDictionaryEntries(
    dictionaryName: DictionaryType.fromJson("stopwords"),
    searchDictionaryEntriesParams: SearchDictionaryEntriesParams(
      query: "about",
    ),
  );

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

  ```go Go theme={"system"}
  // Initialize the client
  client, err := search.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.SearchDictionaryEntries(client.NewApiSearchDictionaryEntriesRequest(
    search.DictionaryType("stopwords"),
    search.NewEmptySearchDictionaryEntriesParams().SetQuery("about")))
  if err != nil {
    // handle the eventual error
    panic(err)
  }


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

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

  // Call the API
  SearchDictionaryEntriesResponse response = client.searchDictionaryEntries(
    DictionaryType.STOPWORDS,
    new SearchDictionaryEntriesParams().setQuery("about")
  );

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

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

  // Call the API
  const response = await client.searchDictionaryEntries({
    dictionaryName: 'stopwords',
    searchDictionaryEntriesParams: { query: 'about' },
  });


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

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

  // Call the API
  var response =
    client.searchDictionaryEntries(
      dictionaryName = DictionaryType.entries.first { it.value == "stopwords" },
      searchDictionaryEntriesParams = SearchDictionaryEntriesParams(query = "about"),
    )


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

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

  // Call the API
  $response = $client->searchDictionaryEntries(
      'stopwords',
      ['query' => 'about',
      ],
  );


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

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

  # Call the API
  response = client.search_dictionary_entries(
      dictionary_name="stopwords",
      search_dictionary_entries_params={
          "query": "about",
      },
  )


  # print the response
  print(response)
  ```

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

  # Call the API
  response = client.search_dictionary_entries(
    "stopwords",
    Algolia::Search::SearchDictionaryEntriesParams.new(query: "about")
  )


  # print the response
  puts(response)
  ```

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

  // Call the API
  val response = Await.result(
    client.searchDictionaryEntries(
      dictionaryName = DictionaryType.withName("stopwords"),
      searchDictionaryEntriesParams = SearchDictionaryEntriesParams(
        query = "about"
      )
    ),
    Duration(100, "sec")
  )

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

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

  // Call the API
  let response = try await client.searchDictionaryEntries(
      dictionaryName: DictionaryType.stopwords,
      searchDictionaryEntriesParams: SearchDictionaryEntriesParams(query: "about")
  )

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

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