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# Search an index

> Searches a single index and returns matching search results as hits.

**Required ACL:** `search`

This method lets you retrieve up to 1,000 hits.
If you need more, use the [`browse` operation](https://www.algolia.com/doc/rest-api/search/browse) or increase the `paginatedLimitedTo` index setting.

## Usage

<CodeGroup>
  ```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.SearchSingleIndexAsync<Hit>("<YOUR_INDEX_NAME>");

  // 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.searchSingleIndex(
    indexName: "<YOUR_INDEX_NAME>",
  );

  // 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.SearchSingleIndex(client.NewApiSearchSingleIndexRequest(
    "<YOUR_INDEX_NAME>"))
  if err != nil {
    // handle the eventual error
    panic(err)
  }


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

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

  // Call the API
  SearchResponse response = client.searchSingleIndex("<YOUR_INDEX_NAME>", Hit.class);

  // 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.searchSingleIndex({ indexName: 'indexName' });


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

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

  // Call the API
  var response = client.searchSingleIndex(indexName = "<YOUR_INDEX_NAME>")


  // 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->searchSingleIndex(
      '<YOUR_INDEX_NAME>',
  );


  // 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_single_index(
      index_name="<YOUR_INDEX_NAME>",
  )


  # 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_single_index("<YOUR_INDEX_NAME>")


  # 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.searchSingleIndex(
      indexName = "<YOUR_INDEX_NAME>"
    ),
    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: SearchResponse<Hit> = try await client.searchSingleIndex(indexName: "<YOUR_INDEX_NAME>")

  // 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-single-index">
  For more details about input parameters
  and response fields.
</Card>