Search for Items

This topic provides instructions to perform offer search and keyword search.

tip

Reduce the number of calls required for searching by using ?followlocation. For more information on this feature, see FollowLocation.

The examples in this section follows the standard search work flow, which does not use ?followlocation.

Offer Search Workflow

1. GET searches.

2. GET offersearchform.

   For example, https://www.onlinestore.com/searches/<scope>/offer/form.

3. Populate the form and link to offersearchaction.

4. GET the search results link returned by Cortex.

5. To view the item details, GET a search result element.

Keyword Search Workflow

1. GET searches.

2. GET keywordsearchform.

   For example, https://www.onlinestore.com/searches/<scope>/keywords/form.

3. Populate the form and link to itemkeywordsearchaction.

4. GET the search results link returned by Cortex .

5. To view the item details, GET a search result element.

   

note

Use the "rel":"next" and "rel":"previous" links to navigate through the search results.