Class SearchRequest (1.4.0)

public sealed class SearchRequest : IMessage<SearchRequest>, IEquatable<SearchRequest>, IDeepCloneable<SearchRequest>, IBufferMessage, IMessage, IPageRequest

Request message for [SearchService.Search][google.cloud.retail.v2.SearchService.Search] method.

Inheritance

Object > SearchRequest

Namespace

Google.Cloud.Retail.V2

Assembly

Google.Cloud.Retail.V2.dll

Constructors

SearchRequest()

public SearchRequest()

SearchRequest(SearchRequest)

public SearchRequest(SearchRequest other)
Parameter
NameDescription
otherSearchRequest

Properties

BoostSpec

public SearchRequest.Types.BoostSpec BoostSpec { get; set; }

Boost specification to boost certain products. See more details at this user guide.

Notice that if both [ServingConfig.boost_control_ids][] and [SearchRequest.boost_spec] are set, the boost conditions from both places are evaluated. If a search request matches multiple boost conditions, the final boost score is equal to the sum of the boost scores from all matched boost conditions.

Property Value
TypeDescription
SearchRequest.Types.BoostSpec

Branch

public string Branch { get; set; }

The branch resource name, such as projects/*/locations/global/catalogs/default_catalog/branches/0.

Use "default_branch" as the branch ID or leave this field empty, to search products under the default branch.

Property Value
TypeDescription
String

BranchAsBranchName

public BranchName BranchAsBranchName { get; set; }

BranchName-typed view over the Branch resource name property.

Property Value
TypeDescription
BranchName

CanonicalFilter

public string CanonicalFilter { get; set; }

The filter applied to every search request when quality improvement such as query expansion is needed. For example, if a query does not have enough results, an expanded query with [SearchRequest.canonical_filter][google.cloud.retail.v2.SearchRequest.canonical_filter] will be returned as a supplement of the original query. This field is strongly recommended to achieve high search quality.

See [SearchRequest.filter][google.cloud.retail.v2.SearchRequest.filter] for more details about filter syntax.

Property Value
TypeDescription
String

DynamicFacetSpec

public SearchRequest.Types.DynamicFacetSpec DynamicFacetSpec { get; set; }

The specification for dynamically generated facets. Notice that only textual facets can be dynamically generated.

This feature requires additional allowlisting. Contact Retail Search support team if you are interested in using dynamic facet feature.

Property Value
TypeDescription
SearchRequest.Types.DynamicFacetSpec

FacetSpecs

public RepeatedField<SearchRequest.Types.FacetSpec> FacetSpecs { get; }

Facet specifications for faceted search. If empty, no facets are returned.

A maximum of 100 values are allowed. Otherwise, an INVALID_ARGUMENT error is returned.

Property Value
TypeDescription
RepeatedField<SearchRequest.Types.FacetSpec>

Filter

public string Filter { get; set; }

The filter syntax consists of an expression language for constructing a predicate from one or more fields of the products being filtered. Filter expression is case-sensitive. See more details at this user guide.

If this field is unrecognizable, an INVALID_ARGUMENT is returned.

Property Value
TypeDescription
String

Offset

public int Offset { get; set; }

A 0-indexed integer that specifies the current offset (that is, starting result location, amongst the [Product][google.cloud.retail.v2.Product]s deemed by the API as relevant) in search results. This field is only considered if [page_token][google.cloud.retail.v2.SearchRequest.page_token] is unset.

If this field is negative, an INVALID_ARGUMENT is returned.

Property Value
TypeDescription
Int32

OrderBy

public string OrderBy { get; set; }

The order in which products are returned. Products can be ordered by a field in an [Product][google.cloud.retail.v2.Product] object. Leave it unset if ordered by relevance. OrderBy expression is case-sensitive. See more details at this user guide.

If this field is unrecognizable, an INVALID_ARGUMENT is returned.

Property Value
TypeDescription
String

PageCategories

public RepeatedField<string> PageCategories { get; }

The categories associated with a category page. Required for category navigation queries to achieve good search quality. The format should be the same as [UserEvent.page_categories][google.cloud.retail.v2.UserEvent.page_categories];

To represent full path of category, use '>' sign to separate different hierarchies. If '>' is part of the category name, please replace it with other character(s).

Category pages include special pages such as sales or promotions. For instance, a special sale page may have the category hierarchy: "pageCategories" : ["Sales > 2017 Black Friday Deals"].

Property Value
TypeDescription
RepeatedField<String>

PageSize

public int PageSize { get; set; }

Maximum number of [Product][google.cloud.retail.v2.Product]s to return. If unspecified, defaults to a reasonable value. The maximum allowed value is

  1. Values above 120 will be coerced to 120.

If this field is negative, an INVALID_ARGUMENT is returned.

Property Value
TypeDescription
Int32

PageToken

public string PageToken { get; set; }

A page token [SearchResponse.next_page_token][google.cloud.retail.v2.SearchResponse.next_page_token], received from a previous [SearchService.Search][google.cloud.retail.v2.SearchService.Search] call. Provide this to retrieve the subsequent page.

When paginating, all other parameters provided to [SearchService.Search][google.cloud.retail.v2.SearchService.Search] must match the call that provided the page token. Otherwise, an INVALID_ARGUMENT error is returned.

Property Value
TypeDescription
String

Placement

public string Placement { get; set; }

Required. The resource name of the search engine placement, such as projects/*/locations/global/catalogs/default_catalog/placements/default_search. This field is used to identify the serving configuration name and the set of models that will be used to make the search.

Property Value
TypeDescription
String

Query

public string Query { get; set; }

Raw search query.

Property Value
TypeDescription
String

QueryExpansionSpec

public SearchRequest.Types.QueryExpansionSpec QueryExpansionSpec { get; set; }

The query expansion specification that specifies the conditions under which query expansion will occur. See more details at this user guide.

Property Value
TypeDescription
SearchRequest.Types.QueryExpansionSpec

SearchMode

public SearchRequest.Types.SearchMode SearchMode { get; set; }

The search mode of the search request. If not specified, a single search request triggers both product search and faceted search.

Property Value
TypeDescription
SearchRequest.Types.SearchMode

UserInfo

public UserInfo UserInfo { get; set; }

User information.

Property Value
TypeDescription
UserInfo

VariantRollupKeys

public RepeatedField<string> VariantRollupKeys { get; }

The keys to fetch and rollup the matching [variant][google.cloud.retail.v2.Product.Type.VARIANT] [Product][google.cloud.retail.v2.Product]s attributes. The attributes from all the matching [variant][google.cloud.retail.v2.Product.Type.VARIANT] [Product][google.cloud.retail.v2.Product]s are merged and de-duplicated. Notice that rollup [variant][google.cloud.retail.v2.Product.Type.VARIANT] [Product][google.cloud.retail.v2.Product]s attributes will lead to extra query latency. Maximum number of keys is 10.

For [FulfillmentInfo][google.cloud.retail.v2.FulfillmentInfo], a fulfillment type and a fulfillment ID must be provided in the format of "fulfillmentType.fulfillmentId". E.g., in "pickupInStore.store123", "pickupInStore" is fulfillment type and "store123" is the store ID.

Supported keys are:

  • colorFamilies
  • price
  • originalPrice
  • discount
  • inventory(place_id,price)
  • attributes.key, where key is any key in the [Product.attributes][google.cloud.retail.v2.Product.attributes] map.
  • pickupInStore.id, where id is any [FulfillmentInfo.place_ids][google.cloud.retail.v2.FulfillmentInfo.place_ids] for [FulfillmentInfo.type][google.cloud.retail.v2.FulfillmentInfo.type] "pickup-in-store".
  • shipToStore.id, where id is any [FulfillmentInfo.place_ids][google.cloud.retail.v2.FulfillmentInfo.place_ids] for [FulfillmentInfo.type][google.cloud.retail.v2.FulfillmentInfo.type] "ship-to-store".
  • sameDayDelivery.id, where id is any [FulfillmentInfo.place_ids][google.cloud.retail.v2.FulfillmentInfo.place_ids] for [FulfillmentInfo.type][google.cloud.retail.v2.FulfillmentInfo.type] "same-day-delivery".
  • nextDayDelivery.id, where id is any [FulfillmentInfo.place_ids][google.cloud.retail.v2.FulfillmentInfo.place_ids] for [FulfillmentInfo.type][google.cloud.retail.v2.FulfillmentInfo.type] "next-day-delivery".
  • customFulfillment1.id, where id is any [FulfillmentInfo.place_ids][google.cloud.retail.v2.FulfillmentInfo.place_ids] for [FulfillmentInfo.type][google.cloud.retail.v2.FulfillmentInfo.type] "custom-type-1".
  • customFulfillment2.id, where id is any [FulfillmentInfo.place_ids][google.cloud.retail.v2.FulfillmentInfo.place_ids] for [FulfillmentInfo.type][google.cloud.retail.v2.FulfillmentInfo.type] "custom-type-2".
  • customFulfillment3.id, where id is any [FulfillmentInfo.place_ids][google.cloud.retail.v2.FulfillmentInfo.place_ids] for [FulfillmentInfo.type][google.cloud.retail.v2.FulfillmentInfo.type] "custom-type-3".
  • customFulfillment4.id, where id is any [FulfillmentInfo.place_ids][google.cloud.retail.v2.FulfillmentInfo.place_ids] for [FulfillmentInfo.type][google.cloud.retail.v2.FulfillmentInfo.type] "custom-type-4".
  • customFulfillment5.id, where id is any [FulfillmentInfo.place_ids][google.cloud.retail.v2.FulfillmentInfo.place_ids] for [FulfillmentInfo.type][google.cloud.retail.v2.FulfillmentInfo.type] "custom-type-5".

If this field is set to an invalid value other than these, an INVALID_ARGUMENT error is returned.

Property Value
TypeDescription
RepeatedField<String>

VisitorId

public string VisitorId { get; set; }

Required. A unique identifier for tracking visitors. For example, this could be implemented with an HTTP cookie, which should be able to uniquely identify a visitor on a single device. This unique identifier should not change if the visitor logs in or out of the website.

The field must be a UTF-8 encoded string with a length limit of 128 characters. Otherwise, an INVALID_ARGUMENT error is returned.

Property Value
TypeDescription
String