Query operators

Query operators let you control search behavior directly in the q parameter. They work when parseOperators is enabled (the default).

Site operators

Restrict or exclude results from specific domains:

Operator	Description	Example
`site:`	Results only from this domain	`site:github.com python libraries`
`-site:`	Exclude results from this domain	`machine learning -site:wikipedia.org`

curl "https://search-api.andisearch.com/api/v1/search?q=site:github.com+python+libraries" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Term operators

Require or exclude specific terms:

Operator	Description	Example
`+term`	Term must appear in results	`+python web framework`
`-term`	Term must not appear in results	`apple -fruit`

Content operators

Filter by where terms appear:

Operator	Description	Example
`filetype:`	Filter by file extension (alias: `ext:`)	`filetype:pdf machine learning`
`intitle:`	Term must be in the page title	`intitle:tutorial react hooks`
`inurl:`	Term must be in the URL	`inurl:api documentation`
`intext:`	Term must be in the body text (alias: `inbody:`)	`intext:benchmarks LLM performance`

curl "https://search-api.andisearch.com/api/v1/search?q=filetype:pdf+machine+learning+survey" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Date operators

Filter results by publication date:

Operator	Description	Example
`after:`	Results published after this date	`after:2025-01-01 AI news`
`before:`	Results published before this date	`before:2024-06-01 product launch`

Dates use YYYY-MM-DD format.

Language operator

Filter results by language:

Operator	Description	Example
`lang:`	Results in this language (alias: `language:`)	`lang:es inteligencia artificial`

Uses ISO 639-1 two-letter language codes.

Combining operators

Operators can be combined in a single query:

curl "https://search-api.andisearch.com/api/v1/search?q=site:github.com+filetype:md+intitle:readme+machine+learning+after:2025-01-01" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

This searches GitHub for markdown README files about machine learning published after January 2025.

Disabling operator parsing

If your query contains text that looks like an operator but shouldn’t be treated as one, set parseOperators=false:

curl "https://search-api.andisearch.com/api/v1/search?q=how+to+use+site:+prefix+in+DNS&parseOperators=false" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

When disabled, the entire query is treated as literal text.

Next steps

Filtering

Parameter-based filtering for domains, dates, and content.

Query parameters

Full parameter reference.

Getting started

Search

Features

Resources

Site operators

Term operators

Content operators

Date operators

Language operator

Combining operators

Disabling operator parsing

Next steps

Filtering

Query parameters

​Site operators

​Term operators

​Content operators

​Date operators

​Language operator

​Combining operators

​Disabling operator parsing

​Next steps

Filtering

Query parameters

Site operators

Term operators

Content operators

Date operators

Language operator

Combining operators

Disabling operator parsing

Next steps