Search content in Optimizely Graph

Use .SearchFor() to run full-text searches against indexed content in Optimizely Graph. You can search all text fields or target specific fields, boost relevance for certain fields, apply filters, and track which search results users click.

Combine it with .UsingFullText() to search all text fields, or .UsingField() to target specific fields and control relevance boosting.

Search across all fields

Use .UsingFullText() searches every indexed text field:

var result = await client
    .QueryContent<BlogPostPage>()
    .SearchFor("graph api")
    .UsingFullText()
    .GetAsContentAsync();

Search a specific field

Use .UsingField() limits the search to one field:

var result = await client
    .QueryContent<BlogPostPage>()
    .SearchFor("sorting")
    .UsingField(x => x.Title!)
    .GetAsContentAsync();

Boost relevance for specific fields

Pass a boost value to increase the importance of matches in specific fields. Higher numbers have more influence:

var result = await client
    .QueryContent<BlogPostPage>()
    .SearchFor("api")
    .UsingField(x => x.Title!, boost: 3)
    .UsingField(x => x.Tags!, boost: 1)
    .GetAsContentAsync();

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Note

Matches in the Title field rank three times higher than matches in Tags.

Combine search with filters

Chain .Where() to narrow search results by field values:

var result = await client
    .QueryContent<BlogPostPage>()
    .SearchFor("api")
    .UsingFullText()
    .Where(x => x.BlogCategory == "Tutorials")
    .GetAsContentAsync();

Enable click-through tracking

Add .Track() to your search query to record which results users click.

var result = await client
    .QueryContent<BlogPostPage>()
    .SearchFor("api")
    .UsingFullText()
    .Track()
    .GetAsContentAsync();

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Note

.Track() only works when combined with .SearchFor(). See Track search result clicks in C# SDK for the full setup.