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  5. Scroll Query

Scroll Query

This API provides queries which can fetch all data in an index, i.e. "scroll through" all of the data.

Scroll queries are inherently limited — they may specify query strings and filter criteria, but results cannot be sorted, fields cannot be given weights, and facets cannot be requested. For these sorts of features, use the POST Query or GET Query APIs.

Method

POST

URL

/v1/index/<index_id>/scroll

Authentication required?

Only for non-public data

Required Roles

None

Request Body

a GScrollRequest document

Response Body

a GScrollResult document

Authentication & Authorization

Tokens for this call must have one of these scopes.

urn:globus:auth:scope:search.api.globus.org:all
urn:globus:auth:scope:search.api.globus.org:search

Examples

Scroll via curl

To run a scroll query, we send it via a POST to the API, e.g.

curl -XPOST \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    'https://search.api.globus.org/v1/index/4de0e89e-a395-11e7-bc54-8c705ad34f60/scroll' \
    --data '
{
  "q": "a scroll request with filtering",
  "filters": [
    {
      "type": "range",
      "field_name": "path.to.date",
      "values": [
        {
          "from": "*",
          "to": "2014-11-07"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}'

Request Schemas

GScrollRequest

This is the main document type for encoding a scrolling query.

  • version scroll#1.0.0
  • version 2017-09-01 (legacy)

This is the newer version of a scroll request. It will become the default in a future release of Globus Search. Until then, users must request it explicitly with the @version field.

Field Name Type Description

q

String

User-supplied query, conforming to the query syntax. Required if there are no filters.

advanced

Boolean

Defaults to False

When true, interpret q with the advanced query syntax

Defaults to False. Mutually exclusive with q_settings.

q_settings

Object

Optional. A q_settings object, with settings indicating how to interpret q.

Mutually exclusive with advanced.

limit

Integer

Optional. Limit the results given to limit many items. Defaults to 10

bypass_visible_to

Boolean

Defaults to False

Allowed for Index Admins only. When true, visible_to restrictions will be ignored for this search query.

filter_principal_sets

List of Strings

Optional. A list of principal_set names.

The caller’s identity set will be matched against any principal_sets assigned to entry documents, and filtered to matches for any of these strings. If this parameter is provided, at least one match must be present.

filters

Array

Optional. An array of GFilter Documents. Filters to apply to the search

marker

String

Optional. An opaque token from a previous scroll result document, used to request the nex page of results.

Examples
{
  "q": "the quick brown fox jumps"
}

This is the legacy version of a scroll request. It is the default when @version is omitted for compatibility while users migrate to the scroll#1.0.0 version.

Field Name Type Description

q

String

User-supplied query, conforming to the query syntax. Required if there are no filters.

advanced

Boolean

Defaults to False

When true, interpret q with the advanced query syntax

limit

Integer

Optional. Limit the results given to limit many items. Defaults to 10

bypass_visible_to

Boolean

Defaults to False

Allowed for Index Admins only. When true, visible_to restrictions will be ignored for this search query.

filter_principal_sets

List of Strings

Optional. A list of principal_set names.

The caller’s identity set will be matched against any principal_sets assigned to entry documents, and filtered to matches for any of these strings. If this parameter is provided, at least one match must be present.

filters

Array

Optional. An array of GFilter Documents. Filters to apply to the search

marker

String

Optional. An opaque token from a previous scroll result document, used to request the nex page of results.

Examples
{
  "q": "the quick brown fox jumps"
}

GFilter

A GFilter document is one of several document types which encode a filter. The type of filter is identified by the type field. See the table below for the various filter types.

  • version 1.0.0
  • version 2017 (legacy)

These filter documents are defined for query#1.0.0, delete_by_query#1.0.0, and scroll#1.0.0.

Type Schema

match_all

GFilterMatch

match_any

GFilterMatch

range

GFilterRange

geo_bounding_box

GFilterGeoBoundingBox

geo_shape

GFilterGeoShape

exists

GFilterExists

like

GFilterLike

not

GFilterNot

and

GFilterAnd

or

GFilterOr

These filter documents are defined for documents on version 2017-09-01.

Type Schema

match_all

GFilterMatch

match_any

GFilterMatch

range

GFilterRange

geo_bounding_box

GFilterGeoBoundingBox

geo_shape

GFilterGeoShape

exists

GFilterExists

like

GFilterLike

not

GFilterNot

and

GFilterAnd

or

GFilterOr

Note

All filters on document version 2017-09-01 support a post_filter field. Note that post_filter is only valid on filters when they are in the top level filters array of a request.

When filters are nested under and, or, or not filters, post_filter is no longer valid.

GFilterMatch

A matching filter for finding results which match some set of text terms.

"match_any" and "match_all" refer to the different possible behaviors of the filter values. As their names imply, if "match_any" is specified, the filter will match results for which any of filter values match, while "match_all" requires that all of the values match on every result.

  • version 1.0.0
  • version 2017 (legacy)

This is the version of a "match" filter defined for query#1.0.0, delete_by_query#1.0.0, and scroll#1.0.0.

Field Name Type Description

type

String

One of {"match_any", "match_all"}

field_name

String

The field to which the filter refers. Any dots (".") must be escaped with a preceding backslash ("\") character.

values

Array of Strings or Booleans

The values to evaluate against the field_name.

If the field is a boolean field, this must be an array of booleans only. For string fields, it may be a mixture of strings or booleans.

Note

"match_any" and "match_all" are the same when there’s only one value as far as filtering is concerned, but they may have different impact on the way that facets are interpreted.

Examples
{
  "type": "match_any",
  "field_name": "globus_metadata.resource_type",
  "values": [
    "Globus Endpoint"
  ]
}
{
  "type": "match_all",
  "field_name": "globus_metadata.keywords",
  "values": [
    "hpc",
    "internet2",
    "uchicago"
  ]
}
{
  "type": "match_any",
  "field_name": "globus_metadata.snorkels",
  "values": [
    "few",
    "many",
    true
  ]
}
Note

This filter is only valid if globus_metadata.snorkels is a string field because string fields can contain boolean values.

If it is a boolean field (which cannot contain string values), the query will fail with an error regarding the improper mapping of "few" and "many" onto a boolean field.

This is the version of a "match" filter defined for legacy document versions (2017-09-01).

Field Name Type Description

type

String

One of {"match_any", "match_all"}

field_name

String

The field to which the filter refers. Any dots (".") must be escaped with a preceding backslash ("\") character.

values

Array of Strings or Booleans

The values to evaluate against the field_name.

If the field is a boolean field, this must be an array of booleans only. For string fields, it may be a mixture of strings or booleans.

post_filter

Boolean

Control whether or not this filter should be applied before or after facets are calculated. If True, the filter will not impact facet results, but will filter the query results.

Defaults to True for match_any and False for match_all.

Note

"match_any" and "match_all" are the same when there’s only one value as far as filtering is concerned, but they may have different impact on the way that facets are interpreted.

Examples
{
  "type": "match_any",
  "field_name": "globus_metadata.resource_type",
  "values": [
    "Globus Endpoint"
  ]
}
{
  "type": "match_all",
  "field_name": "globus_metadata.keywords",
  "values": [
    "hpc",
    "internet2",
    "uchicago"
  ]
}
{
  "type": "match_any",
  "field_name": "globus_metadata.snorkels",
  "values": [
    "few",
    "many",
    true
  ]
}
Note

This filter is only valid if globus_metadata.snorkels is a string field because string fields can contain boolean values.

If it is a boolean field (which cannot contain string values), the query will fail with an error regarding the improper mapping of "few" and "many" onto a boolean field.

GFilterRange

A range filter for finding results which have numeric or date values within a specified range.

  • version 1.0.0
  • version 2017 (legacy)

This is the version of a "range" filter defined for query#1.0.0, delete_by_query#1.0.0, and scroll#1.0.0.

Field Name Type Description

type

String

Must have the value "range"

field_name

String

The field to which the filter refers. Any dots (".") must be escaped with a preceding backslash ("\") character.

values

Array of Objects

The values to evaluate against the field_name.

Each object has the fields from and to OR each object has exactly one of gte or gt and exactly one of lt or lte.

Note

values.from and values.to may be the special string "*" indicating that the range is unbounded on this end. An example is given below.

Examples
{
  "type": "range",
  "field_name": "path.to.date",
  "values": [
    {
      "from": "1970-01-01",
      "to": "2015-01-01"
    }
  ]
}
{
  "type": "range",
  "field_name": "cardinality_of_foobar",
  "values": [
    {
      "from": "10",
      "to": "50"
    }
  ]
}

This example filter has multiple clauses. The combination is implicitly joined with "or" semantics. This means that we allow values from 0 to 5, and greater than or equal to 10.

{
  "type": "range",
  "field_name": "cardinality_of_foobar",
  "values": [
    {
      "from": "0",
      "to": "5"
    },
    {
      "from": "10",
      "to": "*"
    }
  ]
}
{
  "type": "range",
  "field_name": "path.to.date",
  "values": [
    {
      "from": "1970-01-01",
      "to": "2015-01-01"
    },
    {
      "gte": "2015-01-01",
      "lte": "2016-01-01"
    },
    {
      "gt": "2016-01-15",
      "lt": "*"
    }
  ]
}

This is the version of a "range" filter defined for legacy document versions (2017-09-01).

Field Name Type Description

type

String

Must have the value "range"

field_name

String

The field to which the filter refers. Any dots (".") must be escaped with a preceding backslash ("\") character.

values

Array of Objects

The values to evaluate against the field_name.

Each object has the fields from and to OR each object has exactly one of gte or gt and exactly one of lt or lte.

post_filter

Boolean

Control whether or not this filter should be applied before or after facets are calculated. If True, the filter will not impact facet results, but will filter the query results.

Defaults to True.

Note

values.from and values.to may be the special string "*" indicating that the range is unbounded on this end. An example is given below.

Examples
{
  "type": "range",
  "field_name": "path.to.date",
  "values": [
    {
      "from": "1970-01-01",
      "to": "2015-01-01"
    }
  ]
}
{
  "type": "range",
  "field_name": "cardinality_of_foobar",
  "values": [
    {
      "from": "10",
      "to": "50"
    }
  ]
}

This example filter has multiple clauses. The combination is implicitly joined with "or" semantics. This means that we allow values from 0 to 5, and greater than or equal to 10.

{
  "type": "range",
  "field_name": "cardinality_of_foobar",
  "values": [
    {
      "from": "0",
      "to": "5"
    },
    {
      "from": "10",
      "to": "*"
    }
  ]
}
{
  "type": "range",
  "field_name": "path.to.date",
  "values": [
    {
      "from": "1970-01-01",
      "to": "2015-01-01"
    },
    {
      "gte": "2015-01-01",
      "lte": "2016-01-01"
    },
    {
      "gt": "2016-01-15",
      "lt": "*"
    }
  ]
}

GFilterGeoBoundingBox

A bounding box filter for finding geo_shape and geo_point values which intersect with a specified bounding box.

  • version 1.0.0
  • version 2017 (legacy)

This is the version of a "geo bounding box" filter defined for query#1.0.0, delete_by_query#1.0.0, and scroll#1.0.0.

Field Name Type Description

type

String

Must have the value "geo_bounding_box"

field_name

String

The field to which the filter refers. Any dots (".") must be escaped with a preceding backslash ("\") character.

top_left

Object

An object describing a coordinate pair.

It must contain the keys lat and lon, each of which must have a numeric value.

bottom_right

Object

An object describing a coordinate pair.

It must contain the keys lat and lon, each of which must have a numeric value.

Note

top_left is required to be northwest of bottom_right.

Examples
{
  "type": "geo_bounding_box",
  "field_name": "country.center",
  "top_left": {
    "lat": 49.1,
    "lon": -124.9
  },
  "bottom_right": {
    "lat": 24.9,
    "lon": -67.1
  }
}

This is the version of a "geo bounding box" filter defined for legacy document versions (2017-09-01).

Field Name Type Description

type

String

Must have the value "geo_bounding_box"

field_name

String

The field to which the filter refers. Any dots (".") must be escaped with a preceding backslash ("\") character.

top_left

Object

An object describing a coordinate pair.

It must contain the keys lat and lon, each of which must have a numeric value.

bottom_right

Object

An object describing a coordinate pair.

It must contain the keys lat and lon, each of which must have a numeric value.

post_filter

Boolean

Control whether or not this filter should be applied before or after facets are calculated. If True, the filter will not impact facet results, but will filter the query results.

Defaults to True.

Note

top_left is required to be northwest of bottom_right.

Examples
{
  "type": "geo_bounding_box",
  "field_name": "country.center",
  "top_left": {
    "lat": 49.1,
    "lon": -124.9
  },
  "bottom_right": {
    "lat": 24.9,
    "lon": -67.1
  }
}

GFilterGeoShape

A geo filter for finding geo_shape and geo_point values which intersect with or are contained within a given shape.

  • version 1.0.0
  • version 2017 (legacy)

This is the version of a "geo shape" filter defined for query#1.0.0, delete_by_query#1.0.0, and scroll#1.0.0.

Field Name Type Description

type

String

Must have the value "geo_shape"

field_name

String

The field to which the filter refers. Any dots (".") must be escaped with a preceding backslash ("\") character.

shape

Object

A GeoJSON formatted Geometry.

See note below on supported geometries.

relation

String

The shape relationship to test.

One of {"intersects", "within"}. Defaults to "intersects".

Examples
{
  "type": "geo_shape",
  "field_name": "city.boundary",
  "shape": {
    "type": "Polygon",
    "coordinates": [
      [
        [
          -5.8,
          51.5
        ],
        [
          10.0,
          51.5
        ],
        [
          10.0,
          41.0
        ],
        [
          -5.8,
          41.0
        ],
        [
          -5.8,
          51.5
        ]
      ]
    ]
  }
}

This is the version of a "geo shape" filter defined for legacy document versions (2017-09-01).

Field Name Type Description

type

String

Must have the value "geo_shape"

field_name

String

The field to which the filter refers. Any dots (".") must be escaped with a preceding backslash ("\") character.

shape

Object

A GeoJSON formatted Geometry.

See note below on supported geometries.

relation

String

The shape relationship to test.

One of {"intersects", "within"}. Defaults to "intersects".

post_filter

Boolean

Control whether or not this filter should be applied before or after facets are calculated. If True, the filter will not impact facet results, but will filter the query results.

Defaults to True.

Examples
{
  "type": "geo_shape",
  "field_name": "city.boundary",
  "shape": {
    "type": "Polygon",
    "coordinates": [
      [
        [
          -5.8,
          51.5
        ],
        [
          10.0,
          51.5
        ],
        [
          10.0,
          41.0
        ],
        [
          -5.8,
          41.0
        ],
        [
          -5.8,
          51.5
        ]
      ]
    ]
  }
}
Supported Geometries

Only two-dimensional GeoJSON data are allowed in geo_shape filters. That means that coordinates should be encoded as JSON arrays of length 2.

Globus Search only supports filters using GeoJSON Polygons. Furthermore, Polygons are restricted to simple polygons, consisting of only one coordinate ring. This means that polygons with internal cut-outs are forbidden.

GFilterExists

An "existence" filter which checks if a field is present in a document with a non-null value. Note that a field being present but with a value of null is considered the same, under exists filters, as the field being absent from the document.

  • version 1.0.0
  • version 2017 (legacy)

This is the version of an "exists" filter defined for query#1.0.0, delete_by_query#1.0.0, and scroll#1.0.0.

Field Name Type Description

type

String

Must have the value "exists"

field_name

String

The field to which the filter refers. Any dots (".") must be escaped with a preceding backslash ("\") character.

Examples

The following filter finds documents where the field foo exists:

{
  "type": "exists",
  "field_name": "foo"
}

This is the version of an "exists" filter defined for legacy document versions (2017-09-01).

Field Name Type Description

type

String

Must have the value "exists"

field_name

String

The field to which the filter refers. Any dots (".") must be escaped with a preceding backslash ("\") character.

post_filter

Boolean

Control whether or not this filter should be applied before or after facets are calculated. If True, the filter will not impact facet results, but will filter the query results.

Defaults to True.

Examples

The following filter finds documents where the field foo exists:

{
  "type": "exists",
  "field_name": "foo"
}

GFilterLike

A "like" filter which checks if a field matches a "like-expression". Like expressions are matching strings containing the wildcard characters:

  • * matches any number of characters

  • ? matches any one character

  • version 1.0.0
  • version 2017 (legacy)

This is the version of a "like" filter defined for query#1.0.0, delete_by_query#1.0.0, and scroll#1.0.0.

Field Name Type Description

type

String

Must have the value "like".

field_name

String

The field to which the filter refers. It must be a text field.

value

String

The filter expression to apply as a match.

Examples

The following filter finds documents where the field filename contains a string ending in .csv.

{
  "type": "like",
  "field_name": "filename",
  "value": "*.csv"
}

Note that this does not technically guarantee that the filename ends with .csv. For example, it is possible for the filter to match on a value like "filename": "foo.csv bar".

This is the version of a "like" filter defined for legacy document versions (2017-09-01).

Field Name Type Description

type

String

Must have the value "like".

field_name

String

The field to which the filter refers. It must be a text field.

value

String

The filter expression to apply as a match.

post_filter

Boolean

Control whether or not this filter should be applied before or after facets are calculated. If True, the filter will not impact facet results, but will filter the query results.

Defaults to True.

Examples

The following filter finds documents where the field filename contains a string ending in .csv.

{
  "type": "like",
  "field_name": "filename",
  "value": "*.csv"
}

Note that this does not technically guarantee that the filename ends with .csv. For example, it is possible for the filter to match on a value like "filename": "foo.csv bar".

GFilterNot

A "not" filter for inverting any other valid filter.

  • version 1.0.0
  • version 2017 (legacy)

This is the version of a "not" filter defined for query#1.0.0, delete_by_query#1.0.0, and scroll#1.0.0.

Field Name Type Description

type

String

Must have the value "not"

filter

Object

Any valid GFilter object.

Examples

The following filter finds documents where the field foo does not exist:

{
  "type": "not",
  "filter": {
    "type": "exists",
    "field_name": "foo"
  }
}

This is the version of a "not" filter defined for legacy document versions (2017-09-01).

Field Name Type Description

type

String

Must have the value "not"

filter

Object

Any valid GFilter object.

post_filter

Boolean

Control whether or not this filter should be applied before or after facets are calculated. If True, the filter will not impact facet results, but will filter the query results.

Defaults to True.

Examples

The following filter finds documents where the field foo does not exist:

{
  "type": "not",
  "filter": {
    "type": "exists",
    "field_name": "foo"
  }
}

GFilterAnd

An "and" filter for joining any other valid filters. In order for an "and" filter to match on documents, all of the filters it contains must match.

An "existence" filter which checks if a field is present in a document with a non-null value. Note that a field being present but with a value of null is considered the same, under exists filters, as the field being absent from the document.

  • version 1.0.0
  • version 2017 (legacy)

This is the version of an "and" filter defined for query#1.0.0, delete_by_query#1.0.0, and scroll#1.0.0.

Field Name Type Description

type

String

Must have the value "and"

filters

Array of Object

An array of GFilter objects.

Examples

The following filter finds documents where the field title exists and keywords contains hpc:

{
  "type": "and",
  "filter": [
    {
      "type": "exists",
      "field_name": "title"
    },
    {
      "type": "match_any",
      "field_name": "keywords",
      "values": [
        "hpc"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

This is the version of an "and" filter defined for legacy document versions (2017-09-01).

Field Name Type Description

type

String

Must have the value "and"

filters

Array of Object

An array of GFilter objects.

post_filter

Boolean

Control whether or not this filter should be applied before or after facets are calculated. If True, the filter will not impact facet results, but will filter the query results.

Defaults to True.

Examples

The following filter finds documents where the field title exists and keywords contains hpc:

{
  "type": "and",
  "filter": [
    {
      "type": "exists",
      "field_name": "title"
    },
    {
      "type": "match_any",
      "field_name": "keywords",
      "values": [
        "hpc"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

GFilterOr

An "or" filter for joining any other valid filters. In order for an "or" filter to match on documents, at least one of the filters it contains must match.

  • version 1.0.0
  • version 2017 (legacy)

This is the version of an "or" filter defined for query#1.0.0, delete_by_query#1.0.0, and scroll#1.0.0.

Field Name Type Description

type

String

Must have the value "or"

filters

Array of Object

An array of GFilter objects.

Examples

The following filter finds documents where either the author.institution or the dataset.institution is uchicago.edu. One or both can be a match:

{
  "type": "or",
  "filter": [
    {
      "type": "match_any",
      "field_name": "author.institution",
      "values": [
        "uchicago.edu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "match_any",
      "field_name": "dataset.institution",
      "values": [
        "uchicago.edu"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

This is the version of an "or" filter defined for legacy document versions (2017-09-01).

Field Name Type Description

type

String

Must have the value "or"

filters

Array of Object

An array of GFilter objects.

post_filter

Boolean

Control whether or not this filter should be applied before or after facets are calculated. If True, the filter will not impact facet results, but will filter the query results.

Defaults to True.

Examples

The following filter finds documents where either the author.institution or the dataset.institution is uchicago.edu. One or both can be a match:

{
  "type": "or",
  "filter": [
    {
      "type": "match_any",
      "field_name": "author.institution",
      "values": [
        "uchicago.edu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "match_any",
      "field_name": "dataset.institution",
      "values": [
        "uchicago.edu"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

q_settings

  • version 1.0.0

This is the definition of q_settings documents for query#1.0.0, delete_by_query#1.0.0, and scroll#1.0.0.

Field Name Type Description

mode

String

query_string: Evaluate q using the normal query mode.

advanced_query_string: Evaluate q using the advanced query mode.

default_operator

String

or: Return results that match any of the query terms.

and: Return results that match all of the query terms.

Examples
{
  "mode": "query_string",
  "default_operator": "or"
}

Response Schemas

GScrollResult

This is the document type for all results from scrolling queries.

Field Name Type Description

gmeta

Array

An array of GMetaResult documents, the main body of the result

count

Integer

The number of results returned; i.e. the size of the gmeta array. May be 0

total

Integer

The total number of matches for the search. May be 0 if no matches are found

has_next_page

Boolean

True if there’s another page of results available, False otherwise

marker

String

An opaque marker used to request the next page of results

Examples

{
  "count": 1,
  "gmeta": [
    {
      "@datatype": "GMetaResult",
      "@version": "2019-08-27",
      "entries": [
        {
          "content": {
            "cuisine": [
              "mexican"
            ],
            "handle": "salsa-verde",
            "ingredients": [
              {
                "amount": {
                  "number": 10
                },
                "default": "tomatillo",
                "preparation": "simmer 20 minutes",
                "type": "fruit"
              },
              {
                "amount": {
                  "number": 2
                },
                "default": "serrano pepper",
                "preparation": "seeded",
                "substitutes": [
                  "jalapeno",
                  "thai bird chili"
                ],
                "type": "fruit"
              },
              {
                "amount": {
                  "number": 2,
                  "unit": "clove"
                },
                "default": "garlic",
                "type": "vegetable"
              },
              {
                "amount": {
                  "number": 0.5
                },
                "default": "yellow onion",
                "type": "vegetable"
              },
              {
                "amount": {
                  "number": 2,
                  "unit": "tsp"
                },
                "default": "salt",
                "type": "spice"
              },
              {
                "amount": {
                  "number": 2,
                  "unit": "tbsp"
                },
                "default": "coriander",
                "preparation": "ground",
                "substitutes": [
                  "cumin"
                ],
                "type": "spice"
              }
            ],
            "keywords": [
              "salsa",
              "tomatillo",
              "coriander",
              "serrano pepper"
            ],
            "origin": {
              "author": "Diana Kennedy",
              "title": "Regional Mexican Cooking",
              "type": "book"
            }
          },
          "entry_id": null
        }
      ],
      "subject": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salsa_verde"
    }
  ],
  "total": 1,
  "has_next_page": true,
  "marker": "3d34900e3e4211ebb0a806b2af333354"
}

GMetaResult

These are components in a search result.

A GMetaResult is a structure similar to a GMetaEntry from the Ingest API, with the following significant differences:

  • visibility information is not exposed; i.e. visible_to is not included

  • metadata for any subject may be an aggregate of multiple documents with different visibility rules or sources. Thus, the result is always returned as an array in which each element represents data provided by a different source or with different visibility

GMetaResult

Field Name Type Description

subject

String

the resource described by this metadata, often a URI

entries

Array

An array of objects containing the data pertaining to the subject.

Each object has the fields content, entry_id, and matched_principal_sets. The content is an object with the entry data which was sent to Search, and the entry_id is its ID. If there are any assigned principal_sets for the entry which match the current caller, they will be returned as an array of strings in matched_principal_sets.

{
  "entries": [
    {
      "content": {
        "alpha": {
          "beta": "gamma"
        }
      },
      "matched_principal_sets": [],
      "entry_id": null
    },
    {
      "content": {
        "alpha": {
          "beta": "delta"
        }
      },
      "matched_principal_sets": [],
      "entry_id": "with_delta"
    }
  ],
  "subject": "http://example.com"
}
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