> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.watchdog.no/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Search documents

> mode=ranked (default) searches accepted agreement terms by meaning and keywords. mode=exact searches literal text in 1–10 owned document_ids without an agreement ID. Exact results may be partial for large documents; a partial negative search proves nothing about the unread text.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi-preview.json post /v1/documents/search
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Watchdog API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    The Watchdog API is served from https://api-canary.watchdog.no until it
    moves to https://api.watchdog.no. Request bodies are limited to 2 MiB unless
    an endpoint says otherwise. Files are uploaded directly to storage, not
    through the API.
servers:
  - url: https://api-canary.watchdog.no
    description: Watchdog API
security: []
paths:
  /v1/documents/search:
    post:
      tags:
        - Documents
      summary: Search documents
      description: >-
        mode=ranked (default) searches accepted agreement terms by meaning and
        keywords. mode=exact searches literal text in 1–10 owned document_ids
        without an agreement ID. Exact results may be partial for large
        documents; a partial negative search proves nothing about the unread
        text.
      operationId: searchDocuments
      parameters:
        - name: X-Organization-Id
          in: header
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
          description: >-
            The organization to act in. Required for personal API keys; list the
            organizations you can access with GET /v1/organizations.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                mode:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - ranked
                    - exact
                  default: ranked
                query:
                  type: string
                  minLength: 1
                  maxLength: 4000
                document_ids:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                    format: uuid
                  minItems: 1
                  maxItems: 500
                agreement_ids:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                    format: uuid
                  minItems: 1
                  maxItems: 100
                limit:
                  type: integer
                  minimum: 1
                  maximum: 50
                  description: >-
                    Passages to return: ranked defaults to 5, exact to 20 per
                    document.
              required:
                - query
              additionalProperties: false
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Relevant passages and the documents that could not be searched.
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              schema:
                type: string
              required: true
              description: >-
                Request ID, also included in error bodies. Include it when
                contacting support.
            Cache-Control:
              schema:
                type: string
                enum:
                  - private, no-store
                  - private, no-store, no-transform
              required: false
              description: API responses are private and must not be cached.
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: '500'
              required: false
              description: >-
                Requests allowed per minute for this credential, or failed API
                key attempts allowed per minute from this IP address.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                oneOf:
                  - type: object
                    properties:
                      mode:
                        type: string
                        enum:
                          - ranked
                      passages:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          type: object
                          properties:
                            document_id:
                              type: string
                              format: uuid
                            document_name:
                              type: string
                            section_titles:
                              type: array
                              items:
                                type: string
                            text:
                              type: string
                            score:
                              type: number
                          required:
                            - document_id
                            - document_name
                            - section_titles
                            - text
                            - score
                      unavailable_documents:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          type: object
                          properties:
                            document_id:
                              type: string
                              format: uuid
                            status:
                              type: string
                              enum:
                                - indexing
                                - unavailable
                          required:
                            - document_id
                            - status
                    required:
                      - mode
                      - passages
                      - unavailable_documents
                  - type: object
                    properties:
                      mode:
                        type: string
                        enum:
                          - exact
                      documents:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          type: object
                          properties:
                            status:
                              type: string
                              enum:
                                - found
                                - not_found_in_extracted_text
                                - partial
                                - unavailable
                            matches_truncated:
                              type: boolean
                            passages:
                              type: array
                              items:
                                type: string
                            document_id:
                              type: string
                              format: uuid
                          required:
                            - status
                            - matches_truncated
                            - passages
                            - document_id
                    required:
                      - mode
                      - documents
        '400':
          description: >-
            The request is invalid. details lists up to 20 field errors. Request
            bodies are limited to 2 MiB.
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              schema:
                type: string
              required: true
              description: >-
                Request ID, also included in error bodies. Include it when
                contacting support.
            Cache-Control:
              schema:
                type: string
                enum:
                  - private, no-store
                  - private, no-store, no-transform
              required: false
              description: API responses are private and must not be cached.
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: '500'
              required: false
              description: >-
                Requests allowed per minute for this credential, or failed API
                key attempts allowed per minute from this IP address.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error_validation_error'
              example:
                error:
                  code: validation_error
                  message: >-
                    The request is invalid. details lists up to 20 field errors.
                    Request bodies are limited to 2 MiB.
                  request_id: req_example
        '401':
          description: The bearer token is missing or invalid.
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              schema:
                type: string
              required: true
              description: >-
                Request ID, also included in error bodies. Include it when
                contacting support.
            Cache-Control:
              schema:
                type: string
                enum:
                  - private, no-store
                  - private, no-store, no-transform
              required: false
              description: API responses are private and must not be cached.
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: '500'
              required: false
              description: >-
                Requests allowed per minute for this credential, or failed API
                key attempts allowed per minute from this IP address.
            WWW-Authenticate:
              schema:
                type: string
              required: false
              description: Bearer authentication challenge, when supplied.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error_invalid_token'
              example:
                error:
                  code: invalid_token
                  message: The bearer token is missing or invalid.
                  request_id: req_example
        '403':
          description: >-
            Access denied. The error code says why: forbidden, token_disabled,
            organization_required, insufficient_role or mfa_required.
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              schema:
                type: string
              required: true
              description: >-
                Request ID, also included in error bodies. Include it when
                contacting support.
            Cache-Control:
              schema:
                type: string
                enum:
                  - private, no-store
                  - private, no-store, no-transform
              required: false
              description: API responses are private and must not be cached.
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: '500'
              required: false
              description: >-
                Requests allowed per minute for this credential, or failed API
                key attempts allowed per minute from this IP address.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: >-
                  #/components/schemas/Error_forbidden_token_disabled_organization_required_insufficient_role_mfa_required
              example:
                error:
                  code: forbidden
                  message: >-
                    Access denied. The error code says why: forbidden,
                    token_disabled, organization_required, insufficient_role or
                    mfa_required.
                  request_id: req_example
        '404':
          description: The resource does not exist in the current organization.
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              schema:
                type: string
              required: true
              description: >-
                Request ID, also included in error bodies. Include it when
                contacting support.
            Cache-Control:
              schema:
                type: string
                enum:
                  - private, no-store
                  - private, no-store, no-transform
              required: false
              description: API responses are private and must not be cached.
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: '500'
              required: false
              description: >-
                Requests allowed per minute for this credential, or failed API
                key attempts allowed per minute from this IP address.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error_not_found'
              example:
                error:
                  code: not_found
                  message: The resource does not exist in the current organization.
                  request_id: req_example
        '429':
          description: Too many requests. Wait for the Retry-After delay before retrying.
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              schema:
                type: string
              required: true
              description: >-
                Request ID, also included in error bodies. Include it when
                contacting support.
            Cache-Control:
              schema:
                type: string
                enum:
                  - private, no-store
                  - private, no-store, no-transform
              required: false
              description: API responses are private and must not be cached.
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: '500'
              required: false
              description: >-
                Requests allowed per minute for this credential, or failed API
                key attempts allowed per minute from this IP address.
            Retry-After:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: '60'
              required: true
              description: Seconds to wait before retrying the request.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error_rate_limit_exceeded'
              example:
                error:
                  code: rate_limit_exceeded
                  message: >-
                    Too many requests. Wait for the Retry-After delay before
                    retrying.
                  request_id: req_example
        '500':
          description: >-
            Unexpected server failure. Include the request ID when contacting
            support.
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              schema:
                type: string
              required: true
              description: >-
                Request ID, also included in error bodies. Include it when
                contacting support.
            Cache-Control:
              schema:
                type: string
                enum:
                  - private, no-store
                  - private, no-store, no-transform
              required: false
              description: API responses are private and must not be cached.
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: '500'
              required: false
              description: >-
                Requests allowed per minute for this credential, or failed API
                key attempts allowed per minute from this IP address.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error_internal_error'
              example:
                error:
                  code: internal_error
                  message: >-
                    Unexpected server failure. Include the request ID when
                    contacting support.
                  request_id: req_example
        '503':
          description: >-
            Temporarily unavailable. Retry after the Retry-After delay, when
            provided.
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              schema:
                type: string
              required: true
              description: >-
                Request ID, also included in error bodies. Include it when
                contacting support.
            Cache-Control:
              schema:
                type: string
                enum:
                  - private, no-store
                  - private, no-store, no-transform
              required: false
              description: API responses are private and must not be cached.
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: '500'
              required: false
              description: >-
                Requests allowed per minute for this credential, or failed API
                key attempts allowed per minute from this IP address.
            Retry-After:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: '60'
              required: true
              description: Seconds to wait before retrying the request.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error_service_unavailable'
              example:
                error:
                  code: service_unavailable
                  message: >-
                    Temporarily unavailable. Retry after the Retry-After delay,
                    when provided.
                  request_id: req_example
      security:
        - ApiKeyBearer: []
components:
  schemas:
    Error_validation_error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              enum:
                - validation_error
            message:
              type: string
            request_id:
              type: string
            description:
              type: string
            details:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  code:
                    type: string
                  field:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - code
                  - field
                  - message
              maxItems: 20
            workflow_run_id:
              type: string
              format: uuid
            import_id:
              type: string
              format: uuid
            existing_party:
              type: object
              properties:
                type:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - supplier
                    - recipient
                id:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
              required:
                - type
                - id
          required:
            - code
            - message
            - request_id
      required:
        - error
    Error_invalid_token:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              enum:
                - invalid_token
            message:
              type: string
            request_id:
              type: string
            description:
              type: string
            details:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  code:
                    type: string
                  field:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - code
                  - field
                  - message
              maxItems: 20
            workflow_run_id:
              type: string
              format: uuid
            import_id:
              type: string
              format: uuid
            existing_party:
              type: object
              properties:
                type:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - supplier
                    - recipient
                id:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
              required:
                - type
                - id
          required:
            - code
            - message
            - request_id
      required:
        - error
    Error_forbidden_token_disabled_organization_required_insufficient_role_mfa_required:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              enum:
                - forbidden
                - token_disabled
                - organization_required
                - insufficient_role
                - mfa_required
            message:
              type: string
            request_id:
              type: string
            description:
              type: string
            details:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  code:
                    type: string
                  field:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - code
                  - field
                  - message
              maxItems: 20
            workflow_run_id:
              type: string
              format: uuid
            import_id:
              type: string
              format: uuid
            existing_party:
              type: object
              properties:
                type:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - supplier
                    - recipient
                id:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
              required:
                - type
                - id
          required:
            - code
            - message
            - request_id
      required:
        - error
    Error_not_found:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              enum:
                - not_found
            message:
              type: string
            request_id:
              type: string
            description:
              type: string
            details:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  code:
                    type: string
                  field:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - code
                  - field
                  - message
              maxItems: 20
            workflow_run_id:
              type: string
              format: uuid
            import_id:
              type: string
              format: uuid
            existing_party:
              type: object
              properties:
                type:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - supplier
                    - recipient
                id:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
              required:
                - type
                - id
          required:
            - code
            - message
            - request_id
      required:
        - error
    Error_rate_limit_exceeded:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              enum:
                - rate_limit_exceeded
            message:
              type: string
            request_id:
              type: string
            description:
              type: string
            details:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  code:
                    type: string
                  field:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - code
                  - field
                  - message
              maxItems: 20
            workflow_run_id:
              type: string
              format: uuid
            import_id:
              type: string
              format: uuid
            existing_party:
              type: object
              properties:
                type:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - supplier
                    - recipient
                id:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
              required:
                - type
                - id
          required:
            - code
            - message
            - request_id
      required:
        - error
    Error_internal_error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              enum:
                - internal_error
            message:
              type: string
            request_id:
              type: string
            description:
              type: string
            details:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  code:
                    type: string
                  field:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - code
                  - field
                  - message
              maxItems: 20
            workflow_run_id:
              type: string
              format: uuid
            import_id:
              type: string
              format: uuid
            existing_party:
              type: object
              properties:
                type:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - supplier
                    - recipient
                id:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
              required:
                - type
                - id
          required:
            - code
            - message
            - request_id
      required:
        - error
    Error_service_unavailable:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              enum:
                - service_unavailable
            message:
              type: string
            request_id:
              type: string
            description:
              type: string
            details:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  code:
                    type: string
                  field:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - code
                  - field
                  - message
              maxItems: 20
            workflow_run_id:
              type: string
              format: uuid
            import_id:
              type: string
              format: uuid
            existing_party:
              type: object
              properties:
                type:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - supplier
                    - recipient
                id:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
              required:
                - type
                - id
          required:
            - code
            - message
            - request_id
      required:
        - error
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyBearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        Personal API key sent as a bearer token, together with
        X-Organization-Id. The key must have at least the access level the
        endpoint requires (read, write or admin).

````