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title: "SearchStrategy"
generated: true
---------------

<GenerationInfo sourceFile="packages/core/src/plugin/default-search-plugin/search-strategy/search-strategy.ts" sourceLine="21" packageName="@vendure/core" />

This interface defines the contract that any database-specific search implementations
should follow.

:::info

This is configured via the `searchStrategy` property of
the [DefaultSearchPluginInitOptions](/current/core/reference/typescript-api/default-search-plugin/default-search-plugin-init-options#defaultsearchplugininitoptions).

:::

```ts title="Signature"
interface SearchStrategy extends InjectableStrategy {
    getSearchResults(ctx: RequestContext, input: SearchInput, enabledOnly: boolean): Promise<SearchResult[]>;
    getTotalCount(ctx: RequestContext, input: SearchInput, enabledOnly: boolean): Promise<number>;
    getFacetValueIds(ctx: RequestContext, input: SearchInput, enabledOnly: boolean): Promise<Map<ID, number>>;
    getCollectionIds(ctx: RequestContext, input: SearchInput, enabledOnly: boolean): Promise<Map<ID, number>>;
}
```

* Extends: [`InjectableStrategy`](/current/core/reference/typescript-api/common/injectable-strategy#injectablestrategy)

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### getSearchResults

\<MemberInfo kind="method" type={`(ctx: <a href='/current/core/reference/typescript-api/request/request-context#requestcontext'>RequestContext</a>, input: SearchInput, enabledOnly: boolean) => Promise<SearchResult[]>`}   />

### getTotalCount

\<MemberInfo kind="method" type={`(ctx: <a href='/current/core/reference/typescript-api/request/request-context#requestcontext'>RequestContext</a>, input: SearchInput, enabledOnly: boolean) => Promise<number>`}   />

### getFacetValueIds

\<MemberInfo kind="method" type={`(ctx: <a href='/current/core/reference/typescript-api/request/request-context#requestcontext'>RequestContext</a>, input: SearchInput, enabledOnly: boolean) => Promise<Map<<a href='/current/core/reference/typescript-api/common/id#id'>ID</a>, number>>`}   />

### getCollectionIds

\<MemberInfo kind="method" type={`(ctx: <a href='/current/core/reference/typescript-api/request/request-context#requestcontext'>RequestContext</a>, input: SearchInput, enabledOnly: boolean) => Promise<Map<<a href='/current/core/reference/typescript-api/common/id#id'>ID</a>, number>>`}   />

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