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AACSearch

Search a collection by voice

Transcribes the recording and runs a search with the text as `q`. Pass any search parameters (for example `query_by`, `filter_by`, `nl_query`) as a JSON object in the `params` field. The transcript is returned in `request_params.voice_query.transcribed_query`.

Search-key operation

Reachable with a browser-safe search key, not only a full key. Key restrictions still apply. See Keys and credits.
POST
/collections/{collectionName}/documents/search/by_voice

Transcribes the recording and runs a search with the text as q. Pass any search parameters (for example query_by, filter_by, nl_query) as a JSON object in the params field. The transcript is returned in request_params.voice_query.transcribed_query.

Authorization

api_key_header
X-NOVA-API-KEY<token>

Every request carries an organization API key. A key has one of two scopes. A full key reaches every operation in this document and belongs on your server. A search key is the one to ship in a browser widget or a storefront page: it reaches only the operations marked x-nova-key-scope: search — searching, federated search, recommendations, event ingestion, and the visitor-facing AI operations (semantic and image search, voice transcription and voice search, assistant chat, and the visitor's own conversation). It cannot write documents or read or change configuration; any other operation answers 403. AI operations are paid in credits from the organization's wallet whichever key calls them (402 when the balance runs out), and a search key needs X-NOVA-SESSION-ID on them: the session is what a conversation belongs to, and what the per-session allowance (429) is counted against. A key of either scope may additionally carry restrictions set in the console: an allowlist of collections (403 elsewhere), a forced filter_by per collection that is ANDed into every search (document-level access control), an allowlist of fields (include_fields is limited to it and a request naming any other field in query_by, facet_by, sort_by, filter_by or highlight_fields answers 400), an IP/CIDR allowlist and an Origin/Referer allowlist (403), and a per-key rate limit (429 with Retry-After).

In: header

Path Parameters

collectionName*string

The name of the collection

Request Body

multipart/form-data

TypeScript Definitions

Use the request body type in TypeScript.

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X POST "https://example.com/collections/string/documents/search/by_voice" \  -F file="string"
{  "_trace": {},  "facet_counts": [    {      "counts": [        {          "count": 0,          "highlighted": "string",          "value": "string",          "parent": {}        }      ],      "field_name": "string",      "sampled": true,      "stats": {        "max": 0.1,        "min": 0.1,        "sum": 0.1,        "total_values": 0,        "avg": 0.1      }    }  ],  "found": 0,  "found_docs": 0,  "search_time_ms": 0,  "out_of": 0,  "search_cutoff": true,  "page": 0,  "grouped_hits": [    {      "found": 0,      "group_key": [        null      ],      "hits": [        {          "highlights": [            {              "field": "company_name",              "snippet": "<mark>Stark</mark> Industries"            }          ],          "document": {            "id": "124",            "company_name": "Stark Industries",            "num_employees": 5215,            "country": "USA"          },          "text_match": 1234556        }      ]    }  ],  "hits": [    {      "highlights": [        {          "field": "company_name",          "snippet": "<mark>Stark</mark> Industries"        }      ],      "document": {        "id": "124",        "company_name": "Stark Industries",        "num_employees": 5215,        "country": "USA"      },      "text_match": 1234556    }  ],  "request_params": {    "collection_name": "string",    "first_q": "string",    "q": "string",    "per_page": 0,    "voice_query": {      "transcribed_query": "string"    }  },  "conversation": {    "answer": "string",    "conversation_history": [      {}    ],    "conversation_id": "string",    "query": "string"  },  "union_request_params": [    {      "collection_name": "string",      "first_q": "string",      "q": "string",      "per_page": 0,      "voice_query": {        "transcribed_query": "string"      }    }  ],  "metadata": {},  "parsed_nl_query": {    "parse_time_ms": 0,    "generated_params": {},    "augmented_params": {},    "llm_response": {}  },  "query_rewrite": {    "strategy": "layout",    "original_q": "string",    "q": "string"  },  "rerank": {    "applied": true,    "model": "bge-reranker-base",    "scored": 0,    "ms": 0,    "skipped": "string"  },  "redirect": {    "url": "string",    "query": "string"  },  "suggestions": [    {      "query": "string",      "source": "manual",      "filter_by": "string",      "facet": {        "field": "string",        "value": "string",        "count": 0      }    }  ],  "query_understanding": {    "intent": "navigational",    "relation": "SUBSTITUTE",    "strategy": "string",    "policy": "string",    "search_text": "string",    "protected_tokens": [      "string"    ],    "entities": [      {        "entity_id": "string",        "type": "brand",        "canonical": "string",        "alias": "string",        "confidence": 0      }    ],    "constraints": [      {        "kind": "string",        "op": "eq",        "value": null,        "unit": "string",        "currency": "string",        "hardness": "hard",        "text": "string",        "filter_by": "string"      }    ],    "confidence": 0  },  "correction": {    "state": "NO_CORRECTION",    "applied": {      "q": "string",      "type": "RAW",      "score": 0,      "found": 0    },    "suggestions": [      {        "q": "string",        "type": "RAW",        "score": 0,        "found": 0      }    ],    "reason": "string"  },  "refinements": [    {      "id": "string",      "type": "facet",      "label": "string",      "query": "string",      "filter_by": "string",      "field": "string",      "value": "string",      "count": 0,      "score": 0,      "dimension": "string"    }  ]}