Indexing and full text search # Search Service Store and search JSON records. The Search API provides indexing and full text search. Search for a word or phrase in a particular field of a record. Combine multiple with either `AND` or `OR` boolean operators to create complex queries. Powered by [OpenSearch](https://opensearch.org/). ## Query Language The search API supports a simple query language to let you get to your data quickly without having to learn a complicated language. The most basic query looks like this ```sql key == 'value' ``` where you specify a key and a value to find. For example you might want to look for every customer with first name of John ```sql first_name == 'John' ``` String values support single or double quotes. Values can also be numbers ```sql age == 37 ``` or booleans ```sql verified == true ``` You can search on fields that are nested in the record using dot (`.`) as a separator ```sql address.city == 'London' ``` The API also supports wildcard `*` matching to enable scenarios like autocomplete. ```sql first_name == 'Joh*' ``` In addition to equality `==` the API support greater than or equals `>=` and less than or equals `<=` operators ```sql age >= 37 age <= 37 ``` Simple queries can be combined with logical `and` ```sql first_name == "John" AND age <= 37 ``` or logical `or` ```sql first_name == "John" OR first_name == "Jane" ``` If combining `and` and `or` operations you will need to use parentheses to explicitly define precedence ```sql (first_name == "John" OR first_name == "Jane") AND age <= 37 ```