# Search API doesn't work **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-api-doesnt-work/151023 **Category:** Development **Created:** [May 11, 2020, 8:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-api-doesnt-work/151023 "2020-05-11T08:31:25Z") **Posts on this page:** 2 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![ultrakiller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ultrakiller/32/169794_2.png) [@ultrakiller](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ultrakiller) #### Post date: [May 11, 2020, 8:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-api-doesnt-work/151023/1 "2020-05-11T08:31:25Z")
I am trying to use the Discourse API for a discord bot. I want to pass a search query via my bot and return the results back to discord after utilizing the Discourse API. The problem is I can’t get the API to work. It just returns a HTML snippet. Here is the CURL request - ``` curl --location --request GET 'https://forum.andronix.app/search/query?term=Modded%20OS' \ --header 'Api-Key: xxxx2901589946b34f0e81bfc39xxx633deef202b6f004af878fa62xxxxxxxxx' \ --header 'Api-Username: xxxx' ``` [The API key and username are correct because they do work for other things]. Here’s the response I get ``` Andronix Community ``` _ **I have made the response shorter so it doesn’t look like spam** _ Would be grateful if anyone can point out what I am doing wrong. Thank you! ---
### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david) #### Post date: [May 11, 2020, 9:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-api-doesnt-work/151023/2 "2020-05-11T09:06:02Z")
> [@ultrakiller](#): > > ```plaintext > GET 'https://forum.andronix.app/search/query?term=Modded > > ``` Try using `.json` at the end: ```plaintext GET 'https://forum.andronix.app/search/query.json?term=Modded ``` (or you can use the `Accept` header to request JSON formatting)