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GET /v1/search

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/jisho-api/v1/search" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/jisho-api/v1/search", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/jisho-api/v1/search");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/jisho-api/v1/search",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "count": 20,
        "total": 20,
        "words": [
            {
                "jlpt": [
                    "jlpt-n5"
                ],
                "slug": "猫",
                "tags": [
                    "wanikani15"
                ],
                "senses": [
                    {
                        "info": [],
                        "tags": [],
                        "see_also": [],
                        "parts_of_speech": [
                            "Noun"
                        ],
                        "english_definitions": [
                            "cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus)",
                            "feline"
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "info": [],
                        "tags": [],
                        "see_also": [],
                        "parts_of_speech": [
                            "Noun"
                        ],
                        "english_definitions": [
                            "shamisen"
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "info": [],
                        "tags": [],
                        "see_also": [],
                        "parts_of_speech": [
                            "Noun"
                        ],
                        "english_definitions": [
                            "geisha"
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "info": [],
                        "tags": [
                            "Abbreviation"
                        ],
                        "see_also": [
                            "猫車"
                        ],
                        "parts_of_speech": [
                            "Noun"
                        ],
                        "english_definitions": [
                            "wheelbarrow"
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "info": [],
                        "tags": [
                            "Abbreviation"
                        ],
                        "see_also": [
                            "猫火鉢"
                        ],
                        "parts_of_speech": [
                            "Noun"
                        ],
                        "english_definitions": [
                            "clay bed-warmer"
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "info": [],
                        "tags": [
                            "Usually written using kana alone",
                            "Slang"
                        ],
                        "see_also": [],
                        "parts_of_speech": [
                            "Noun"
                        ],
                        "english_definitions": [
                            "bottom (submissive partner of a ho
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