# Search itens by term

**URL:** <https://discourse.getcockpit.com/t/search-itens-by-term/70>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 28, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://discourse.getcockpit.com/t/search-itens-by-term/70 "2018-05-28T18:31:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![raffaelj](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.getcockpit.com/raffaelj/32/331_2.png) [@raffaelj](https://discourse.getcockpit.com/u/raffaelj)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 8:50am UTC](https://discourse.getcockpit.com/t/search-itens-by-term/70/15 "2020-11-12T08:50:38Z")

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You can’t search in all collections by default, but you can write a custom api endpoint to do that job. In this thread are two possible solutions:

> [@Querying multiple collections is giving - Collection not found](https://discourse.getcockpit.com/t/querying-multiple-collections-is-giving-collection-not-found/1631):
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> I am trying to query multiple collections as shown - /api/collections/get/(authors|posts) But i keep getting the error like - { "error": "Collection not found" } Can anyone help me where i am going wrong? The individual APIs work correctly

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