---
title: "Service: /groups/{group}/omnibox [GET]"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/api/services/group-omnibox-GET.html
description: "The /groups/{group}/omnibox GET service provides auto-suggest functionality for PageSeeder's search box, returning result suggestions based on prefix matches across pre-configured fields like title, filename, document ID, and content within a single group."
last_updated: 2026-09-02T11:36:03+10:00
document_type: api_endpoint
operation_id: search-GET
resource_id: search
path_template: /groups/{group}/omnibox
http_method: GET
api_category: search
implementation_version: 5.9800
api_since: 4.7006
deprecated_since: null
obsolete_since: null
api_support: unsupported
cache_control: max-age=30, must-revalidate
generated_at: 2026-09-02
tokens: ~376
---

# /groups/\{group\}/omnibox \[GET\]

## Description

Service supporting the search box in the PageSeeder user interface.

> **Warning:** This service is not part of the public API, and might be subject to change without notice!

This service is designed to return a list of result suggestions for the PageSeeder seach box and from a prefix match on a set of pre-configured fields.

The search is limited to a single group.

### Auto-suggest configuration

The auto-suggestion function has been pre-configured to match terms in the following [Index](../../reference/index.md):

- `pstitle`
- `psfilename`
- `pscontent`
- `psdocid`
- `psid`

To use the auto-suggest on a specific set of fields or for more information about the auto-suggest feature, see [Service: /groups/\{group\}/autosuggest/fields \[GET\] (obsolete)](../../reference/version_5/services/autosuggest-group-fields-GET.md) instead.

## Parameters

| Name | Description | Required | Type | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| term | The term to use in the search box () | yes | string |  |
| predicate | An additional Lucene predicate to narrow down the results | no  | lucene |  |

## Permission

This service is restricted to guest and higher unless the group is accessible to public.

## Response

Search results are wrapped in an `<auto-suggest>` element:

```xml

<auto-suggest term="[term]">
  <!-- Matching results listed here -->
  ... 
</auto-suggest>
```

## Error Handling

No specific errors expected for this service.