---
title: "Service: /members/{member}/projects/{group}/autocomplete [GET]"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/api/services/project-autocomplete-GET.html
description: "GET endpoint that returns autocomplete term suggestions for specified fields within a member's project groups. Supports customizable field selection, result limits, and prefix matching options."
last_updated: 2026-09-02T11:36:16+10:00
document_type: api_endpoint
operation_id: search-GET
resource_id: search
path_template: /members/{member}/projects/{group}/autocomplete
http_method: GET
api_category: search
implementation_version: 5.9900
api_since: 5.9900
deprecated_since: null
obsolete_since: null
api_support: supported
cache_control: max-age=30, must-revalidate
generated_at: 2026-09-02
tokens: ~263
---

# /members/\{member\}/projects/\{group\}/autocomplete \[GET\]

## Description

Returns the list of terms to auto-complete a field or set of fields from groups the member belongs to under a project.

## Parameters

| Name | Description | Required | Type | Default value |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| fields | A comma-separated list of fields to search in | no | strings | `pstitle,pscontent` |
| max-terms | The maximum number of terms to return | no | int | `20` |
| prefix-only | Whether to only match prefixes, not similar terms | no | boolean | `false` |
| term | The term to auto complete | yes | string |  |

## Permission

Restricted to the member themselves or administrator.

## Response

```xml

<autocomplete term="test">
  <term field="pstitle" text="test1" prefix="true"/>
  <term field="pstitle" text="test2" prefix="true"/>
  <term field="pscontent" text="testable" prefix="true"/>
  <term field="pscontent" text="tested" prefix="true"/>
  ...
</autocomplete>
```

## Error Handling

No specific errors expected for this generator.