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# Search events by title

> Title search over the published corpus; 503 when no corpus is readable or it is older than its bound.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json get /public/v1/markets/search
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  description: >-
    Read-only prediction-market data across Polymarket, Kalshi, Limitless and
    predict.fun over REST. Every request sends your key as `Authorization:
    Bearer tl_live_…`; try any endpoint from its page.
  title: TrendlineLabs Public API
  version: '1'
servers:
  - description: Production
    url: https://systems.trendlinelabs.ai
security: []
tags:
  - description: 'Read back the key you are calling with: its scopes, tier and rate limit.'
    name: Your key
  - description: Events group markets across venues; each carries a `universal_id`.
    name: Events
  - description: One market's order book, price history and trades on one venue.
    name: Markets
  - description: Current prices for a set of markets in one call.
    name: Prices
  - description: Live cross-venue price gaps on the same market.
    name: Opportunities
paths:
  /public/v1/markets/search:
    get:
      tags:
        - Events
      summary: Search events by title
      description: >-
        Title search over the published corpus; 503 when no corpus is readable
        or it is older than its bound.
      operationId: searchMarkets
      parameters:
        - description: >-
            text matched case-insensitively against event titles, prefix matches
            first; empty ranks every event by volume
          in: query
          name: q
          required: false
          schema:
            default: ''
            description: >-
              text matched case-insensitively against event titles, prefix
              matches first; empty ranks every event by volume
            maxLength: 200
            title: Q
            type: string
        - description: how many results to return
          in: query
          name: limit
          required: false
          schema:
            default: 20
            description: how many results to return
            maximum: 50
            minimum: 1
            title: Limit
            type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                age_s: 5
                built_at_ms: 1791266395000
                results:
                  - category_group: crypto
                    event_universal_id: ev-btc-100k-2026
                    headline_market_id: mk-btc-100k-2026
                    image_url: null
                    title: Bitcoin price at year end
                    volume: 1834201.5
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublicSearchResponse'
          description: Successful Response
          headers:
            Cache-Control:
              description: no-store on every answer
              schema:
                type: string
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              description: >-
                requests allowed per window for this key; present once the key
                passed the limiter
              schema:
                type: integer
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              description: >-
                requests left in this window; present once the key passed the
                limiter
              schema:
                type: integer
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              description: >-
                seconds until the window resets; present once the key passed the
                limiter
              schema:
                type: integer
            X-Request-Id:
              description: >-
                this request's id (yours, when you sent X-Request-Id); equals
                the envelope's request_id
              schema:
                type: string
        '401':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublicError'
          description: 'unauthorized: no key, or a key that is unknown, revoked or expired.'
          headers:
            Cache-Control:
              description: no-store on every answer
              schema:
                type: string
            WWW-Authenticate:
              description: Bearer realm="public-api"
              schema:
                type: string
            X-Request-Id:
              description: >-
                this request's id (yours, when you sent X-Request-Id); equals
                the envelope's request_id
              schema:
                type: string
        '403':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublicError'
          description: >-
            insufficient_scope: the key lacks the scope this route needs;
            ip_not_allowed: the request came from an address outside the key's
            allowlist; tier_required: the key owner's plan does not include API
            access; access_not_granted: API access is free but granted on
            request; request it on https://trendlinelabs.ai/developer.
          headers:
            Cache-Control:
              description: no-store on every answer
              schema:
                type: string
            X-Request-Id:
              description: >-
                this request's id (yours, when you sent X-Request-Id); equals
                the envelope's request_id
              schema:
                type: string
        '422':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublicError'
          description: >-
            invalid_request: a parameter is missing, unknown, malformed or out
            of bounds, or a cursor does not match.
          headers:
            Cache-Control:
              description: no-store on every answer
              schema:
                type: string
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              description: >-
                requests allowed per window for this key; present once the key
                passed the limiter
              schema:
                type: integer
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              description: >-
                requests left in this window; present once the key passed the
                limiter
              schema:
                type: integer
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              description: >-
                seconds until the window resets; present once the key passed the
                limiter
              schema:
                type: integer
            X-Request-Id:
              description: >-
                this request's id (yours, when you sent X-Request-Id); equals
                the envelope's request_id
              schema:
                type: string
        '429':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublicError'
          description: >-
            rate_limited: too many requests, or too many failed authentications;
            wait Retry-After seconds.
          headers:
            Cache-Control:
              description: no-store on every answer
              schema:
                type: string
            Retry-After:
              description: seconds to wait before retrying
              schema:
                type: integer
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              description: >-
                requests allowed per window for this key; present once the key
                passed the limiter
              schema:
                type: integer
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              description: >-
                requests left in this window; present once the key passed the
                limiter
              schema:
                type: integer
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              description: >-
                seconds until the window resets; present once the key passed the
                limiter
              schema:
                type: integer
            X-Request-Id:
              description: >-
                this request's id (yours, when you sent X-Request-Id); equals
                the envelope's request_id
              schema:
                type: string
        '500':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublicError'
          description: >-
            internal_error: an unexpected failure on our side; quote the request
            id. The body may instead be text/plain with no envelope and no
            X-RateLimit-* headers when a failure escapes the route's own
            handling.
          headers:
            Cache-Control:
              description: no-store on every answer
              schema:
                type: string
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              description: >-
                requests allowed per window for this key; present once the key
                passed the limiter
              schema:
                type: integer
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              description: >-
                requests left in this window; present once the key passed the
                limiter
              schema:
                type: integer
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              description: >-
                seconds until the window resets; present once the key passed the
                limiter
              schema:
                type: integer
            X-Request-Id:
              description: >-
                this request's id (yours, when you sent X-Request-Id); equals
                the envelope's request_id
              schema:
                type: string
        '503':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublicError'
          description: >-
            dependency_unavailable: one of our own stores could not be read;
            retry later; upstream_unavailable: the data source is unreadable,
            absent or older than its bound; never an empty 200.
          headers:
            Cache-Control:
              description: no-store on every answer
              schema:
                type: string
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              description: >-
                requests allowed per window for this key; present once the key
                passed the limiter
              schema:
                type: integer
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              description: >-
                requests left in this window; present once the key passed the
                limiter
              schema:
                type: integer
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              description: >-
                seconds until the window resets; present once the key passed the
                limiter
              schema:
                type: integer
            X-Request-Id:
              description: >-
                this request's id (yours, when you sent X-Request-Id); equals
                the envelope's request_id
              schema:
                type: string
      security:
        - HTTPBearer: []
      x-codeSamples:
        - label: cURL
          lang: bash
          source: >
            #!/bin/sh

            # searchMarkets: Search events by title. Needs TRENDLINE_API_KEY;
            TRENDLINE_API_BASE overrides the base.

            curl -sS
            "${TRENDLINE_API_BASE:-https://systems.trendlinelabs.ai}/public/v1/markets/search?q=bitcoin&limit=5"
            \
              -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRENDLINE_API_KEY"
        - label: Python
          lang: python
          source: >
            """searchMarkets: Search events by title. Needs TRENDLINE_API_KEY;
            TRENDLINE_API_BASE overrides the base."""

            import os


            import requests


            BASE = os.environ.get("TRENDLINE_API_BASE",
            "https://systems.trendlinelabs.ai")

            KEY = os.environ["TRENDLINE_API_KEY"]


            r = requests.get(f"{BASE}/public/v1/markets/search", params={"q":
            "bitcoin", "limit": "5"},
                             headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {KEY}"}, timeout=10)
            r.raise_for_status()

            print(r.json())
        - label: JavaScript
          lang: javascript
          source: >
            // searchMarkets: Search events by title. Needs TRENDLINE_API_KEY;
            TRENDLINE_API_BASE overrides the base.

            const BASE = process.env.TRENDLINE_API_BASE ??
            "https://systems.trendlinelabs.ai";

            const KEY = process.env.TRENDLINE_API_KEY;

            const r = await
            fetch(`${BASE}/public/v1/markets/search?q=bitcoin&limit=5`, {
            headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${KEY}` } });

            console.log(r.status, await r.json());
components:
  schemas:
    PublicSearchResponse:
      properties:
        age_s:
          description: >-
            seconds since `built_at_ms`; the route answers 503 instead once this
            passes its bound
          title: Age S
          type: integer
        built_at_ms:
          description: when the searched corpus was built, unix milliseconds
          title: Built At Ms
          type: integer
        results:
          description: matching events, prefix matches first, then by volume
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublicSearchResult'
          title: Results
          type: array
      required:
        - results
        - built_at_ms
        - age_s
      title: PublicSearchResponse
      type: object
    PublicError:
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublicErrorBody'
          description: the refusal
      required:
        - error
      title: PublicError
      type: object
    PublicSearchResult:
      properties:
        category_group:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: the broad category group of the event
          title: Category Group
        event_universal_id:
          description: the matching event; pass it to /public/v1/events/{universal_id}
          title: Event Universal Id
          type: string
        headline_market_id:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: the event's headline market, a market universal id
          title: Headline Market Id
        image_url:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: an image for the event, when a venue publishes one
          title: Image Url
        title:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: the event title
          title: Title
        volume:
          anyOf:
            - type: number
            - type: 'null'
          description: the event's traded volume in USD, the ranking key for an empty query
          title: Volume
      required:
        - event_universal_id
      title: PublicSearchResult
      type: object
    PublicErrorBody:
      properties:
        code:
          description: >-
            a machine-readable code from x-known-codes; a new code may be added,
            so handle an unknown one by its status
          title: Code
          type: string
          x-known-codes:
            - access_not_granted
            - dependency_unavailable
            - insufficient_scope
            - internal_error
            - invalid_request
            - ip_not_allowed
            - market_closed
            - not_found
            - rate_limited
            - tier_required
            - unauthorized
            - upstream_unavailable
            - venue_not_listed
            - venue_unsupported
        message:
          description: a human-readable explanation; never parse it
          title: Message
          type: string
        request_id:
          description: >-
            this request's id, also sent as the X-Request-Id header; quote it
            when asking for help
          title: Request Id
          type: string
      required:
        - code
        - message
        - request_id
      title: PublicErrorBody
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    HTTPBearer:
      description: 'Authorization: Bearer tl_live_…'
      scheme: bearer
      type: http

````

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