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In order to search without restrictions, using the full potential of Hawksearch, the connector provides the Optimizely.Hawksearch.Client package. This package contains classes which will correspond to the requests and responses provided by Hawksearch’s Search API.

• SearchRequest

• SearchResponse

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For a better experience and easier development, we included in the Optimizely.Hawksearch.Connector package:

• Request builders → Fluent APIs to create a search request

• Search filters → Used for searching with facets

The Flow

1. Using only Optimizely.Hawksearch.Client

• Create and populate a SearchRequest object

• Use the Search method of the SearchClient class (or its async counterpart)

  Code Block
  language c#
  public SearchResponse<T> Search<T>(SearchRequest searchRequest) where T : HawksearchBaseItem public async Task<SearchResponse<T>> SearchAsync<T>(SearchRequest searchRequest) where T : HawksearchBaseItem

• Get the SearchResponse object then map it to your business models

1. Using both

Optimizely.Hawksearch.Client and Optimizely.Hawksearch.Connector

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