Yext · Schema

Yext Search Query Response

The response body from a Yext Search (Answers) API universal query, containing entity results, direct answers, facets, and search metadata.

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Properties

Name Type Description
meta object Metadata about the API response.
response object
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JSON Schema

yext-search-query-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/yext/main/json-schema/yext-search-query-schema.json",
  "title": "Yext Search Query Response",
  "description": "The response body from a Yext Search (Answers) API universal query, containing entity results, direct answers, facets, and search metadata.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "meta": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Metadata about the API response.",
      "properties": {
        "uuid": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Unique identifier for this API response."
        },
        "errors": {
          "type": "array",
          "description": "Any non-fatal errors encountered while processing the request.",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "code": { "type": "integer" },
              "type": { "type": "string" },
              "message": { "type": "string" }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "response": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "businessId": {
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "The business ID associated with the account."
        },
        "queryId": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Unique identifier for the search query, used for analytics reporting."
        },
        "modules": {
          "type": "array",
          "description": "The result modules, one per content vertical returned.",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "verticalConfigId": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "The identifier of the content vertical."
              },
              "resultsCount": {
                "type": "integer",
                "description": "Total number of results available for this vertical."
              },
              "results": {
                "type": "array",
                "description": "The paginated entity results for this vertical.",
                "items": {
                  "$ref": "#/definitions/EntityResult"
                }
              },
              "appliedQueryFilters": {
                "type": "array",
                "description": "Filters that were automatically applied to the query.",
                "items": { "type": "object" }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "directAnswer": {
          "type": "object",
          "description": "A concise answer estimated to directly address the query.",
          "properties": {
            "type": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The direct answer type (e.g., FIELD_VALUE, FEATURED_SNIPPET)."
            },
            "answer": {
              "type": "object",
              "description": "The answer content, format depends on the direct answer type."
            },
            "relatedItem": {
              "type": "object",
              "description": "The entity or item that the direct answer was derived from."
            }
          }
        },
        "spellCheck": {
          "type": "object",
          "description": "Spell check information that may suggest corrections to the query.",
          "properties": {
            "originalQuery": { "type": "string" },
            "correctedQuery": { "type": "object" },
            "type": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The spell check suggestion type (SUGGEST, AUTOCORRECT, or COMBINE)."
            }
          }
        },
        "locationBias": {
          "type": "object",
          "description": "Geographic location information used to bias search results.",
          "properties": {
            "latitude": {
              "type": "number",
              "description": "Latitude coordinate used to bias the search.",
              "example": 40.7128
            },
            "longitude": {
              "type": "number",
              "description": "Longitude coordinate used to bias the search.",
              "example": -74.006
            },
            "locationDisplayName": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Human-readable display name of the bias location.",
              "example": "New York, NY"
            },
            "accuracy": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The accuracy level of the location bias (e.g., DEVICE, REGION, PLACE)."
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "definitions": {
    "EntityResult": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "A single entity result from a search query.",
      "properties": {
        "data": {
          "type": "object",
          "description": "The entity's field data, structure varies by entity type."
        },
        "highlightedFields": {
          "type": "object",
          "description": "Map of field IDs to highlighted snippets showing query match context."
        },
        "distance": {
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "Distance in meters from the query location bias."
        }
      }
    }
  }
}