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# PM · Search · Search and load tasks by board, status, assignee, tag, or text

GET https://api.simplified.com/api/v1/pm/search/tasks

The primary task query endpoint — used by the UI for ALL task loading,
including the board view (no search) and board search box.

IMPORTANT — always scope with `board` + `status`:
The UI always passes `board=<board_id>` and `status=<status_id>` together,
fetching one column at a time (page\_size=10). Without scoping, results span
the entire workspace (800+ tasks) with no relevance ranking.

Correct agent pattern:

1. Call `listStatuses` to get status IDs for the board.
2. Call `searchTasks?board=<id>&status=<sid>&search=<term>` per column.

Supports nested filters on assignees/tags, date ranges, and full-text
search across title/description/tags/comments.

SUBTASKS ARE EXCLUDED BY DEFAULT — pass `include_subtasks=true` to search
them. A subtask that is absent from every result is not missing or
unindexed; it is filtered out. Confirm with `getTask` by slug before
concluding a ticket does not exist.

Reference: https://docs.simplified.com/api-reference/project-manager/search/tasks

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (required) (prefixed with ` Api-Key   `) — Header authentication of the form `Api-Key  <token>`
- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Query parameters

- `search` (string, optional)
- `board` (string, optional)
- `status` (string, optional)
- `assignees` (string, optional) — Nested filter on assignees (e.g. `assignees:123`).
- `tags` (string, optional) — Nested filter on tags (e.g. `tags:42`).
- `priority` (integer, optional)
- `complete` (boolean, optional)
- `task_type` (enum, optional)
  - Allowed values: `TASK`, `SUBTASK`, `CHECKLIST`, `TEMPLATE`
- `include_subtasks` (boolean, optional) — Whether subtasks appear as their own rows. Defaults to false, matching the board view, where a subtask is shown inside its parent's card rather than as a top-level row. Pass `true` to search subtasks too — without it a subtask is unreachable by title, description or comment text, and can only be fetched by slug via `getTask`. Use it whenever you are looking for a ticket that "should exist but never shows up". `task_type=SUBTASK` implies inclusion on its own; an explicit `include_subtasks` always wins. Any value other than true/false is rejected. Not to be confused with `subtasks`, which is the nested filter that matches a PARENT task by one of its subtask IDs.
- `start_date_after` (date, optional) — Tasks with `start_date` on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD).
- `start_date_before` (date, optional) — Tasks with `start_date` on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD).
- `due_date_after` (date, optional) — Tasks with `due_date` on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD).
- `due_date_before` (date, optional) — Tasks with `due_date` on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD).
- `ordering` (string, optional)
- `expand` (string, optional) — Comma-separated list of fields to expand inline on the response (FlexFields style, e.g. `assignees,tags,time_tracking`).
- `page` (integer, optional) — 1-based page number for paginated list endpoints.
- `page_size` (integer, optional) — Page size for paginated list endpoints.

### Headers

- `Organization` (string, optional) — Workspace (organization) ID the request is scoped to.
- `Space` (string, optional) — Optional sub-space ID for further scoping inside the workspace.

## Response

### 200

Paginated task search results.

- `any`

## Examples

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.simplified.com/api/v1/pm/search/tasks"

headers = {"Authorization": "Api-Key  <apiKey>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.simplified.com/api/v1/pm/search/tasks';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Api-Key  <apiKey>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.simplified.com/api/v1/pm/search/tasks"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Api-Key  <apiKey>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.simplified.com/api/v1/pm/search/tasks")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Api-Key  <apiKey>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.simplified.com/api/v1/pm/search/tasks")
  .header("Authorization", "Api-Key  <apiKey>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.simplified.com/api/v1/pm/search/tasks', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Api-Key  <apiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.simplified.com/api/v1/pm/search/tasks");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Api-Key  <apiKey>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Api-Key  <apiKey>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.simplified.com/api/v1/pm/search/tasks")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```