# SearchFilter
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A search filter defines which resources can be part of a search query result set.

## Contents
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**Note**  
In the following list, the required parameters are described first.

 ** FilterString **   <a name="resourceexplorer-Type-SearchFilter-FilterString"></a>
The string that contains the search keywords, prefixes, and operators to control the results that can be returned by a [Search](API_Search.md) operation. For more details, see [Search query syntax](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/resource-explorer/latest/APIReference/about-query-syntax.html).  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 2048.  
Required: Yes

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/resource-explorer-2-2022-07-28/SearchFilter) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/resource-explorer-2-2022-07-28/SearchFilter) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/resource-explorer-2-2022-07-28/SearchFilter)