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Hi everyone, I would like to customize search function. Currently, the search works only for products. But I would like to apply search for category also.

I suppose you could create a service that queries the commerce category record and call it alongside the regular call that happens when the user types in the search bar. When the service returns you add the results into whatever it currently in the result set.

Thanks for your replies <@UBQQHJ2GG>

Currently, I calls the API and I can't customize that API.

In that case, I have to build custom API response using Restlet?

It's really not too bad once you learn the pattern: <https://developers.suitecommerce.com/develop-your-first-extension.html#add-a-suitescript-20-service-and-backend-model>

```/**
* @NApiVersion 2.x
* @NModuleScope Public
*/
define([
	'N/log',
	'N/search',
	'N/runtime'],
	function (
		log,
		search,
		runtime) {
		"use strict";

		return {
			service: function (ctx) {

				var request = ctx.request;
				try {

					const user = runtime.getCurrentUser();
					log.debug('user', user);
					// if there is no userId then nobody is logged in
					if (!user.id) return;
					const params = JSON.parse(ctx.request.body);
					log.debug("params", params);
					ctx.response.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json');
					var soid = params.soid;
					if (!soid) {
						log.debug("soid not found", request.parameters);
						return ctx.response.write(JSON.stringify({ success: false }));
					}
					var salesOrderId = null;
					search.create({
						type: "salesorder",
						filters:
							[
								["type", "anyof", "SalesOrd"],
								"AND",
								["numbertext", "is", soid],
								"AND",
								["mainline", "is", "T"]
							],
						columns:
							[
								"internalid"
							]
					}).run().each(function (r) {
						salesOrderId = parseInt(r.id);
						return true;
					});
					if (salesOrderId) {
						// ... do something with it here
					}
					return ctx.response.write(JSON.stringify({ success: true }));
				}
				catch (ex) {
					log.error("Error in Backend Model", ex);
					return ctx.response.write(JSON.stringify({ success: false }));
				}
			}

		};
	});```

Here's an example that looks up a sales order.

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Currently, this is my code for searching api request

And I can't find the code for `/api/items` and I need to customize it

The `/api/items` endpoint isn't customizable.

I see. But response format should be same as `api/items` ?

You can send different requests to that endpoint, but it's functionality isn't something you can edit.

With service files, you choose the format

The service file is just a wrapper around the `N/https` module.

which gives you access to the `request` and `response` objects to do what you want with.