public sealed class SearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec : IMessage<SearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec>, IEquatable<SearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec>, IDeepCloneable<SearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec>, IBufferMessage, IMessage
Reference documentation and code samples for the Discovery Engine v1 API class SearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec.
A specification for configuring the behavior of content search.
public SearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec.Types.ChunkSpec ChunkSpec { get; set; }
Specifies the chunk spec to be returned from the search response.
Only available if the
[SearchRequest.ContentSearchSpec.search_result_mode][google.cloud.discoveryengine.v1.SearchRequest.ContentSearchSpec.search_result_mode]
is set to
[CHUNKS][google.cloud.discoveryengine.v1.SearchRequest.ContentSearchSpec.SearchResultMode.CHUNKS]
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\u003ccode\u003eIDeepCloneable\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eIBufferMessage\u003c/code\u003e, and has inherited members like \u003ccode\u003eGetHashCode\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eGetType\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eToString\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThis API allows for the customization of search results through properties like \u003ccode\u003eChunkSpec\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eExtractiveContentSpec\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eSearchResultMode\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eSnippetSpec\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eSummarySpec\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe document details the constructors for \u003ccode\u003eContentSearchSpec\u003c/code\u003e, including a default constructor and a copy constructor that takes another \u003ccode\u003eContentSearchSpec\u003c/code\u003e instance as an argument.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe latest version for this API is 1.6.0, but several other versions are available, as well.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Discovery Engine v1 API - Class SearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec (1.9.0)\n\nVersion latestkeyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [1.9.0 (latest)](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.SearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec)\n- [1.8.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.8.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.SearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec)\n- [1.7.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.7.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.SearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec)\n- [1.6.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.6.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.SearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec)\n- [1.5.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.5.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.SearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec)\n- [1.4.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.4.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.SearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec)\n- [1.3.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.3.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.SearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec)\n- [1.2.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.2.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.SearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec)\n- [1.1.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.1.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.SearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec)\n- [1.0.0-beta06](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.0.0-beta06/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.SearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec) \n\n public sealed class SearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec : IMessage\u003cSearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec\u003e, IEquatable\u003cSearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec\u003e, IDeepCloneable\u003cSearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec\u003e, IBufferMessage, IMessage\n\nReference documentation and code samples for the Discovery Engine v1 API class SearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec.\n\nA specification for configuring the behavior of content search. \n\nInheritance\n-----------\n\n[object](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object) \\\u003e SearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec \n\nImplements\n----------\n\n[IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage-1.html)[SearchRequest](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.SearchRequest)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.SearchRequest.Types)[ContentSearchSpec](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.SearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec), [IEquatable](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.iequatable-1)[SearchRequest](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.SearchRequest)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.SearchRequest.Types)[ContentSearchSpec](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.SearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec), [IDeepCloneable](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IDeepCloneable-1.html)[SearchRequest](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.SearchRequest)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.SearchRequest.Types)[ContentSearchSpec](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.SearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec), [IBufferMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IBufferMessage.html), [IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage.html) \n\nInherited Members\n-----------------\n\n[object.GetHashCode()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gethashcode) \n[object.GetType()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gettype) \n[object.ToString()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.tostring)\n\nNamespace\n---------\n\n[Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1)\n\nAssembly\n--------\n\nGoogle.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.dll\n\nConstructors\n------------\n\n### ContentSearchSpec()\n\n public ContentSearchSpec()\n\n### ContentSearchSpec(ContentSearchSpec)\n\n public ContentSearchSpec(SearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec other)\n\nProperties\n----------\n\n### ChunkSpec\n\n public SearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec.Types.ChunkSpec ChunkSpec { get; set; }\n\nSpecifies the chunk spec to be returned from the search response.\nOnly available if the\n\\[SearchRequest.ContentSearchSpec.search_result_mode\\]\\[google.cloud.discoveryengine.v1.SearchRequest.ContentSearchSpec.search_result_mode\\]\nis set to\n\\[CHUNKS\\]\\[google.cloud.discoveryengine.v1.SearchRequest.ContentSearchSpec.SearchResultMode.CHUNKS\\]\n\n### ExtractiveContentSpec\n\n public SearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec.Types.ExtractiveContentSpec ExtractiveContentSpec { get; set; }\n\nIf there is no extractive_content_spec provided, there will be no\nextractive answer in the search response.\n\n### SearchResultMode\n\n public SearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec.Types.SearchResultMode SearchResultMode { get; set; }\n\nSpecifies the search result mode. If unspecified, the\nsearch result mode defaults to `DOCUMENTS`.\n\n### SnippetSpec\n\n public SearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec.Types.SnippetSpec SnippetSpec { get; set; }\n\nIf `snippetSpec` is not specified, snippets are not included in the\nsearch response.\n\n### SummarySpec\n\n public SearchRequest.Types.ContentSearchSpec.Types.SummarySpec SummarySpec { get; set; }\n\nIf `summarySpec` is not specified, summaries are not included in the\nsearch response."]]
