Question

Search by File Content does not work in my Box dashboard neither when I am using box api `search`

I am trying to search for a specific keyword in my files on Box drive and I am sure that this keyword exists in some files, but I getting

Sorry, we couldn't find what you're looking for.

Hi Islam,

The search feature in box uses an indexed search, and it may take a few minutes to index new content.

Most likely this is the reason why you're not finding the content.

Did you try the search again after a few minutes?

Perhaps this post can shed some light on how the search works.

Let us know if you have questions.

Best regards

I tried but the matching does't works for File Content Searching, it only works for filenames.

Hi Islam,

Perhaps you can elaborate a bit more on your case, since I'm not able to replicate it.

Consider the following file:

When I search for "iron man suite" I get this result:

As you can see the search does index the content of the file and it is able to find it.

Let us know how we can help you identify why is this not working for you.

It may be a search access issue:

Best regards