GET api/Jokes?query={query}&page={page}&resultsPerPage={resultsPerPage}

Gets a collection of jokes that contain the query word(s).

Request Information

URI Parameters

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
query	A search query. i.e words separated by spaces.	string	Required
page	Page number (one-based).	integer	Default value is 1
resultsPerPage	Number of results to return per page.	integer	Default value is 50

Body Parameters

None.

Response Information

Resource Description

Returns a collection of jokes that contain the query word(s).

SearchResultsModel

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
PaginationModel		PaginationModel	None.
Jokes	The list of jokes on the current page.	Collection of JokeQnaModel	None.
Query	The search query.	string	None.

Response Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

{
  "PaginationModel": {
    "TotalResults": 1,
    "Page": 2,
    "TotalPages": 3,
    "ResultsPerPage": 4
  },
  "Jokes": [
    {
      "JokeId": 1,
      "IsVerified": true,
      "Question": "sample string 2",
      "Answer": "sample string 3"
    },
    {
      "JokeId": 1,
      "IsVerified": true,
      "Question": "sample string 2",
      "Answer": "sample string 3"
    }
  ],
  "Query": "sample string 1"
}

text/xml

Sample:

<SearchResultsModel xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/VeryPunny.Models">
  <Jokes>
    <JokeQnaModel>
      <Answer>sample string 3</Answer>
      <Question>sample string 2</Question>
      <IsVerified>true</IsVerified>
      <JokeId>1</JokeId>
    </JokeQnaModel>
    <JokeQnaModel>
      <Answer>sample string 3</Answer>
      <Question>sample string 2</Question>
      <IsVerified>true</IsVerified>
      <JokeId>1</JokeId>
    </JokeQnaModel>
  </Jokes>
  <PaginationModel>
    <Page>2</Page>
    <ResultsPerPage>4</ResultsPerPage>
    <TotalPages>3</TotalPages>
    <TotalResults>1</TotalResults>
  </PaginationModel>
  <Query>sample string 1</Query>
</SearchResultsModel>