> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get Search History

> Get search history for the authenticated user.

This endpoint retrieves the search history for the authenticated user,
returning a list of previously executed searches with their timestamps.

## Response
Returns a list of search history items containing:
- **id**: Unique identifier for the search
- **text**: The search query text
- **user**: User who performed the search
- **created_at**: When the search was performed

## Error Codes
- **500 Internal Server Error**: Error retrieving search history



## OpenAPI

````yaml /cognee_openapi_spec.json get /api/v1/search
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Cognee API
  description: Cognee API with Bearer token and Cookie auth
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.cognee.ai
    description: Production server (full functionality)
  - url: http://localhost:8000
    description: Local development server (requires local setup)
security:
  - BearerAuth: []
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
  - name: activity
    description: ''
  - name: add
    description: Data ingestion endpoints for adding text, files, and structured data.
  - name: auth
    description: >-
      Authentication endpoints for user registration, login, and token
      management.
  - name: checks
    description: ''
  - name: cognify
    description: >-
      Knowledge processing endpoints to transform raw data into knowledge
      graphs.
  - name: configuration
    description: ''
  - name: datasets
    description: Dataset management endpoints for listing, creating, and deleting datasets.
  - name: delete
    description: Data deletion endpoints (deprecated — use datasets endpoints instead).
  - name: forget
    description: ''
  - name: health
    description: ''
  - name: improve
    description: ''
  - name: llm
    description: ''
  - name: memify
    description: ''
  - name: notebooks
    description: ''
  - name: ontologies
    description: ''
  - name: permissions
    description: Permission management for multi-user access control.
  - name: recall
    description: ''
  - name: remember
    description: ''
  - name: responses
    description: Response generation endpoints using the knowledge graph.
  - name: search
    description: Search endpoints for querying the knowledge graph.
  - name: sessions
    description: ''
  - name: settings
    description: Configuration endpoints for managing Cognee settings.
  - name: sync
    description: ''
  - name: update
    description: ''
  - name: users
    description: User management endpoints.
  - name: visualize
    description: Graph visualization endpoints.
paths:
  /api/v1/search:
    get:
      tags:
        - search
      summary: Get Search History
      description: |-
        Get search history for the authenticated user.

        This endpoint retrieves the search history for the authenticated user,
        returning a list of previously executed searches with their timestamps.

        ## Response
        Returns a list of search history items containing:
        - **id**: Unique identifier for the search
        - **text**: The search query text
        - **user**: User who performed the search
        - **created_at**: When the search was performed

        ## Error Codes
        - **500 Internal Server Error**: Error retrieving search history
      operationId: get_search_history_api_v1_search_get
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                anyOf:
                  - items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResult'
                    type: array
                  - items: {}
                    type: array
                title: Response Get Search History Api V1 Search Get
        '403':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          description: Forbidden
        '422':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          description: Unprocessable Entity
        '500':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          description: Internal Server Error
      security:
        - BearerAuth: []
        - ApiKeyAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    SearchResult:
      properties:
        search_result:
          title: Search Result
        dataset_id:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
              format: uuid
            - type: 'null'
          title: Dataset Id
        dataset_name:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: Dataset Name
      type: object
      required:
        - search_result
        - dataset_id
        - dataset_name
      title: SearchResult
    ErrorResponse:
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          title: Error
        detail:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: Detail
      type: object
      required:
        - error
      title: ErrorResponse
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Api-Key

````