ResourceSearch [form]
gives a dataset of resources that contain text matching form.
ResourceSearch [form,prop]
returns the property prop of the search results.
ResourceSearch
Wolfram Resource System »ResourceSearch [form]
gives a dataset of resources that contain text matching form.
ResourceSearch [form,prop]
returns the property prop of the search results.
Details and Options
- ResourceSearch [form] searches first locally, then in a user's cloud account, and then in global resource repositories.
- In ResourceSearch ["query",…] the query is compared against multiple resource metadata properties, including "Keywords", "Description", "Details" and "Name".
- ResourceSearch supports the following basic search forms, which can be combined arbitrarily:
-
"string" complete string must occur{s1,s2,…} all si must occurs1|s2|… at least one of the si must occur"field"s1 the si must occur in the given field
- ResourceSearch ["field"->s1,…] searches within specific fields. Standard resource object fields include "Name", "ResourceType", "Description" and "Keywords". Additional fields may be included based on the resource type.
- Possible properties prop in ResourceSearch [form,prop] include:
-
"Dataset" dataset including resource objects"Objects" list of resource objects"Associations" associations giving certain properties of resource objects"key" list of values for the specified keys{"key1","key2",…} list of associations giving values for the specified keys
- ResourceSearch [form] is equivalent to ResourceSearch [form,"Dataset"].
- ResourceSearch supports the following options:
-
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (2)
Search for resources:
Search for function resources only:
Scope (8)
Look for a resource using a search-engine-style query:
Only search for neural net resources:
Only search within the name of the resource:
Include functions and neural nets:
Get a list of resource objects directly:
Get a list of associations containing metadata:
Use a list of terms that must all be included:
Use alternatives when at least one term must match:
Options (4)
MaxItems (1)
Specify the maximum number of results to retrieve:
ResourceSystemPath (3)
Search only locally stored resources:
Search for published function resources with "Say" in the name:
Search for paclets in the paclet repository published by Wolfram:
Related Workflows
Related Links
Text
Wolfram Research (2016), ResourceSearch, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ResourceSearch.html (updated 2020).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2016. "ResourceSearch." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2020. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ResourceSearch.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2016). ResourceSearch. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ResourceSearch.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_resourcesearch, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ResourceSearch}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ResourceSearch.html}", note=[Accessed: 17-November-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_resourcesearch, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ResourceSearch}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ResourceSearch.html}, note=[Accessed: 17-November-2025]}