---
id: textsearch
title: ".textSearch()"
slug: textsearch
custom_edit_url: https://github.com/supabase/supabase/edit/master/web/spec/supabase.yml
---
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Finds all rows whose tsvector value on the stated `column` matches
to_tsquery(`query`).
## Parameters
column
required
object
The column to filter on.
query
required
string
The Postgres tsquery string to filter with.
__namedParameters
required
object
No description provided.
Properties
config
required
undefined | string
The text search configuration to use.
## Examples
### Text search
```js
const { data, error } = await supabase
.from('quotes')
.select('catchphrase')
.textSearch('catchphrase', `'fat' & 'cat'`, {
config: 'english'
})
```
### Basic normalization
Uses PostgreSQL's `plainto_tsquery` function.
```js
const { data, error } = await supabase
.from('quotes')
.select('catchphrase')
.textSearch('catchphrase', `'fat' & 'cat'`, {
type: 'plain',
config: 'english'
})
```
### Full normalization
Uses PostgreSQL's `phraseto_tsquery` function.
```js
const { data, error } = await supabase
.from('quotes')
.select('catchphrase')
.textSearch('catchphrase', `'fat' & 'cat'`, {
type: 'phrase',
config: 'english'
})
```
### Full normalization
Uses PostgreSQL's `websearch_to_tsquery` function.
This function will never raise syntax errors, which makes it possible to use raw user-supplied input for search, and can be used
with advanced operators.
- `unquoted text`: text not inside quote marks will be converted to terms separated by & operators, as if processed by plainto_tsquery.
- `"quoted text"`: text inside quote marks will be converted to terms separated by <-> operators, as if processed by phraseto_tsquery.
- `OR`: the word “or” will be converted to the | operator.
- `-`: a dash will be converted to the ! operator.
```js
const { data, error } = await supabase
.from('quotes')
.select('catchphrase')
.textSearch('catchphrase', `'fat or cat'`, {
type: 'websearch',
config: 'english'
})
```