---
title: search
description: >-
  Learn about the search template, which displays the results of a storefront
  search.
source_url:
  html: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/storefronts/themes/architecture/templates/search'
  md: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/storefronts/themes/architecture/templates/search.md'
api_name: liquid
---

# search

The `search` template renders the search page, which displays the results of a [storefront search](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/online-store/storefront-search).

**Tip:**

Refer to the [search template](https://github.com/Shopify/dawn/blob/main/templates/search.json) and its [main section](https://github.com/Shopify/dawn/blob/main/sections/main-search.liquid) in Dawn for an example implementation.

![An example of the search template in Dawn](https://shopify.dev/assets/assets/images/themes/templates/search-BWTUreXZ.png)

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## Location

The `search` template is located in the `templates` directory of the theme:

```text
└── theme
  ├── layout
  ├── templates
  |   ...
  |   ├── search.json
  |     ...
  ...
```

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## Content

You should include the following in your `search` template or a section inside of the template:

* [The search object](#the-search-object)
* [The search form](#the-search-form)
* [The search results](#the-search-results)

### The search object

You can access the Liquid [`search` object](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/objects/search) to display the search details.

### The search form

To land on the search page, customers need to perform a search through a search form. You can include a search form in your theme with a `<form>` element that has an attribute of `action="{{ routes.search_url }}"`. Inside the form, you need an input with the following attributes:

* `type="text"`

* `name="q"`.

  You should also set the value of the input to reflect the value of the `terms` attribute of the [`search` object](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/objects/search#search-terms) so that the customer's search terms are preserved:

## Example

```liquid
<form action="{{ routes.search_url }}">
  <input type="text"
    placeholder="Search"
    name="q"
    value="{{ search.terms | escape }}"
  />
  <input type="submit" value="Search" />
</form>
```

**Tip:**

To learn more about the search form, refer to [Storefront search](https://shopify.dev/docs/storefronts/themes/navigation-search/search).

### The search results

You can display the search results by looping through the values of the `results` attribute of the [`search` object](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/objects/search#search-results):

## Example

```liquid
{% for item in search.results %}
  <!-- item details -->
{% endfor %}
```

### Remote products

If a store has opted in to displaying remote products on their storefront, products from other stores are surfaced automatically in search results. No theme changes are required to support this. Remote product images contain special badges to signify that they're from a different store.

**Caution:**

Remote products aren't yet supported in themes that surface search results through APIs. Themes must be using Liquid's [`search.results`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/objects/search#search-results) to be compatible with this feature.

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## Usage

When working with the `search` template, you should familiarize yourself with [highlighting search terms](#highlight-search-terms).

**Tip:**

If you're using a JSON template, then any HTML or Liquid code needs to be included in a [section](https://shopify.dev/docs/storefronts/themes/architecture/sections) that's referenced by the template.

### Highlight search terms

If you output any associated content with your search results, then you can highlight the search terms within that content using the Liquid [`highlight` filter](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/filters/highlight):

## Example

```liquid
{% for item in search.results %}
  <!-- item details -->


  {{ item.content | highlight: search.terms }}
{% endfor %}
```

**Tip:**

This filter bolds any matching text by wrapping it in a `<strong>` element, with an attribute of `className="highlight"` if you want to add any additional styling.

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