> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.x.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Search Operators > This page provides a complete list of operators available when building a query for the Search. Reference for the X API v2 standard tier covering integrate. This page provides a complete list of operators available when [building a query](/x-api/posts/search/integrate/build-a-query) for the Search API endpoints. ## Overview Operators are used to match on specific Post attributes. There are two types: * **Standalone operators** — Can be used alone or with any other operators * **Conjunction-required operators** — Must be used with at least one standalone operator *** ## Keyword and phrase operators | Operator | Type | Summary | Example | | :--------------- | :--------- | :------------------------------------------------------- | :---------------------------------- | | `keyword` | Standalone | Matches a keyword within the Post body (tokenized match) | `pepsi OR cola OR "coca cola"` | | `emoji` | Standalone | Matches an emoji within the Post body | `(😃 OR 😡) 😬` | | `"exact phrase"` | Standalone | Matches the exact phrase within the Post body | `("X API" OR #v2) -"recent search"` | *** ## Entity operators | Operator | Type | Summary | Example | | :------- | :--------- | :----------------------------------------------- | :--------------------------- | | `#` | Standalone | Matches Posts containing a hashtag (exact match) | `#thankunext #fanart` | | `@` | Standalone | Matches Posts mentioning a username | `(@XDevelopers OR @API) -@X` | | `$` | Standalone | Matches Posts containing a cashtag | `$twtr OR @XDevelopers -$fb` | *** ## User operators | Operator | Type | Summary | Example | | :------------- | :--------- | :---------------------------------------- | :----------------------------- | | `from:` | Standalone | Matches Posts from a specific user | `from:XDevelopers OR from:API` | | `to:` | Standalone | Matches Posts in reply to a specific user | `to:XDevelopers OR to:API` | | `retweets_of:` | Standalone | Matches Retweets of a specific user | `retweets_of:twitterdev` | *** ## URL operators | Operator | Type | Summary | Example | | :------- | :--------- | :-------------------------------------------------------------- | :------------------------------------ | | `url:` | Standalone | Tokenized match on URL (matches `url` or `expanded_url` fields) | `url:"https://developer.twitter.com"` | *** ## Context and entity operators | Operator | Type | Summary | Example | | :----------------- | :--------- | :--------------------------------------------------------------------- | :------------------------------------ | | `context:` | Standalone | Matches Posts with a specific domain/entity pair | `context:10.799022225751871488` | | `entity:` | Standalone | Matches Posts with a specific entity string value (recent search only) | `entity:"Michael Jordan"` | | `conversation_id:` | Standalone | Matches Posts in a conversation thread | `conversation_id:1334987486343299072` | *** ## List operator | Operator | Type | Summary | Example | | :------- | :--------- | :-------------------------------------------- | :--------- | | `list:` | Standalone | Matches Posts from members of a specific List | `list:123` | *** ## Post reference operators | Operator | Type | Summary | Example | | :---------------------- | :--------- | :-------------------------------------- | :----------------------------------------- | | `in_reply_to_tweet_id:` | Standalone | Matches replies to a specific Post | `in_reply_to_tweet_id:1539382664746020864` | | `retweets_of_tweet_id:` | Standalone | Matches Retweets of a specific Post | `retweets_of_tweet_id:1539382664746020864` | | `quotes_of_tweet_id:` | Standalone | Matches Quote Tweets of a specific Post | `quotes_of_tweet_id:1539382664746020864` | *** ## Location operators | Operator | Type | Summary | Example | | :--------------- | :--------- | :--------------------------------------- | :---------------------------------------------------------- | | `place:` | Standalone | Matches Posts tagged with a location | `place:"new york city" OR place:seattle` | | `place_country:` | Standalone | Matches Posts with a country code | `place_country:US OR place_country:MX` | | `point_radius:` | Standalone | Matches Posts within a radius of a point | `point_radius:[2.355128 48.861118 16km]` | | `bounding_box:` | Standalone | Matches Posts within a bounding box | `bounding_box:[-105.301758 39.964069 -105.178505 40.09455]` | *** ## Post type operators | Operator | Type | Summary | Example | | :------------- | :------------------- | :------------------------------------------- | :------------------------------ | | `is:retweet` | Conjunction required | Matches Retweets | `data @XDevelopers -is:retweet` | | `is:reply` | Conjunction required | Matches replies | `from:XDevelopers is:reply` | | `is:quote` | Conjunction required | Matches Quote Tweets | `"sentiment analysis" is:quote` | | `is:verified` | Conjunction required | Matches Posts from verified authors | `#nowplaying is:verified` | | `-is:nullcast` | Conjunction required | Excludes promotional Posts (must be negated) | `"mobile games" -is:nullcast` | *** ## Content type operators | Operator | Type | Summary | Example | | :--------------- | :------------------- | :------------------------------------------- | :----------------------------------- | | `has:hashtags` | Conjunction required | Matches Posts with hashtags | `from:XDevelopers -has:hashtags` | | `has:cashtags` | Conjunction required | Matches Posts with cashtags | `#stonks has:cashtags` | | `has:links` | Conjunction required | Matches Posts with links | `from:XDevelopers has:links` | | `has:mentions` | Conjunction required | Matches Posts with mentions | `#nowplaying has:mentions` | | `has:media` | Conjunction required | Matches Posts with media (photo, GIF, video) | `(kittens OR puppies) has:media` | | `has:images` | Conjunction required | Matches Posts with images | `#meme has:images` | | `has:video_link` | Conjunction required | Matches Posts with native X videos | `#icebucketchallenge has:video_link` | | `has:geo` | Conjunction required | Matches Posts with geolocation data | `recommend #paris has:geo` | *** ## Language operator | Operator | Type | Summary | Example | | :------- | :------------------- | :---------------------------------------------- | :------------------------- | | `lang:` | Conjunction required | Matches Posts classified as a specific language | `recommend #paris lang:en` | *** ## Logical operators | Operator | Summary | Example | | :---------- | :------------------------------- | :------------------------- | | `OR` | Logical OR between expressions | `cat OR dog` | | Space (AND) | Logical AND between expressions | `cat dog` (both required) | | `()` | Grouping for complex expressions | `(cat OR dog) -is:retweet` | | `-` | Negation/exclusion | `cat -grumpy` | *** ## Supported languages The `lang:` operator supports these BCP 47 language codes: | Language | Code | Language | Code | Language | Code | | :-------- | :--- | :--------- | :--- | :------------------ | :------ | | Amharic | `am` | Greek | `el` | Portuguese | `pt` | | Arabic | `ar` | Gujarati | `gu` | Romanian | `ro` | | Armenian | `hy` | Hebrew | `iw` | Russian | `ru` | | Basque | `eu` | Hindi | `hi` | Serbian | `sr` | | Bengali | `bn` | Hungarian | `hu` | Simplified Chinese | `zh-CN` | | Bulgarian | `bg` | Indonesian | `in` | Slovak | `sk` | | Catalan | `ca` | Italian | `it` | Slovenian | `sl` | | Croatian | `hr` | Japanese | `ja` | Spanish | `es` | | Czech | `cs` | Kannada | `kn` | Swedish | `sv` | | Danish | `da` | Korean | `ko` | Tamil | `ta` | | Dutch | `nl` | Latvian | `lv` | Telugu | `te` | | English | `en` | Lithuanian | `lt` | Thai | `th` | | Estonian | `et` | Malayalam | `ml` | Traditional Chinese | `zh-TW` | | Finnish | `fi` | Marathi | `mr` | Turkish | `tr` | | French | `fr` | Norwegian | `no` | Ukrainian | `uk` | | German | `de` | Persian | `fa` | Urdu | `ur` | | Georgian | `ka` | Polish | `pl` | Vietnamese | `vi` | *** ## Query limitations | Access level | Recent search | Full-archive search | | :----------- | :--------------- | :------------------ | | Self-serve | 512 characters | 1,024 characters | | Enterprise | 4,096 characters | 4,096 characters | *** ## Next steps Learn query syntax and best practices Get started with Search Build and test queries interactively