Wildcard search

Overview

• Searches a single translation memory via Elasticsearch wildcard queries and returns up to count matches.

Query semantics

• query supports * (multi-character, single-token) and ? (single-character) wildcards. Queries map directly to ES query_string, so ordering is flexible and Boolean operators from user input are ignored.
• If query is omitted or blank, the service falls back to *, which matches any source segment.

Query examples Imagine having segment: Good morning Query:

• good morn* → matches Good morning.
• morn* good → matches Good morning (word order ignored in contains mode).
• goof morn* → also matches Good morning because any matching token is sufficient.
• * → matches any TM segment.
• "good morn*" → treated literally; returns no results unless the segment actually contains the quotes.
• Good morning (no quotes) → matches Good morning.

Request limits

• count must be between 1 and 50 (default 15).
• offset must be ≥ 0 (default 0).
• sourceLang must be a valid locale; targetLangs is optional (defaults to the TM target locales when omitted).

Scoring and ordering

• Backend returns both grossScore (raw) and score (penalty-adjusted, never negative).
• Ordering priority: score DESC, grossScore DESC, TM order ASC, modified or created timestamp DESC, source TUV ID ASC.

Target handling

• Hits without targets in the requested locales are filtered out.
• Multiple requested target locales produce multiple ordered target records per hit.

Validation & errors

• Invalid locales, count/offset outside allowed bounds, or missing TM access rights yield 400/403.
• Because no total size is returned, clients should consider using offset + count to detect pagination end (empty page ⇒ done).

POST /api2/v1/transMemories/{transMemoryUid}/wildCardSearch

Wildcard search

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://cloud.memsource.com/web/api2/v1/transMemories/{transMemoryUid}/wildCardSearch \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "sourceLang": "<string>",
  "query": "<string>",
  "targetLangs": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "count": 25,
  "offset": 123,
  "sourceLangs": [
    "<string>"
  ]
}
'

200

{
  "searchResults": [
    {
      "segmentId": "<string>",
      "source": {
        "id": "<string>",
        "text": "<string>",
        "lang": "<string>",
        "rtl": true,
        "modifiedAt": 123,
        "createdAt": 123,
        "modifiedBy": {
          "firstName": "<string>",
          "lastName": "<string>",
          "userName": "<string>",
          "email": "<string>",
          "role": "SYS_ADMIN",
          "id": "<string>",
          "uid": "<string>"
        },
        "createdBy": {
          "firstName": "<string>",
          "lastName": "<string>",
          "userName": "<string>",
          "email": "<string>",
          "role": "SYS_ADMIN",
          "id": "<string>",
          "uid": "<string>"
        },
        "filename": "<string>",
        "project": {
          "id": 123,
          "uid": "<string>",
          "name": "<string>"
        },
        "client": {
          "id": 123,
          "name": "<string>"
        },
        "domain": {
          "id": 123,
          "name": "<string>"
        },
        "subDomain": {
          "id": 123,
          "name": "<string>"
        },
        "tagMetadata": [
          {
            "id": "<string>",
            "type": "<string>",
            "content": "<string>",
            "transAttributes": "<string>"
          }
        ],
        "previousSegment": "<string>",
        "nextSegment": "<string>",
        "key": "<string>"
      },
      "translations": [
        {
          "id": "<string>",
          "text": "<string>",
          "lang": "<string>",
          "rtl": true,
          "modifiedAt": 123,
          "createdAt": 123,
          "modifiedBy": {
            "firstName": "<string>",
            "lastName": "<string>",
            "userName": "<string>",
            "email": "<string>",
            "role": "SYS_ADMIN",
            "id": "<string>",
            "uid": "<string>"
          },
          "createdBy": {
            "firstName": "<string>",
            "lastName": "<string>",
            "userName": "<string>",
            "email": "<string>",
            "role": "SYS_ADMIN",
            "id": "<string>",
            "uid": "<string>"
          },
          "filename": "<string>",
          "project": {
            "id": 123,
            "uid": "<string>",
            "name": "<string>"
          },
          "client": {
            "id": 123,
            "name": "<string>"
          },
          "domain": {
            "id": 123,
            "name": "<string>"
          },
          "subDomain": {
            "id": 123,
            "name": "<string>"
          },
          "tagMetadata": [
            {
              "id": "<string>",
              "type": "<string>",
              "content": "<string>",
              "transAttributes": "<string>"
            }
          ],
          "previousSegment": "<string>",
          "nextSegment": "<string>",
          "key": "<string>"
        }
      ],
      "transMemory": {
        "uid": "<string>",
        "id": "<string>",
        "name": "<string>",
        "reverse": true
      },
      "grossScore": 123,
      "score": 123,
      "subSegment": true
    }
  ]
}

Authorizations

ApiTokenOAuth2

Authorization · string · header · required

Get a token from auth/login endpoint and then pass it in the Authorization HTTP header in every subsequent API call. For more information visit our help center.

Path Parameters

transMemoryUid · string · required

Body

application/json

sourceLang · string · required

query · string

targetLangs · string[]

count · integer<int32>

Required range: 1 <= x <= 50

offset · integer<int32>

sourceLangs · string[]

Response

200

application/json

successful operation

searchResults · object[]

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