---
title: "SearchPassage"
slug: "common-apidatatype-cssearchpassage"
updated: 2026-09-17T09:25:03Z
published: 2026-09-17T09:25:03Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/common-apidatatype-cssearchpassage"
---

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# SearchPassage

Available in Classic

These are settings for how search results are extracted.

## Syntax

The syntax is as follows.

```
private String section_name;
private String passage_type;
private String passage_option
private Integer max_length;
```

## Field

The following describes the fields.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `section_name` | String | Required | Specify the section to output as a result - Select from previously created sections |
| `passage_type` | String | Optional | Specify the passage extraction method - `none` \| `classic` - `none`: Read from the beginning of the section - `classic`: Read around the query's index terms in the section |
| `passage_option` | String | Optional | Specify passage extraction options (outside of CBT scope) |
| `max_length` | Integer | Optional | Specify the passage extraction length |

## Examples

The following is a sample search request.

```
{
  "search": {
    "content": {
      "main": {
        "query": "Weather"
      }
    }
  },
  "passage": {
    "TITLE": {
       "passage_type": "classic",
       "passage_option": "mspcnt=1;rmtag=on;",
       "max_length": 400
    },
    "TITLE+BODY": {
       "passage_type": "classic",
       "passage_option": "mspcnt=1;rmtag=on;",
       "max_length": 500
    }
  }
}
```