> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://aletheia-data.gitbook.io/aletheia/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://aletheia-data.gitbook.io/aletheia/getting-started/minisearch.md).

# MiniSearch

"Mini" Search Engine is a tiny but powerful in-memory full-text search engine that indexes the data in order to allow full-text search features against the dataset.

We created a service that gives you access to the content of the **assets\*,** we call it **MiniSearch**.

It will allow users to **look inside the file itself** before downloading it. This is very useful to speed up research and data discovery.

1\. **Go to the asset\*** you're interested in

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*\* we currently support .csv files*
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![](https://526432414-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MBnGVUgP271l1PWguNX%2Fuploads%2FM8FiOTRnzQBlGm68Pf1H%2FScreen%20Shot%202022-04-08%20at%2012.32%201.png?alt=media\&token=75941327-b8b3-4fb4-99b8-c69dcc645d30)

2\. Click on **Mini Search** under **Connect**

![](https://526432414-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MBnGVUgP271l1PWguNX%2Fuploads%2FO1tA1l9rDxOtYuRZp77c%2FGroup%2015.png?alt=media\&token=7d409324-15b7-4a1c-b9c3-2ae1eeb9c20c)

3\. **Enter** in the search bar **what you are looking for** and our **mini search engine** will display the ***best information*** based on the data **available in the file**. In this example, we're **searching** for the key phrase "**Santo Domingo**" in the file.

![](https://526432414-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MBnGVUgP271l1PWguNX%2Fuploads%2Fa6za9K2k5W79lDvkYbjq%2FScreen%20Shot%202022-04-08%20at%2012.36.53%20PM.png?alt=media\&token=06fd5b32-251a-43ed-b60a-9db0dad14a12)

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**Disclaimer**

Some files exceeds the file size required for the MiniSearch service to function properly. If your query is too slow or gets a "501" error, please consider downloading the file and upload it manually to your system.

We're already working on this issue.
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