> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.apryse.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.apryse.com/web/search/text-search.md).

# Search Text in PDF and Office Documents using JavaScript

Discover how to search text in PDF documents efficiently using JavaScript. Learn about key functions like addSearchListener and searchTextFull. The Apryse Web SDK streamlines secure, serverless docume

## Search through the UI

WebViewer, DOCX Editor, and Spreadsheet Editor each have a text search panel built into the UI to handle searching in their respective file types.

![WebViewer Search UI](https://3532544125-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FX9YnTSKIHvV7m0A36LbO%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-45b4ab5fe68827566f93674b65ebc6a43d324edb%2Fa7c403269187030844003420f408ec0bd2efa7bf-1239x607.png?alt=media)

## Search programmatically

Searching for text can be performed using programmatic APIs:

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="JavaScript" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```js
WebViewer(...)
.then(instance => {
  const documentViewer = instance.Core.documentViewer;
  
  documentViewer.addEventListener('documentLoaded', async () => {
    const searchStream = documentViewer.search('search_term'); // Setting up stream using your string to search.
    const searchResults = await searchStream.getAll(); // Wait for all results.
    console.log('search results:', searchResults);
  });
});
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

[DocumentViewer.search](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.DocumentViewer.html#search)

For more precise results, you can add [Search.Mode](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.Search.html#.Mode__anchor) options to better refine the results:

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="JavaScript" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```js
WebViewer(...)
.then(instance => {
  const { documentViewer, Search } = instance.Core;
  
  documentViewer.addEventListener('documentLoaded', async () => {
    const searchMode = [Search.Mode['WHOLE_WORD'], Search.Mode['CASE_SENSITIVE']];
    const searchStream = documentViewer.search('search_term', searchMode); // Setting up stream using your string to search with whole word and case sensitivity.
    const searchResults = await searchStream.getAll(); // Wait for all results.
    console.log('search results:', searchResults);
  });
});
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

[DocumentViewer.search](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.DocumentViewer.html#search)

You can also progressively search for text if you don’t want to wait for the entire list of search items to be retrieved:

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="JavaScript" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```js
WebViewer(...)
.then(instance => {
  const documentViewer = instance.Core.documentViewer;
  
  documentViewer.addEventListener('documentLoaded', async () => {
    const searchStream = documentViewer.search('search_term'); // Setting up stream using your string to search.
    const searchResults= [];
  
    for await (const result of searchStream) {
      searchResults.push (result); // Progressively adding results to an array.
      console.log('search result found:', result);
    }
  });
});
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

[DocumentViewer.search](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.DocumentViewer.html#search)


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