# Getting started
Source: https://nordvec.com/docs/guides/getting-started#2-search-your-documents

## 2. Search your documents [#2-search-your-documents]

Point any HTTP client at the API base, `https://nordvec.com/api/v1`, and
send your query. Results come back ranked, each carrying the source document it
came from. `query` is required; `limit` (1-50, default 20) is optional.

```bash
curl https://nordvec.com/api/v1/documents/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NORDVEC_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "query": "quarterly revenue", "limit": 10 }'
```

<Callout>
Every result references its source document, so you can verify a match rather
than just trust it. That is the whole point of the platform.
</Callout>

An API key sees the documents its workspace shares. Documents a person has
connected but not shared stay visible only to that person, so a search with a
key can return fewer results than the same search in the app.