> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://old-docs.clarifai.com/guide/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://old-docs.clarifai.com/guide/v6.5/api-guide/concepts/search-by-concept.md).

# Search by Concept

You can search for concepts by `name`, even in a different `language` using the concept searches endpoint:

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="gRPC Java" %}

```java
import com.clarifai.grpc.api.*;
import com.clarifai.grpc.api.status.*;

// Insert here the initialization code as outlined on this page:
// https://docs.clarifai.com/api-guide/api-overview/api-clients#client-installation-instructions

MultiConceptResponse postConceptsSearchesResponse = stub.postConceptsSearches(
    PostConceptsSearchesRequest.newBuilder()
        .setConceptQuery(
            ConceptQuery.newBuilder()
                .setName("人")
                .setLanguage("ja")
        )
        .build()
);

if (postConceptsSearchesResponse.getStatus().getCode() != StatusCode.SUCCESS) {
  throw new RuntimeException("Post concepts searches failed, status: " + postConceptsSearchesResponse.getStatus());
}

System.out.println("Found concepts:");
for (Concept concept : postConceptsSearchesResponse.getConceptsList()) {
    System.out.printf("\t%s %.2f%n", concept.getName(), concept.getValue());
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="gRPC NodeJS" %}

```javascript
// Insert here the initialization code as outlined on this page:
// https://docs.clarifai.com/api-guide/api-overview/api-clients#client-installation-instructions

stub.PostConceptsSearches(
    {
        concept_query: {name: "人", language: "ja"}
    },
    metadata,
    (err, response) => {
        if (err) {
            throw new Error(err);
        }

        if (response.status.code !== 10000) {
            throw new Error("Post concepts searches failed, status: " + response.status.description);
        }

        console.log("Found concepts:");
        for (const concept of response.concepts) {
            console.log("\t" + concept.name + " " + concept.value);
        }
    }
);
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="gRPC Python" %}

```python
# Insert here the initialization code as outlined on this page:
# https://docs.clarifai.com/api-guide/api-overview/api-clients#client-installation-instructions

post_concepts_searches_response = stub.PostConceptsSearches(
    service_pb2.PostConceptsSearchesRequest(
        concept_query=resources_pb2.ConceptQuery(
            name="人",
            language="ja"
        )
    ),
    metadata=metadata
)

if post_concepts_searches_response.status.code != status_code_pb2.SUCCESS:
    raise Exception("Post concepts searches failed, status: " + post_concepts_searches_response.status.description)

print("Found concepts:")
for concept in post_concepts_searches_response.concepts:
    print("\t%s %.2f" % (concept.name, concept.value))
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="js" %}

```javascript
app.concepts.search('人*', 'zh').then(
  function(response) {
    // do something with response
  },
  function(err) {
    // there was an error
  }
);
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="python" %}

```python
from clarifai.rest import ClarifaiApp

app = ClarifaiApp(api_key='YOUR_API_KEY')
app.concepts.search(u'人*', lang='zh')
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="java" %}

```java
client.searchConcepts("人*")
    .withLanguage("zh")
    .getPage(1)
    .executeSync();
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="csharp" %}

```csharp
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Clarifai.API;

namespace YourNamespace
{
    public class YourClassName
    {
        public static async Task Main()
        {
            var client = new ClarifaiClient("YOUR_API_KEY");

            await client.SearchConcepts(
                    "人*",
                    language: "zh")
                .Page(1)
                .ExecuteAsync();
        }
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="objective-c" %}

```
// Search for all concept names in chinese, beginning with "人".
[_app searchForConceptsByName:@"人*" andLanguage:@"zh" completion:^(NSArray<ClarifaiConcept *> *concepts, NSError *error) {
  for (ClarifaiConcept *concept in concepts) {
    NSLog(@"tag name: %@", concept.conceptName);
  }
}];
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="php" %}

```php
use Clarifai\API\ClarifaiClient;
use Clarifai\DTOs\Predictions\Concept;

$client = new ClarifaiClient();

$response = $client->searchConcepts('人*')
    ->withLanguage('zh')
    ->executeSync();

if ($response->isSuccessful()) {
    echo "Response is successful.\n";

    $concepts = $response->get();

    foreach ($concepts as $concept) {
        echo $concept->name() . ' ' . $concept->value() . "\n";
    }
} else {
    echo "Response is not successful. Reason: \n";
    echo $response->status()->description() . "\n";
    echo $response->status()->errorDetails() . "\n";
    echo "Status code: " . $response->status()->statusCode();
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="cURL" %}

```
curl -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Key YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '
  {
    "concept_query": {
      "name":"人",
      "language": "ja"
    }
  }'\
  https://api.clarifai.com/v2/concepts/searches
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Response JSON" %}

```javascript
{
  "status": {
    "code": 10000,
    "description": "Ok"
  },
  "concepts": [
    {
      "id": "ai_l8TKp2h5",
      "name": "人",
      "created_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "updated_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "app_id": null,
      "language": "zh"
    },
    {
      "id": "ai_ZKJ48TFz",
      "name": "人",
      "created_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "updated_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "app_id": null,
      "language": "zh"
    },
    {
      "id": "ai_GlPlRlTZ",
      "name": "人为破坏",
      "created_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "updated_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "app_id": null,
      "language": "zh"
    },
    {
      "id": "ai_8ZsdCrVZ",
      "name": "人体模型",
      "created_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "updated_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "app_id": null,
      "language": "zh"
    },
    {
      "id": "ai_K1KL0zgk",
      "name": "人力的",
      "created_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "updated_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "app_id": null,
      "language": "zh"
    },
    {
      "id": "ai_Tm9d2BZ2",
      "name": "人口",
      "created_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "updated_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "app_id": null,
      "language": "zh"
    },
    {
      "id": "ai_NLF8h1fJ",
      "name": "人口",
      "created_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "updated_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "app_id": null,
      "language": "zh"
    },
    {
      "id": "ai_8bHdFtsg",
      "name": "人口",
      "created_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "updated_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "app_id": null,
      "language": "zh"
    },
    {
      "id": "ai_vLnr3Mcj",
      "name": "人孔",
      "created_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "updated_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "app_id": null,
      "language": "zh"
    },
    {
      "id": "ai_HRt4nfvL",
      "name": "人工智能",
      "created_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "updated_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "app_id": null,
      "language": "zh"
    },
    {
      "id": "ai_Qc3mqxTJ",
      "name": "人才",
      "created_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "updated_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "app_id": null,
      "language": "zh"
    },
    {
      "id": "ai_VFKQ0qD6",
      "name": "人物",
      "created_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "updated_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "app_id": null,
      "language": "zh"
    },
    {
      "id": "ai_Wz8JXXMB",
      "name": "人类免疫缺陷病毒",
      "created_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "updated_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "app_id": null,
      "language": "zh"
    },
    {
      "id": "ai_bzp3Lg81",
      "name": "人类的",
      "created_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "updated_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "app_id": null,
      "language": "zh"
    },
    {
      "id": "ai_dJ15S9s6",
      "name": "人群",
      "created_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "updated_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "app_id": null,
      "language": "zh"
    },
    {
      "id": "ai_MNCVrmml",
      "name": "人行天桥",
      "created_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "updated_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "app_id": null,
      "language": "zh"
    },
    {
      "id": "ai_CChWH41S",
      "name": "人行横道",
      "created_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "updated_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "app_id": null,
      "language": "zh"
    },
    {
      "id": "ai_4lbXrFgT",
      "name": "人造",
      "created_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "updated_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "app_id": null,
      "language": "zh"
    },
    {
      "id": "ai_277LRf4d",
      "name": "人造卫星",
      "created_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "updated_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "app_id": null,
      "language": "zh"
    },
    {
      "id": "ai_H3RDmvSn",
      "name": "人造奶油",
      "created_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "updated_at": "2016-03-17T11:43:01Z",
      "app_id": null,
      "language": "zh"
    }
  ]
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}
