> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://cloudinary.com/documentation/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Search for assets


Cloudinary provides a variety of methods to help you find your assets.

Topic | Description
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['search' API method](search_method)  | The Cloudinary  `search` API method allows you fine control on filtering and retrieving information on all the assets in your product environment with the help of query expressions.**Tip**: You can similarly use the [search_folders](admin_api#search_folders) API to search for folders that meet the criteria of a search expression.
[Cacheable search URLs](cacheable_search_urls) | Learn how to generate a search URL that you can then use to return and cache the results of a specified search. 
[Visual Search](visual_search) | Details on how to find images based on their visual content, as opposed to their public ID or metadata, and is a powerful way to find products, places, people, and things in images that are visually similar. 
[Media Library advanced search](https://console.cloudinary.com/console/media_library/search) | Use the Media Library to search for media assets in your product environment by choosing from a variety of filtering criteria. For more information, see [Searching for assets](media_library_for_developers#searching_for_assets).
[Search Expressions](search_expressions) | Learn how to build a search query using a Lucene-like query language. You can use expressions with the [search](search_method), [search_folders](admin_api#search_folders), and [cacheable search URLs](cacheable_search_urls) methods.