Relevance queries output
Output in XML format
XML is default output format of relevance queries to the REST API.
Output in JSON format
JSON is a popular alternative output format of relevance queries to the REST API.
To obtain a JSON output, you must pass the 'output=json' key/value pair in your query, as shown in the following examples.
Example
Relevance query performed with a browser
https://localhost:52311/api/query?relevance=number%20of%20bes%20computers&output=json
JSON output
{"result":[12],"plural":false,"type":"integer","evaltime_ms":0}
Example
Relevance query performed with the IEM CLI
iem get query --relevance="number of bes computers" --output=json
JSON output
{"result":[20],"plural":false,"type":"integer","evaltime_ms":0}