content_type=referenceReference
Encyclopedic and reference material — definitions, tables, standards and specifications, written to be looked up rather than read through.
Material written to be looked up rather than read through. High density of fact per token, which makes it efficient context.
Reference material ages unusually well, which makes it the clearest case against a recency bound. The canonical definition of a protocol may be a decade old and entirely current, and a date filter will replace it with a blog post summarising it badly.
What this covers
- encyclopedia entries
- standards documents
- specification pages
Example
curl -H "x-api-key: $UNLOB_API_KEY" \
"https://api.unlob.com/search?q=your+query&content_type[]=reference&limit=10"Common questions
What is the reference content type?
Encyclopedic and reference material — definitions, tables, standards and specifications, written to be looked up rather than read through.
How do I search only reference?
Set content_type[]=reference on any search request. Content type is assigned at index time from page structure and markup rather than guessed from the URL, so the filter is reliable.
When is the reference filter worth using?
Reference material ages unusually well, which makes it the clearest case against a recency bound. The canonical definition of a protocol may be a decade old and entirely current, and a date filter will replace it with a blog post summarising it badly.
Filter by what a page is
Content type is assigned at index time from structure, not guessed from the URL — so the filter does what it says.