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title: "Search concepts for Cloud SDK developers"
slug: "search-concepts-for-cloud-sdk-developers"
abstract: "Understand search concepts for writing efficient requests for content from Sitecore Search using the Cloud SDK."
---
# Search concepts for Cloud SDK developers

The most common development task with the Cloud SDK [`search`](https://doc.sitecore.com/sdk/en/developers/005/cloud-sdk/cloud-sdk-reference/cloud-sdk-search.html "@sitecore-cloudsdk/search") package is to request search content from Sitecore Search. The topics in this section help you better understand that content and the options for configuring your requests.

This section explains how:

- [Your indexed website content](https://doc.sitecore.com/sdk/en/developers/005/cloud-sdk/cloud-sdk-concepts/concepts-search-experiences/search-concepts-for-cloud-sdk-developers/your-indexed-website-content-in-sitecore-search.html "Your indexed website content in Sitecore Search") is ingested by and represented in Sitecore Search.
- You request content using [widgets](https://doc.sitecore.com/sdk/en/developers/005/cloud-sdk/cloud-sdk-concepts/concepts-search-experiences/search-concepts-for-cloud-sdk-developers/widgets.html "Widgets").
- You can configure your request using [context](https://doc.sitecore.com/sdk/en/developers/005/cloud-sdk/cloud-sdk-concepts/concepts-search-experiences/search-concepts-for-cloud-sdk-developers/context.html "Context"), [filters](https://doc.sitecore.com/sdk/en/developers/005/cloud-sdk/cloud-sdk-concepts/concepts-search-experiences/search-concepts-for-cloud-sdk-developers/filters.html "Filters"), and [facets](https://doc.sitecore.com/sdk/en/developers/005/cloud-sdk/cloud-sdk-concepts/concepts-search-experiences/search-concepts-for-cloud-sdk-developers/facets.html "Facets") to ensure that the right content is returned.