---
title: Search Operations
framework: pdfkit
role: collectionGroup
role_heading: API Collection
path: pdfkit/search-operations
---

# Search Operations

Find and search in PDFs.

## Topics

### Searching Documents

- [findString(_:withOptions:)](pdfkit/pdfdocument/findstring(_:withoptions:).md)
- [beginFindString(_:withOptions:)](pdfkit/pdfdocument/beginfindstring(_:withoptions:).md)
- [beginFindStrings(_:withOptions:)](pdfkit/pdfdocument/beginfindstrings(_:withoptions:).md)
- [findString(_:fromSelection:withOptions:)](pdfkit/pdfdocument/findstring(_:fromselection:withoptions:).md)
- [isFinding](pdfkit/pdfdocument/isfinding.md)
- [cancelFindString()](pdfkit/pdfdocument/cancelfindstring().md)

## See Also

### Working with Selections and Searches

- [selection(from:atCharacterIndex:to:atCharacterIndex:)](pdfkit/pdfdocument/selection(from:atcharacterindex:to:atcharacterindex:).md)
- [selection(from:at:to:at:)](pdfkit/pdfdocument/selection(from:at:to:at:).md)
- [selectionForEntireDocument](pdfkit/pdfdocument/selectionforentiredocument.md)