# Import / Export Search Results

**URL:** <https://pdfjs.community/t/import-export-search-results/1619>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [April 21, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://pdfjs.community/t/import-export-search-results/1619 "2022-04-21T20:24:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@andy](https://pdfjs.community/u/andy)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://pdfjs.community/t/import-export-search-results/1619/1 "2022-04-21T20:24:15Z")

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**Which product are you using?**  
PDF.js Express Plus

**PDF.js Express Version**  
8.3.0

**Detailed description of request**  
We have documents that have many pages, and sometimes we have searches that take a while to complete due to the amount of pages needing searched.

It would be great if we could import and export a search result json structure which would allow us to quickly import a previously exported search on a document.

Our reason for this is to speed up the load times for common keywords we have users looking for in our documents. Thanks!

**Expected behaviour**

- Ability to add an event listener for a search completion
- Export the search in a usable format
- Import the search and have it appear the same as before (highlights, search panel open, displaying results, etc)