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Specify the format parameter to change the output format.
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <searchinfo totalhits="1" />
    <search>
      <p ns="0" title="FAQ" snippet="...].  The range of records returned will fall in the range &#039;&#039;(start, end]&#039;&#039;, &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; records will be considered a match if the date of the record equals &#039;&#039;&#039;end&#039;&#10;" size="13743" wordcount="1719" timestamp="2023-04-28T05:17:51Z" />
    </search>
  </query>
</api>