diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/LocationController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/LocationController.php
index b45c26b..a82b1ba 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/LocationController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/LocationController.php
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class LocationController extends Controller
                     'url'         => $item['url'],
                     'description' => ($item['comment'] != null) ? $item['comment'] : "no description",
                     'active'      => true,
-                    'rating'      => $item['rating'],
+                    'rating'      => ($item['rating'] == 'defederate') ? 'suspend',
                     'added_by'    => 1,
                     'tags'        => 'poor moderation, hate speech',
                     'images'      => json_encode($images),
diff --git a/app/Http/Resources/LocationCollection.php b/app/Http/Resources/LocationCollection.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57e246a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Resources/LocationCollection.php
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Resources;
+
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Http\Resources\Json\ResourceCollection;
+
+class LocationCollection extends ResourceCollection
+{
+    /**
+     * Transform the resource collection into an array.
+     *
+     * @return array<int|string, mixed>
+     */
+    public function toArray(Request $request): array
+    {
+        //return parent::toArray($request);
+
+        return [
+            'listingCount' => count($this->collection),
+            'locations'    => LocationResource::collection($this->collection),
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Http/Resources/LocationResource.php b/app/Http/Resources/LocationResource.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5424f27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Resources/LocationResource.php
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Resources;
+
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Http\Resources\Json\JsonResource;
+
+class LocationResource extends JsonResource
+{
+    /**
+     * Transform the resource into an array.
+     *
+     * @return array<string, mixed>
+     */
+    public function toArray(Request $request): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'url'         => $this->url,
+            'name'        => $this->name,
+            'description' => $this->description,
+            'rating'      => $this->rating,
+            'count'       => $this->block_count,
+            'link'        => "/location/" . $this->uuid,
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/resources/views/front/about.blade.php b/resources/views/front/about.blade.php
index f3fb414..ad16afc 100644
--- a/resources/views/front/about.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/front/about.blade.php
@@ -59,16 +59,18 @@
 
         <pre>
         <code>{
-        "listingCount":1,
-          "locations":
-          [
-            {
-              "url":"search.url",
-              "name":"Instance Name",
-              "description":"instance description",
-              "link":"bad-space-instance-link"
+            data:{
+                "listingCount":1,
+                  "locations":
+                  [
+                    {
+                      "url":"search.url",
+                      "name":"Instance Name",
+                      "description":"instance description",
+                      "link":"bad-space-instance-link"
+                    }
+                  ]
             }
-          ]
         }</code>
         </pre>
         </p>
diff --git a/routes/api.php b/routes/api.php
index 889937e..2a1f64a 100644
--- a/routes/api.php
+++ b/routes/api.php
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+use App\Http\Resources\LocationCollection;
 
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -17,3 +19,13 @@ use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
 Route::middleware('auth:sanctum')->get('/user', function (Request $request) {
     return $request->user();
 });
+
+// public search API
+Route::post("/v1/search", function (Request $request) {
+    $data    = json_decode($request->getContent());
+    $search  = $data->url;
+    $search  = str_replace(",", "", $search);
+    $search  = str_replace(" ", "|", $search);
+    $results = DB::select("SELECT * FROM searchlocations('$search')");
+    return new LocationCollection($results);
+});