diff --git a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/SearchAPI.java b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/SearchAPI.java
index 7bcfff7d48..10ef7062bf 100644
--- a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/SearchAPI.java
+++ b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/SearchAPI.java
@@ -24,13 +24,17 @@
  * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  * #L%
  */
+
 package org.alfresco.rest.v0;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.text.MessageFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.alfresco.dataprep.AlfrescoHttpClient;
 import org.alfresco.dataprep.AlfrescoHttpClientFactory;
 import org.alfresco.rest.core.v0.BaseAPI;
 import org.apache.http.NameValuePair;
@@ -49,8 +53,13 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 @Component
 public class SearchAPI extends BaseAPI
 {
+
     /** http client factory */
-    @Autowired private AlfrescoHttpClientFactory alfrescoHttpClientFactory;
+    @Autowired
+    private AlfrescoHttpClientFactory alfrescoHttpClientFactory;
+
+    /** search API endpoint */
+    private static final String SEARCH_ENDPOINT = "{0}alfresco/s/slingshot/search?{1}";
 
     /** faceted search API endpoint */
     private static final String FACETED_SEARCH_ENDPOINT = "{0}alfresco/s/slingshot/rmsearch/faceted/rmsearch?{1}";
@@ -59,28 +68,26 @@ public class SearchAPI extends BaseAPI
     private static final String RM_SEARCH_ENDPOINT = "{0}alfresco/s/slingshot/rmsearch/{1}?{2}";
 
     /** RM document search filters */
-    private static final String RM_DEFAULT_RECORD_FILTERS =
-        "records/true,undeclared/true,vital/false,folders/false,categories/false,frozen/false,cutoff/false";
+    private static final String RM_DEFAULT_RECORD_FILTERS = "records/true,undeclared/true,vital/false,folders/false,categories/false,frozen/false,cutoff/false";
 
     /**
      * Perform search request on search endpoint as a user.
      * <p>
      * This method is applicable only to endpoints that support HTTP GET requests and return JSON body as response.
+     * 
      * @param searchEndpoint
      * @param searchUser
      * @param searchPassword
      * @return search results as a {@link JSONObject}, please refer to API documentation for details
      */
-    private JSONObject doSearch(
-        String searchEndpoint,
-        String searchUser,
-        String searchPassword)
+    private JSONObject doSearch(String searchEndpoint, String searchUser, String searchPassword)
     {
-      return facetedRequest(searchUser, searchPassword, null, searchEndpoint);
+        return facetedRequest(searchUser, searchPassword, null, searchEndpoint);
     }
 
     /**
      * Generic rm search.
+     * 
      * @param username
      * @param password
      * @param site
@@ -88,45 +95,36 @@ public class SearchAPI extends BaseAPI
      * @param filters
      * @return search results (see API reference for more details), null for any errors
      */
-    public JSONObject rmSearch(
-        String username,
-        String password,
-        String site,
-        String query,
-        String filters)
+    public JSONObject rmSearch(String username, String password, String site, String query, String filters)
     {
         List<BasicNameValuePair> searchParameters = new ArrayList<BasicNameValuePair>();
         searchParameters.add(new BasicNameValuePair("query", query));
         searchParameters.add(new BasicNameValuePair("filters", filters));
 
-        String requestURL = MessageFormat.format(
-            RM_SEARCH_ENDPOINT,
-            alfrescoHttpClientFactory.getObject().getAlfrescoUrl(),
-            (site != null) ? site : RM_SITE_ID,
-            URLEncodedUtils.format(searchParameters, "UTF-8"));
+        String requestURL = MessageFormat.format(RM_SEARCH_ENDPOINT,
+                    alfrescoHttpClientFactory.getObject().getAlfrescoUrl(), (site != null) ? site : RM_SITE_ID,
+                    URLEncodedUtils.format(searchParameters, "UTF-8"));
 
         return doSearch(requestURL, username, password);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Search as a user for records on site "rm" matching query, using SearchAPI.RM_DEFAULT_RECORD_FILTERS
-     * <br>
+     * Search as a user for records on site "rm" matching query, using SearchAPI.RM_DEFAULT_RECORD_FILTERS <br>
      * If more fine-grained control of search parameters is required, use rmSearch() directly.
+     * 
      * @param username
      * @param password
      * @param query
      * @return list of record names
      */
-    public List<String> searchForRecordsAsUser(
-        String username,
-        String password,
-        String query)
+    public List<String> searchForRecordsAsUser(String username, String password, String query)
     {
         return getItemNames(rmSearch(username, password, "rm", query, RM_DEFAULT_RECORD_FILTERS));
     }
 
     /**
      * Generic faceted search.
+     * 
      * @param username
      * @param password
      * @param parameters
@@ -139,6 +137,7 @@ public class SearchAPI extends BaseAPI
 
     /**
      * Execute faceted search for term.
+     * 
      * @param searchUser
      * @param searchPassword
      * @param searchTerm
@@ -146,14 +145,12 @@ public class SearchAPI extends BaseAPI
      */
     public JSONObject facetedSearchForTerm(String searchUser, String searchPassword, String searchTerm)
     {
-        return facetedSearch(
-            searchUser,
-            searchPassword,
-            Arrays.asList(new BasicNameValuePair("term", searchTerm)));
+        return facetedSearch(searchUser, searchPassword, Arrays.asList(new BasicNameValuePair("term", searchTerm)));
     }
 
     /**
      * Helper method to search for documents as a user using faceted search.
+     * 
      * @param username to search as
      * @param password for username
      * @param term search term
@@ -161,11 +158,39 @@ public class SearchAPI extends BaseAPI
      */
     public List<String> searchForDocumentsAsUser(String username, String password, String term)
     {
+
         return getItemNames(facetedSearchForTerm(username, password, term));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Helper method to search for documents or folders as a user using search.
+     * 
+     * @param username to search as
+     * @param password for username
+     * @param term search term
+     * @return list of document names found
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    public List<String> searchForContentAsUser(String username, String password, String... searchParameters)
+                throws Exception
+    {
+        AlfrescoHttpClient client = alfrescoHttpClientFactory.getObject();
+        String requestURL = MessageFormat.format(SEARCH_ENDPOINT, client.getAlfrescoUrl());
+
+        List<BasicNameValuePair> nameValuePairs = new ArrayList<BasicNameValuePair>();
+        for (String searchParameter : searchParameters)
+        {
+            nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("term", searchParameter));
+        }
+        requestURL = MessageFormat.format(SEARCH_ENDPOINT, client.getAlfrescoUrl(),
+                    URLEncodedUtils.format(nameValuePairs, Charset.forName("UTF-8")));
+        Thread.sleep(20000);
+        return getItemNames(doGetRequest(username, password, requestURL));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Helper method to extract list of names from search result.
+     * 
      * @param searchResult
      * @return list of document or record names in search result
      * @throws RuntimeException for malformed search response