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+using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;
+using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Search.Query;
+using SharepointToolbox.Core.Helpers;
+using SharepointToolbox.Core.Models;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+
+namespace SharepointToolbox.Services;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// File search using SharePoint KQL Search API.
+/// Port of PS Search-SPOFiles pattern (PS lines 4747-4987).
+/// Pagination: 500 rows per batch, hard cap StartRow=50,000 (SharePoint Search boundary).
+/// </summary>
+public class SearchService : ISearchService
+{
+    private const int BatchSize = 500;
+    private const int MaxStartRow = 50_000;
+
+    public async Task<IReadOnlyList<SearchResult>> SearchFilesAsync(
+        ClientContext ctx,
+        SearchOptions options,
+        IProgress<OperationProgress> progress,
+        CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        ct.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+
+        string kql = BuildKql(options);
+        ValidateKqlLength(kql);
+
+        Regex? regexFilter = null;
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(options.Regex))
+        {
+            regexFilter = new Regex(options.Regex,
+                RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Compiled,
+                TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2));
+        }
+
+        var allResults = new List<SearchResult>();
+        int startRow = 0;
+        int maxResults = Math.Min(options.MaxResults, MaxStartRow);
+
+        do
+        {
+            ct.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+
+            var kq = new KeywordQuery(ctx)
+            {
+                QueryText      = kql,
+                StartRow       = startRow,
+                RowLimit       = BatchSize,
+                TrimDuplicates = false
+            };
+            foreach (var prop in new[] { "Title", "Path", "Author", "LastModifiedTime",
+                "FileExtension", "Created", "ModifiedBy", "Size" })
+                kq.SelectProperties.Add(prop);
+
+            var executor = new SearchExecutor(ctx);
+            ClientResult<ResultTableCollection> clientResult = executor.ExecuteQuery(kq);
+            await ExecuteQueryRetryHelper.ExecuteQueryRetryAsync(ctx, progress, ct);
+
+            var table = clientResult.Value
+                .FirstOrDefault(t => t.TableType == KnownTableTypes.RelevantResults);
+            if (table == null || table.RowCount == 0) break;
+
+            foreach (System.Collections.Hashtable row in table.ResultRows)
+            {
+                var dict = row.Cast<System.Collections.DictionaryEntry>()
+                    .ToDictionary(e => e.Key.ToString()!, e => e.Value ?? (object)string.Empty);
+
+                // Skip SharePoint version history paths
+                string path = Str(dict, "Path");
+                if (path.Contains("/_vti_history/", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                    continue;
+
+                var result = ParseRow(dict);
+
+                // Client-side Regex filter on file name
+                if (regexFilter != null)
+                {
+                    string fileName = System.IO.Path.GetFileName(result.Path);
+                    if (!regexFilter.IsMatch(fileName) && !regexFilter.IsMatch(result.Title))
+                        continue;
+                }
+
+                allResults.Add(result);
+                if (allResults.Count >= maxResults) goto done;
+            }
+
+            progress.Report(new OperationProgress(allResults.Count, maxResults,
+                $"Retrieved {allResults.Count:N0} results\u2026"));
+
+            startRow += BatchSize;
+        }
+        while (startRow <= MaxStartRow && allResults.Count < maxResults);
+
+        done:
+        return allResults;
+    }
+
+    // ── Extension point: bypassing the 50,000-item cap ───────────────────────
+    //
+    // The StartRow approach has a hard ceiling at 50,000 (SharePoint Search boundary).
+    // To go beyond it, replace the StartRow loop with a DocId cursor:
+    //
+    //   1. Add "DocId" to SelectProperties.
+    //   2. Add query.SortList.Add("DocId", SortDirection.Ascending).
+    //   3. First page KQL: unchanged.
+    //      Subsequent pages: append "AND DocId>{lastDocId}" to the KQL (StartRow stays 0).
+    //   4. Track lastDocId = Convert.ToInt64(lastRow["DocId"]) after each batch.
+    //   5. Stop when batch.RowCount < BatchSize.
+    //
+    // Caveats:
+    //   - DocId is per-site-collection; for multi-site searches, maintain a separate
+    //     cursor per ClientContext (site URL).
+    //   - The search index can shift between batches (new items indexed mid-scan);
+    //     the DocId cursor is safer than StartRow but cannot guarantee zero drift.
+    //   - DocId is not returned by default — it must be in SelectProperties.
+    //
+    // This is deliberately not implemented here because SRCH-02 caps results at 50,000,
+    // which the StartRow approach already covers exactly (100 pages × 500 rows).
+    // Implement the DocId cursor if the cap needs to be lifted in a future version.
+
+    // ── KQL builder ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    internal static string BuildKql(SearchOptions opts)
+    {
+        var parts = new List<string> { "ContentType:Document" };
+
+        if (opts.Extensions.Length > 0)
+        {
+            var extParts = opts.Extensions
+                .Select(e => $"FileExtension:{e.TrimStart('.').ToLowerInvariant()}");
+            parts.Add($"({string.Join(" OR ", extParts)})");
+        }
+        if (opts.CreatedAfter.HasValue)
+            parts.Add($"Created>={opts.CreatedAfter.Value:yyyy-MM-dd}");
+        if (opts.CreatedBefore.HasValue)
+            parts.Add($"Created<={opts.CreatedBefore.Value:yyyy-MM-dd}");
+        if (opts.ModifiedAfter.HasValue)
+            parts.Add($"Write>={opts.ModifiedAfter.Value:yyyy-MM-dd}");
+        if (opts.ModifiedBefore.HasValue)
+            parts.Add($"Write<={opts.ModifiedBefore.Value:yyyy-MM-dd}");
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(opts.CreatedBy))
+            parts.Add($"Author:\"{opts.CreatedBy}\"");
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(opts.ModifiedBy))
+            parts.Add($"ModifiedBy:\"{opts.ModifiedBy}\"");
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(opts.Library) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(opts.SiteUrl))
+            parts.Add($"Path:\"{opts.SiteUrl.TrimEnd('/')}/{opts.Library.TrimStart('/')}*\"");
+
+        return string.Join(" AND ", parts);
+    }
+
+    private static void ValidateKqlLength(string kql)
+    {
+        // SharePoint Search KQL text hard cap is 4096 characters
+        if (kql.Length > 4096)
+            throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                $"KQL query exceeds 4096-character SharePoint Search limit ({kql.Length} chars). " +
+                "Reduce the number of extension filters.");
+    }
+
+    // ── Row parser ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    private static SearchResult ParseRow(IDictionary<string, object> row)
+    {
+        static string Str(IDictionary<string, object> r, string key) =>
+            r.TryGetValue(key, out var v) ? v?.ToString() ?? string.Empty : string.Empty;
+
+        static DateTime? Date(IDictionary<string, object> r, string key)
+        {
+            var s = Str(r, key);
+            return DateTime.TryParse(s, out var dt) ? dt : (DateTime?)null;
+        }
+
+        static long ParseSize(IDictionary<string, object> r, string key)
+        {
+            var raw = Str(r, key);
+            var digits = Regex.Replace(raw, "[^0-9]", "");
+            return long.TryParse(digits, out var v) ? v : 0L;
+        }
+
+        return new SearchResult
+        {
+            Title         = Str(row, "Title"),
+            Path          = Str(row, "Path"),
+            FileExtension = Str(row, "FileExtension"),
+            Created       = Date(row, "Created"),
+            LastModified  = Date(row, "LastModifiedTime"),
+            Author        = Str(row, "Author"),
+            ModifiedBy    = Str(row, "ModifiedBy"),
+            SizeBytes     = ParseSize(row, "Size")
+        };
+    }
+
+    private static string Str(IDictionary<string, object> r, string key) =>
+        r.TryGetValue(key, out var v) ? v?.ToString() ?? string.Empty : string.Empty;
+}