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title: search
description: Learn how to search for ETFs by name using the FinanceDatabase or StockAnalysis.com.
  Understand the usage, parameters, and how to incorporate them in Python.
keywords:
- ETF
- search
- FinanceDatabase
- StockAnalysis
- name
- description
- parameters
- usage
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Search ETF by name [Source: FinanceDatabase/StockAnalysis.com]

### Usage

```python
search -n NAME [NAME ...] [-d DESCRIPTION [DESCRIPTION ...]]
```

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## Parameters

| Name | Description | Default | Optional | Choices |
| ---- | ----------- | ------- | -------- | ------- |
| name | Name to look for ETFs |  | False | None |
| description | Name to look for ETFs |  | True | None |

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