[android-components](../../../index.md) / [mozilla.components.feature.search](../../index.md) / [SearchUseCases](../index.md) / [SearchUseCase](index.md) / [invoke](./invoke.md)

# invoke

`abstract fun invoke(searchTerms: `[`String`](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)`, searchEngine: `[`SearchEngine`](../../../mozilla.components.browser.search/-search-engine/index.md)`? = null, parentSession: `[`Session`](../../../mozilla.components.browser.session/-session/index.md)`? = null): `[`Unit`](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) [(source)](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/android-components/blob/master/components/feature/search/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/search/SearchUseCases.kt#L36)

Triggers a search.

