> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/xsoar-8-api/cortex-xsoar-8.x-apis/evidence.md).

# Evidence

APIs for managing evidence entities

## Delete evidence

> Delete an evidence entity.

```json
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```

## Search evidence

> Search for an evidence entity by filter.

```json
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stores next page sort values per account.\nThere is no need to store searchBeforeMap as [current page searchBefore] equals to [prev page searchAfter]\nMore, there is no way to generate correct searchBefore from current page as some tenants may not appear at all.\nThe map is relevant in proxy mode and used by tenants, each tenant extracts the searchAfter keys from the map.","type":"object","additionalProperties":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"string"}}},"searchAfterMapOrder":{"type":"object","additionalProperties":{"type":"integer","format":"int64"}},"searchBefore":{"description":"Efficient prev page, pass min sort value from next page","type":"array","items":{"type":"string"}},"searchBeforeElastic":{"description":"Efficient prev page, pass min ES sort value from next page","type":"array","items":{"type":"string"}},"size":{"description":"Size is limited to 1000, if not passed it defaults to 0, and no results will return","type":"integer","format":"int64"},"sort":{"description":"The sort order","type":"array","items":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Order"}},"timeFrame":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Duration"},"toDate":{"type":"string","format":"date-time"},"trim_events":{"type":"integer","format":"int64"}}},"Period":{"title":"Period","type":"object","properties":{"by":{"type":"string"},"byFrom":{"type":"string"},"byTo":{"type":"string"},"field":{"type":"string"},"fromValue":{"type":"string","format":"duration"},"toValue":{"type":"string","format":"duration"}},"description":"Period holds the 'Period' query, such as last 3 days, last 6 hours, between 6 days from now until 3 days from now."},"Order":{"title":"Order","type":"object","properties":{"asc":{"type":"boolean"},"field":{"type":"string"},"fieldType":{"type":"string"}},"description":"Order structure holds a sort field and the direction of sorting"},"Duration":{"title":"Duration","type":"integer","description":"A Duration represents the elapsed time between two instants as an int64 nanosecond count. The representation limits the largest representable duration to approximately 290 years.","format":"int64"}}}}
```


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