# GBIF API - Multiple equal matches for Apidae
**URL:** https://discourse.gbif.org/t/gbif-api-multiple-equal-matches-for-apidae/2945
**Category:** Data Use
**Created:** [July 19, 2021, 8:14am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/gbif-api-multiple-equal-matches-for-apidae/2945 "2021-07-19T08:14:48Z")
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### Author:  [@Pella86](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/Pella86)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2021, 8:14am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/gbif-api-multiple-equal-matches-for-apidae/2945/1 "2021-07-19T08:14:48Z")
Hello,
I was trying to use the searching API search/match with this query
[https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/match/?name=Apidae](https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/match/?name=Apidae)
the problem is that I get this response:
{“confidence”:100,“note”:“Multiple equal matches for Apidae”,“matchType”:“NONE”,“synonym”:false}
How can I access the multiple matches? Or is there a way to limit the search to one match?
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### Author:  [@ahahn](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/ahahn)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2021, 8:38am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/gbif-api-multiple-equal-matches-for-apidae/2945/2 "2021-07-19T08:38:54Z")
Hi - for more detail, add “verbose=true”:
[https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/match/?verbose=true&name=Apidae](https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/match/?verbose=true&name=Apidae)
For more detail on the options and parameters, also see [here](https://www.gbif.org/developer/species)
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### Author:  [@Pella86](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/Pella86)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2021, 10:30am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/gbif-api-multiple-equal-matches-for-apidae/2945/3 "2021-07-20T10:30:12Z")
Thank you, it worked!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/gbif-api-multiple-equal-matches-for-apidae/2945/4 "2021-08-19T20:31:08Z")
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