[Home](./index.md) > [kibana-plugin-plugins-data-public](./kibana-plugin-plugins-data-public.md) > [SearchSource](./kibana-plugin-plugins-data-public.searchsource.md) > [getSerializedFields](./kibana-plugin-plugins-data-public.searchsource.getserializedfields.md) ## SearchSource.getSerializedFields() method serializes search source fields (which can later be passed to [ISearchStartSearchSource](./kibana-plugin-plugins-data-public.isearchstartsearchsource.md)) Signature: ```typescript getSerializedFields(recurse?: boolean): SearchSourceFields; ``` ## Parameters | Parameter | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | recurse | boolean | | Returns: `SearchSourceFields`