Searching and importing assets
In addition to searching for items in Brightspot, you can perform an integrated search for items from a configured db-http service. Items you discover through integrated searches are read-only. If you want to modify them, you need to import the items into Brightspot.
To perform an integrated search:
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In the search panel, enter a search term, and from the content-type filter, under External Types, select an external content type. Brightspot displays matching items.
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Click an item. Brightspot displays the item in the content edit form along with associated metadata.
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If you want to modify the item, import it into Brightspot by clicking Import.
Integrated search providers must be configured before they work in your instance of Brightspot. For more information on these configurations, see Configuring integrations.
Brightspot imports the item as an asset, mapped back to the external item so selecting it again later reuses the same asset instead of importing a duplicate. If you select an item you already imported, Brightspot shows Re-import instead of Import; clicking it overwrites the existing asset with the item's current metadata from the external service.
| Service | Available filters |
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| Adobe Stock | Sort by relevance, popularity, download count, or creation date. |
| Aprimo | File type, plus any custom search expressions configured for the account. |
| Associated Press | Sort by newest, oldest, or relevance. Results are limited to images licensed for the account's plan. |
| Box, Dropbox | Linked account. |
| Brightcove | Account, and last-updated date range. |
| Getty Images | Age of people, specific people, ethnicity, number of people, orientation, color, and sort by best match, most popular, or newest. |
| Giphy | GIF or sticker, content rating, and sort is fixed to trending or relevance. |
| Google Drive | Linked account, and sort by name or last-modified date. |
| JW Player | Account, media Id, category, tags, author, and sort by several date and title options. |
| Microsoft Drives | File type and file creator. |
| Shopify (Product) | Store account, status, and price and inventory ranges. |
| Shopify (Collection) | Store account and collection type. |
| Shutterstock | Linked account, and sort by popular, newest, relevance, or random. |
| Slack | Workspace account, sort, and a from-date range. |
| Vimeo | Content rating, and sort by plays, alphabetical, or duration. |
| YouTube | Channel (if the site is scoped to one), and sort by relevance, title, date, rating, or view count. |
Video integrations (Brightcove, JW Player, Vimeo, YouTube) render an embedded player preview directly in the search results and on the asset's edit page.
For an asset imported from Google Drive or Microsoft Drives, a Sync widget on the asset's edit page indicates whether the source file has changed since it was imported. Click Reimport From Source to pull in the latest version—if the asset is published, this creates a draft of the differences instead of overwriting it directly.
Complete your site's workflow to publish the asset.