The /search path and the /search/advanced path return only questions, not answers, and by design. It says so right in the doc pages:

Searches a site for any questions which fit the given criteria.

and

This method returns a list of questions.

Your example Stack Overflow search returned answers as well.
The correct equivalent search is:

stackoverflow.com/search?q=raml+rest+is%3Aquestion

-- which returns 6 results, the same as the API.

The good news is that, as of version 2.2, the API provides a new route, /search/excerpts, that does return answers also.

If you try it with your raml rest query, you'll see that it gives 18 results -- same as the Stack Overflow search.

The /search path and the /search/advanced path return only questions, not answers, and by design. It says so right in the doc pages:

Searches a site for any questions which fit the given criteria.

and

This method returns a list of questions.

Your example Stack Overflow search returned answers as well.
The correct equivalent search is:

stackoverflow.com/search?q=raml+rest+is%3Aquestion

-- which returns 6 results, the same as the API.

The good news is that, as of version 2.2, the API provides a new route, /search/excerpts, that does return answers also.

If you try it with your raml rest query, you'll see that it gives 18 results -- same as the Stack Overflow search.

The /search path and the /search/advanced path return only questions, not answers, and by design. It says so right in the doc pages:

Searches a site for any questions which fit the given criteria.

and

This method returns a list of questions.

Your example Stack Overflow search returned answers as well.
The correct equivalent search is:

stackoverflow.com/search?q=raml+rest+is%3Aquestion

-- which returns 6 results, the same as the API.

The good news is that, as of version 2.2, the API provides a new route, /search/excerpts, that does return answers also.

If you try it with your raml rest query, you'll see that it gives 18 results -- same as the Stack Overflow search.

The /search path and the /search/advanced path return only questions, not answers, and by design. It says so right in the doc pages:

Searches a site for any questions which fit the given criteria.

and

This method returns a list of questions.

Your example Stack Overflow search returned answers as well.
The correct equivalent search is:

stackoverflow.com/search?q=raml+rest+is%3Aquestion

-- which returns 6 results, the same as the API.

The good news is that, as of version 2.2, the API provides a new route, /search/excerpts, that does return answers also.

If you try it with your raml rest query, you'll see that it gives 18 results -- same as the Stack Overflow search.