diff --git a/packages/arcgis-rest-items/src/SearchBuilder.ts b/packages/arcgis-rest-items/src/SearchBuilder.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de3cecf8c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/arcgis-rest-items/src/SearchBuilder.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+import { IParamBuilder } from "@esri/arcgis-rest-request";
+
+export class SearchQueryBuilder implements IParamBuilder {
+  private termStack: any[] = [];
+  private rangeStack: any[] = [];
+  private q: string;
+
+  constructor(q: string = "") {
+    this.q = q;
+  }
+
+  public match(...terms: any[]) {
+    this.termStack = this.termStack.concat(terms);
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  public in(field: string) {
+    if (field && field !== "*") {
+      this.q += `${field}: `;
+    }
+    this.commit();
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  public startGroup() {
+    this.commit();
+    this.q += "(";
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  public endGroup() {
+    this.q += ")";
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  public and() {
+    this.commit();
+    this.q += " AND ";
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  public or() {
+    this.commit();
+    this.q += " OR ";
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  public not() {
+    this.commit();
+    this.q += " NOT ";
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  public from(term: any) {
+    this.rangeStack[0] = term;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  public to(term: any) {
+    this.rangeStack[1] = term;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  public boost(num: number) {
+    this.commit();
+    this.q += "^${num}";
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  public toParam() {
+    return this.q;
+  }
+
+  public clone() {
+    return new SearchQueryBuilder(this.q + "");
+  }
+
+  private hasWhiteSpace(s: string) {
+    return /\s/g.test(s);
+  }
+
+  private formatTerm(term: any) {
+    if (term instanceof Date) {
+      return term.getTime();
+    }
+
+    if (typeof term === "string" && this.hasWhiteSpace(term)) {
+      return `"${term}"`;
+    }
+
+    return term;
+  }
+
+  private commit() {
+    if (this.rangeStack.length && this.rangeStack[0] && this.rangeStack[1]) {
+      this.q += `[${this.formatTerm(this.rangeStack[0])} TO ${this.formatTerm(
+        this.rangeStack[1]
+      )}]`;
+      this.rangeStack = [undefined, undefined];
+    }
+
+    if (this.termStack.length) {
+      this.q += this.termStack
+        .map(term => {
+          return term;
+        })
+        .join(" ");
+    }
+
+    this.termStack = [];
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/arcgis-rest-items/src/search.ts b/packages/arcgis-rest-items/src/search.ts
index aa4c0dacd3..77dead8528 100644
--- a/packages/arcgis-rest-items/src/search.ts
+++ b/packages/arcgis-rest-items/src/search.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ import {
 } from "@esri/arcgis-rest-request";
 
 import { IPagingParams, IItem } from "@esri/arcgis-rest-common-types";
+import { SearchQueryBuilder } from "./SearchBuilder";
 
 // this interface still needs to be docced
 export interface ISearchRequest extends IPagingParams {
-  q: string;
+  q: string | SearchQueryBuilder;
   [key: string]: any;
 }
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ export interface ISearchResult {
   num: number;
   nextStart: number;
   results: IItem[];
+  nextPage?: () => Promise<ISearchRequest>;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -44,14 +46,14 @@ export interface ISearchResult {
  * @returns A Promise that will resolve with the data from the response.
  */
 export function searchItems(
-  search: string | ISearchRequestOptions
+  search: string | ISearchRequestOptions | SearchQueryBuilder
 ): Promise<ISearchResult> {
   let options: ISearchRequestOptions = {
     httpMethod: "GET",
     params: {}
   };
 
-  if (typeof search === "string") {
+  if (typeof search === "string" || search instanceof SearchQueryBuilder) {
     options.params.q = search;
   } else {
     // mixin user supplied requestOptions with defaults
@@ -71,5 +73,26 @@ export function searchItems(
   const url = `${getPortalUrl(options)}/search`;
 
   // send the request
-  return request(url, options);
+  return request(url, options).then(r => {
+    if (options.rawResponse) {
+      return r;
+    }
+
+    if (r.nextStart === -1) {
+      r.nextPage = function() {
+        const newOptions = {
+          ...options,
+          ...{
+            params: {
+              ...options.params,
+              ...{ start: r.nextStart }
+            }
+          }
+        };
+        return request(url, newOptions);
+      };
+    }
+
+    return r;
+  });
 }
diff --git a/packages/arcgis-rest-request/src/index.ts b/packages/arcgis-rest-request/src/index.ts
index 336d613097..993deb5d12 100644
--- a/packages/arcgis-rest-request/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/arcgis-rest-request/src/index.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export * from "./utils/ArcGISRequestError";
 export * from "./utils/retryAuthError";
 export * from "./utils/ErrorTypes";
 export * from "./utils/params";
+export * from "./utils/IParamBuilder";
 export * from "./utils/process-params";
 export * from "./utils/get-portal";
 export * from "./utils/get-portal-url";
diff --git a/packages/arcgis-rest-request/src/utils/IParamBuilder.ts b/packages/arcgis-rest-request/src/utils/IParamBuilder.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a9ad7daf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/arcgis-rest-request/src/utils/IParamBuilder.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export interface IParamBuilder {
+  toParam(): any;
+}
diff --git a/packages/arcgis-rest-request/src/utils/process-params.ts b/packages/arcgis-rest-request/src/utils/process-params.ts
index 6dc378d777..376dd40324 100644
--- a/packages/arcgis-rest-request/src/utils/process-params.ts
+++ b/packages/arcgis-rest-request/src/utils/process-params.ts
@@ -8,12 +8,16 @@
  */
 export function requiresFormData(params: any) {
   return Object.keys(params).some(key => {
-    const value = params[key];
+    let value = params[key];
 
     if (!value) {
       return false;
     }
 
+    if (value.toParam) {
+      value = value.toParam();
+    }
+
     const type = value.constructor.name;
 
     switch (type) {
@@ -46,7 +50,12 @@ export function processParams(params: any): any {
   const newParams: any = {};
 
   Object.keys(params).forEach(key => {
-    const param = params[key];
+    let param = params[key];
+
+    if (param.toParams) {
+      param = param.toParam();
+    }
+
     if (
       !param &&
       param !== 0 &&