code: async def search(self, query,
              sort_map = {'BoxSet':0,'Series':1,'Movie':2,'Audio':3,'Person':4},
              strict_sort = False):
      '''Sends a search request to emby, returns results
      |coro|
      Parameters
      ----------
      query : str
        the search string to send to emby
      sort_map : dict
        is a dict of strings to ints. Strings should be item types, and
        the ints are the priority of those types(for sorting).
        lower valued(0) will appear first.
      strict_sort : bool
        if True, then only item types in the keys of sortmap will be
        included in the results
      Returns
      -------
      list
        list of emby objects
      '''
      search_params = {
        'remote'     : False,
        'searchTerm' : query
      }
      if strict_sort:
        search_params['IncludeItemTypes'] = ','.join(sort_map.keys())
      json  = await self.connector.getJson('/Search/Hints/', **search_params)
      items = await self.process(json["SearchHints"])
      m_size = len(sort_map)
      items  = sorted(items, key = lambda x : sort_map.get(x.type, m_size))
      return items