diff --git a/lib/noosfero/api/helpers.rb b/lib/noosfero/api/helpers.rb
index 3e1cc33..0c5f141 100644
--- a/lib/noosfero/api/helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/noosfero/api/helpers.rb
@@ -118,7 +118,11 @@ require 'grape'
 
       def present_articles(asset, method = 'articles')
         articles = find_articles(asset, method)
-        articles = paginate articles
+        present_articles_paginated(articles)
+      end
+
+      def present_articles_paginated(articles, per_page=nil)
+        articles = paginate(articles)
         present articles, :with => Entities::Article, :fields => params[:fields]
       end
 
diff --git a/lib/noosfero/api/v1/search.rb b/lib/noosfero/api/v1/search.rb
index 47e8b53..9c6d566 100644
--- a/lib/noosfero/api/v1/search.rb
+++ b/lib/noosfero/api/v1/search.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ module Noosfero
 
         resource :search do
           resource :article do
+            paginate per_page: 20, max_per_page: 200
             get do
               # Security checks
               sanitize_params_hash(params) 
@@ -25,9 +26,13 @@ module Noosfero
 
               options = {:filter => order, :template_id => params[:template_id], :category => category}            
 
-              articles = find_by_contents(asset, context, scope, query, paginate_options, options)
+              search_result = find_by_contents(asset, context, scope, query, paginate_options, options)
 
-              present articles[:results], :with => Entities::Article 
+              articles = search_result[:results]
+
+              result = present_articles_paginated(articles)
+              
+              result
             end            
           end
         end
diff --git a/test/unit/api/search_test.rb b/test/unit/api/search_test.rb
index 3c13753..6e9003f 100644
--- a/test/unit/api/search_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/api/search_test.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/test_helper'
 class SearchTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
 
   def create_article_with_optional_category(name, profile, category = nil)
-    fast_create(Article, {:name => name, :profile_id => profile.id }, :search => true, :category => category)
+    fast_create(Article, {:name => name, :profile_id => profile.id }, :search => true, :category => category, :title => name)
   end
 
   should 'not list unpublished articles' do
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class SearchTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
       art = create_article_with_optional_category("Article #{n}", person)
     end
 
-    get "/api/v1/search/article?query=Article&limit=3"
+    get "/api/v1/search/article?query=Article&per_page=3"
     json = JSON.parse(last_response.body)
 
     assert_equal 3, json['articles'].count
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class SearchTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
       art = create_article_with_optional_category("Article #{n}", person)
     end
 
-    get "/api/v1/search/article?query=Article&limit=3&page=2"
+    get "/api/v1/search/article?query=Article&per_page=3&page=2"
     json = JSON.parse(last_response.body)
 
     assert_equal 2, json['articles'].count
@@ -95,4 +95,13 @@ class SearchTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     # Only for person1
     assert_equal 2, json['articles'].count
   end
+
+  should 'search with fields' do
+	person = fast_create(Person)
+  	art = create_article_with_optional_category('an article to be found', person)
+    get "/api/v1/search/article?fields=title"
+    json = JSON.parse(last_response.body)
+    assert_not_empty json['articles']
+	assert_equal ['title'], json['articles'].first.keys
+  end
 end
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