The search API endpoint does not work for tags with colons

[Martin Becker]

The search API endpoint does not work for tags with colons. For example:

https://www.bibsonomy.org/api/posts?resourcetype=bookmark&format=json&user=becker&search=tags:m:map

While this works:

https://www.bibsonomy.org/api/posts?resourcetype=bookmark&format=json&user=becker&tags=m:map

[Martin Becker]

Actually this might be due to the search index lagging behind. I’ll have to check back later and see if search works then. How often is the search index updated?

[Martin Becker]

So the search index does lag behind. But only a couple of minute or so. Colons in tags are actually an issue as reported originally!

[Mario Holtmüller]

Colons are currently not supported in search terms. They are used to specify special fields you want to search in. e.g. authors: tags: etc.

What you CAN do is something like that:

https://www.bibsonomy.org/api/posts?resourcetype=bookmark&format=json&user=becker&search=tags:"m:map"

[Martin Becker]

Great, thanks for the info! I’d suggest adding that to the docs for future reference :)

[Jan Pfister]

Duplicate #2921