Querying Typesense API with Array of Strings
TLDR Nikhilesh was struggling to query the typesense API with an array of strings. Kishore Nallan clarified the issue might be related to url encoding and further explained how to properly use the q and filter_by parameters.
1Jul 06, 2023 (2 months ago)
Nikhilesh
04:49 AMI am facing a small issue while trying to query the typesense API with an array of strings
{{url}}/collections/{{collection_name}}/documents/search?q=[abc.com , abcd.com ]&query_by=server_name
The result contains only the records of the first server_name which is abc.com.
If I pass [abcd.com ,abc.com], the result contains the records of only abcd.com
Any ideas on what am I missing here?
Objective is to return the records from typesense collection for both abc.com and abcd.com
Thanks a lot :)
Kishore Nallan
10:02 AMmulti_search end-point? It sends the request as a POST body so no url encoding is done.Kishore Nallan
10:03 AMq=[ , ] Is not a valid syntax. The
q must be just a string. It's filter_by where you can provide list of strings.Kishore Nallan
10:03 AM1Jul 17, 2023 (2 months ago)
Nikhilesh
04:34 AM
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