CODEWITHSUNDEEP
algolia
user2954587
user2954587

Reputation: 4861

Algolia tag not searchable when ending with special characters

I'm coming across a strange situation where I cannot search on string tags that end with a special character. So far I've tried ) and ].

For example, given a Fruit index with a record with a tag apple (red), if you query (using the JS library) with tagFilters: "apple (red)", no results will be returned even if there are records with this tag.

However, if you change the tag to apple (red (not ending with a special character), results will be returned.

Is this a known issue? Is there a way to get around this?

EDIT

I saw this FAQ on special characters. However, it seems as though even if I set () as separator characters to index that only effects the direct attriubtes that are searchable, not the tag. is this correct? can I change the separator characters to index on tags?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 542

Answers (1)

Jerska
Jerska

Reputation: 12032

You should try using the array syntax for your tags:

tagFilters: ["apple (red)"]

The reason it is currently failing is because of the syntax of tagFilters. When you pass a string, it tries to parse it using a special syntax, documented here, where commas mean "AND" and parentheses delimit an "OR" group.

By the way, tagFilters is now deprecated for a much clearer syntax available with the filters parameter. For your specific example, you'd use it this way:

filters: '_tags:"apple (red)"'

Upvotes: 1

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