catalog.data.gov API endpoint ignoring row parameter, returning same results

[robinsonkwame]

This search via the web GUI returns 566 results: children

However, post requests via the CKAN API returns 10 results despite the row parameter being set and, incidentally, it appears that no matter the search query that the results are the same.

import json, requests
url = 'http://catalog.data.gov/api/3/action/package_search'
headers = {'Content-type': 'application/json'}
q1 = {'q':'abcdefghijklmnopq', 'rows':600}
q2 = {'q':'children', 'rows':600}

queries = [q1, q2]
responses = []

for q in queries:
    r = requests.post(url, data=json.dumps(q), headers=headers)
    r = r.json()
    print(len(r['result']['results']))
    responses.append(r)

print(responses[0] == responses[1])

[philipashlock]

The issue appears to be specific to sending the request as a JSON object, but the query seems to work as expected when sending as x-www-form-urlencoded parameters or as a GET request, e.g.

http://catalog.data.gov/api/3/action/package_search?q=children&rows=60 http://catalog.data.gov/api/3/action/package_search?q=abcdefghijklmnopq&rows=60