Lookups return network error when parentheses, "( )", used

@fculpepper commented on Fri Jan 24 2020

What went wrong? When trying to add the LOC geo name Boston (Mass.) to my instance record, the lookup returned the error: NetworkError when attempting to fetch resource What did you expect to happen? I expect the lookups to recognize parentheses and parentheses.

What is the impact on your work? Since the lookups don't return the best result first nor list the results in alpha order, using parentheses in an attempt to get the heading I need would sure be useful. Instead I have to navigate through id.loc.gov to find the needed URI and paste it into my template. Time consuming and irritating.
What environment are you in? production
What OS and browser are you using? Windows; Firefox
If you're cataloging, what Resource Template were you using (name or ID) UAL Monograph Instance (Un-Nested) UAL Monograph Work (Un-Nested)

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@jermnelson commented on Fri Jan 24 2020

QA is returning a 500 error code, running this query directly https://lookup.ld4l.org/authorities/search/linked_data/locnames_ld4l_cache?q=Boston%20%28Mass&maxRecords=8&lang=en&context=true&response_header=true&startRecord=1 causes an error.

@eichmann Here is a specific example where the error 500 happens when using parentheses in the query...

$ curl -L -D - -H 'Accept: application/n-triples' 'http://services.ld4l.org/ld4l_services/geonames_batch.jsp?query=Hague%20%28Netherlands%29&entity=AP&maxRecords=8&startRecord=1&lang=en'
HTTP/1.1 500 
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 15:55:34 GMT
Server: Apache/2.4.33 (Unix) PHP/7.1.16 LibreSSL/2.2.7
Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8
Content-Language: en
Content-Length: 2833
Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=2CB4E1C7F4A4F91B61E26F43F58C9E27;path=/ld4l_services;HttpOnly
Connection: close

<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>Apache Tomcat/9.0.0.M9 - Error report</title><style type="text/css">H1 {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;font-size:22px;} H2 {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;font-size:16px;} H3 {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;font-size:14px;} BODY {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-color:white;} B {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;} P {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;background:white;color:black;font-size:12px;}A {color : black;}A.name {color : black;}.line {height: 1px; background-color: #525D76; border: none;}</style> </head><body><h1>HTTP Status 500 - java.lang.NullPointerException</h1><div class="line"></div><p><b>type</b> Exception report</p><p><b>message</b> <u>java.lang.NullPointerException</u></p><p><b>description</b> <u>The server encountered an internal error that prevented it from fulfilling this request.</u></p><p><b>exception</b></p><pre>org.apache.jasper.JasperException: java.lang.NullPointerException
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.handleJspException(JspServletWrapper.java:565)
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:481)
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:385)
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:329)
    javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729)
    org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53)
    edu.uiowa.tagUtil.filter.BlankLineFilter.doFilter(BlankLineFilter.java:55)
</pre><p><b>root cause</b></p><pre>java.lang.NullPointerException
    edu.uiowa.lucene.LuceneCount.doStartTag(LuceneCount.java:27)
    org.apache.jsp.geonames_005fbatch_jsp._jspx_meth_lucene_005fcount_005f0(geonames_005fbatch_jsp.java:1536)
    org.apache.jsp.geonames_005fbatch_jsp._jspx_meth_lucene_005fsearch_005f0(geonames_005fbatch_jsp.java:1505)
    org.apache.jsp.geonames_005fbatch_jsp._jspService(geonames_005fbatch_jsp.java:206)
    org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
    javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729)
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:443)
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:385)
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:329)
    javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729)
    org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53)
    edu.uiowa.tagUtil.filter.BlankLineFilter.doFilter(BlankLineFilter.java:55)
</pre><p><b>note</b> <u>The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/9.0.0.M9 logs.</u></p><hr class="line"><h3>Apache Tomcat/9.0.0.M9</h3></body></html>

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