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[Google Events API] Virtual event filter is not working as expected #1922

Open sonika-serpapi opened 1 week ago

sonika-serpapi commented 1 week ago

For filtering for virtual events, we have a htichips filter event_type:Virtual-Event. When I specify this, I am seeing events happening in person with a physical address as well. It seems like the filter is not working, and thus is leading to incorrect results.

Documentation: https://serpapi.com/google-events-api#api-parameters-advanced-filters-htichips

Example request: https://serpapi.com/playground?engine=google_events&q=Events+in+Austin&location=Austin%2C+Texas%2C+United+States&gl=us&hl=en&start=0&htichips=event_type%3AVirtual-Event

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schaferyan commented 1 week ago

Looks like it's on Google side:

https://www.google.com/search?q=Events+in+Austin&ibp=htl;events&uule=w+CAIQICIaQXVzdGluLFRleGFzLFVuaXRlZCBTdGF0ZXM&hl=en&gl=us&start=0&chips=event_type:Virtual-Event#htivrt=events&htidocid=L2F1dGhvcml0eS9ob3Jpem9uL2NsdXN0ZXJlZF9ldmVudC8yMDI0LTA5LTA5fDEzMjYzOTQ5NzU3MDgyNDY1Njcw&fpstate=tldetail

Also a filter of some kind is applied, as the results are different than without htichips.