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Search api returns zero results when putting wildcards around a query containing special characters #910

Open renchuqiao opened 6 years ago

renchuqiao commented 6 years ago

Issue found on June 9th 2018.

Endpoint(s):

/search/

Scope(s):

None (application is not using authentication)

Steps to reproduce:

Use the API Console. Compare https://developer.spotify.com/web-api/console/get-search-item/?q=ke$h*&type=artist to the same query with wildcards added: https://developer.spotify.com/web-api/console/get-search-item/?q=ke$h&type=artist

Expected behaviour:

SHould return at least the same results as the query without wildcards.

Actual behaviour:

Doesn't return any artists

kenumir commented 5 years ago

Have same problem. I wanna find result for query: "Blasterjaxx & Timmy Trumpet - Narco" - results is empty. When remove "&" results is ok.