Kong/insomnia · error · Error

invalid search query string

Error message

invalid search query string

What it means

Error "invalid search query string" thrown in Kong/insomnia.

Source

Thrown at packages/insomnia-scripting-environment/src/objects/urls.ts:70

      throw new Error('unknown options for new QueryParam');
    }
  }

  // TODO:
  // (static) _postman_propertyAllowsMultipleValues :Boolean
  // (static) _postman_propertyIndexKey :String

  static override _index = 'key';

  static parse(queryStr: string) {
    const params = new UrlSearchParams(queryStr);
    return Array.from(params.entries()).map(entry => ({ key: entry[0], value: entry[1] }));
  }

  static parseSingle(paramStr: string, _idx?: number, _all?: string[]) {
    const pairs = QueryParam.parse(paramStr);
    if (pairs.length === 0) {
      throw new Error('invalid search query string');
    }

    return pairs[0];
  }

  static unparse(params: QueryParamOptions[] | Record<string, string>) {
    const searchParams = new UrlSearchParams();

    if (Array.isArray(params)) {
      params.forEach((entry: QueryParamOptions) => searchParams.append(entry.key, entry.value || ''));
    } else {
      Object.entries(params).forEach(entry => searchParams.append(entry[0], entry[1]));
    }

    return searchParams.toString();
  }

  static unparseSingle(obj: { key: string; value: string }) {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/insomnia-scripting-environment/src/objects/urls.ts:70 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of Kong/insomnia@d9bb2b0142 (2026-08-26). Data as JSON: /api/errors/a1cfde1722b7df9f. Report an issue: GitHub.