Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm · error

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Error message

${res.status} - ${res.statusText}. params: ${JSON.stringify({ auth: this.middleTruncate(process.env.AGENT_SEARCHAPI_API_KEY, 5), q: query })}

What it means

Thrown inside the SearchApi branch of the web-browsing plugin when fetch to https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search returns non-ok. The request authenticates with 'Authorization: Bearer <AGENT_SEARCHAPI_API_KEY>' plus an AnythingLLM source header; the error message includes status, statusText, query, and the key middle-truncated to 5 chars. The adjacent .catch converts it to a logged 'SearchApi Error' and an error string for the agent, so it normally appears as 'There was an error searching for content. ...'.

Solutions

1. Set AGENT_SEARCHAPI_API_KEY to a valid searchapi.io key and restart the server; unset keys for providers you do not use so the agent cannot pick them.
2. Map the status: 401/403 -> key problem; 429 -> credits/rate limit, check dashboard; 400 -> invalid engine parameter.
3. Test the key out-of-band with the same Bearer header to isolate agent config from provider state.

Example fix

# before
AGENT_SEARCHAPI_API_KEY=  # empty -> 401 - Unauthorized

# after
AGENT_SEARCHAPI_API_KEY=<searchapi.io key>
systemctl restart anythingllm  # or docker restart

const KEY = process.env.AGENT_SEARCHAPI_API_KEY;
if (!KEY) {
  throw new Error("AGENT_SEARCHAPI_API_KEY not set — add it to the server .env and restart");
}
// optional cheap pre-flight to fail fast with the provider's own status:
const probe = await fetch("https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search?engine=google_q=q_test", { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${KEY}` } });
if (probe.status === 401 || probe.status === 403) throw new Error("SearchApi key rejected");

const out = await webSearch(query);
if (typeof out === "string" && out.includes("SearchApi Error")) {
  if (/40[13]/.test(out)) rotateKey("AGENT_SEARCHAPI_API_KEY");
  else if (out.includes("429")) scheduleRetry(query, 60_000); // credits/rate limit
  else inspectParams(out);
}

When it happens

Trigger: AGENT_SEARCHAPI_API_KEY absent, invalid, or from the wrong provider (401/403); SearchApi.io credits exhausted or rate-limited (429); unsupported engine value in params (400); searchapi.io service errors (5xx).

Common situations: Mixing up keys between SerpApi/SearchApi/Serper.dev env vars; expired credits on the SearchApi plan; .env edited without restarting the server.

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AI-assisted analysis of Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm@a145d4d87d (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/5cb3e634a50b4cf2. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at server/utils/agents/aibitat/plugins/web-browsing.js:462

            const engine = process.env.AGENT_SEARCHAPI_ENGINE;
            const params = new URLSearchParams({
              engine: engine,
              q: query,
            });

            const url = `https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search?${params.toString()}`;
            const { response, error } = await fetch(url, {
              method: "GET",
              headers: {
                Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.AGENT_SEARCHAPI_API_KEY}`,
                "Content-Type": "application/json",
                "X-SearchApi-Source": "AnythingLLM",
              },
            })
              .then((res) => {
                if (res.ok) return res.json();
                throw new Error(
                  `${res.status} - ${res.statusText}. params: ${JSON.stringify({ auth: this.middleTruncate(process.env.AGENT_SEARCHAPI_API_KEY, 5), q: query })}`
                );
              })
              .then((data) => {
                return { response: data, error: null };
              })
              .catch((e) => {
                this.super.handlerProps.log(`SearchApi Error: ${e.message}`);
                return { response: null, error: e.message };
              });
            if (error)
              return `There was an error searching for content. ${error}`;

            const data = [];
            if (response.hasOwnProperty("knowledge_graph"))
              data.push(response.knowledge_graph?.description);
            if (response.hasOwnProperty("answer_box"))
              data.push(response.answer_box?.answer);

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