Tencent/WeKnora · error

API key is required for Tavily provider

Error message

API key is required for Tavily provider

What it means

Parameter validation in validateProviderParameters: the provider type is Tavily, whose search API authenticates solely by API key, and params.APIKey is empty. CreateProvider/UpdateProvider reject the configuration so Tavily searches are never attempted unauthenticated.

Source

Thrown at internal/application/service/web_search_provider.go:165

}

// validateProviderParameters validates required parameters for each provider type
func validateProviderParameters(provider types.WebSearchProviderType, params types.WebSearchProviderParameters) error {
	switch provider {
	case types.WebSearchProviderTypeBing:
		if params.APIKey == "" {
			return fmt.Errorf("API key is required for Bing provider")
		}
	case types.WebSearchProviderTypeGoogle:
		if params.APIKey == "" {
			return fmt.Errorf("API key is required for Google provider")
		}
		if params.EngineID == "" {
			return fmt.Errorf("engine ID is required for Google provider")
		}
	case types.WebSearchProviderTypeTavily:
		if params.APIKey == "" {
			return fmt.Errorf("API key is required for Tavily provider")
		}
	case types.WebSearchProviderTypeOllama:
		if params.APIKey == "" {
			return fmt.Errorf("API key is required for Ollama provider")
		}
	case types.WebSearchProviderTypeBaidu:
		if params.APIKey == "" {
			return fmt.Errorf("API key is required for Baidu provider")
		}
	case types.WebSearchProviderTypeExa:
		if params.APIKey == "" {
			return fmt.Errorf("API key is required for Exa provider")
		}
	case types.WebSearchProviderTypeZhipu:
		if err := infra_web_search.ValidateZhipuParameters(params); err != nil {
			return err
		}
	case types.WebSearchProviderTypeMetaso:

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Solutions

1. Provide the Tavily API key in provider parameters
2. Check the credential persistence path (api_key stored separately)
3. Test the key against the Tavily API

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at internal/application/service/web_search_provider.go:165 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of Tencent/WeKnora@988cbb0330 (2026-09-02). Data as JSON: /api/errors/3fae0b6f2d727bab. Report an issue: GitHub.