Tencent/WeKnora · error

create Baidu HTTP client: %w

Error message

create Baidu HTTP client: %w

What it means

Returned by NewBaiduProvider when NewSearchHTTPClient fails to build the outbound HTTP client — typically an invalid proxy_url that failed validation, or the default transport not being *http.Transport.

Source

Thrown at internal/infrastructure/web_search/baidu.go:44

	maxBaiduResults          = 50
	maxBaiduQueryUnits       = 72
)

// BaiduProvider implements web search using Baidu AI Search API.
type BaiduProvider struct {
	client  *http.Client
	baseURL string
	apiKey  string
}

// NewBaiduProvider creates a new Baidu web search provider from parameters.
func NewBaiduProvider(params types.WebSearchProviderParameters) (interfaces.WebSearchProvider, error) {
	if params.APIKey == "" {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("API key is required for Baidu provider")
	}
	client, err := NewSearchHTTPClient(defaultBaiduTimeout, params.ProxyURL)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("create Baidu HTTP client: %w", err)
	}
	return &BaiduProvider{
		client:  client,
		baseURL: defaultBaiduWebSearchURL, // Hardcoded — not tenant-configurable
		apiKey:  params.APIKey,
	}, nil
}

// Name returns the provider name.
func (p *BaiduProvider) Name() string {
	return "baidu"
}

// Search performs a web search using Baidu AI Search API.
func (p *BaiduProvider) Search(
	ctx context.Context,
	query string,
	maxResults int,

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Solutions

1. Check the proxy_url parameter for correct format (scheme://host:port)
2. Remove the proxy setting if none is required
3. Verify the environment's default transport is unmodified

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at internal/infrastructure/web_search/baidu.go:44 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/591968c079e74874. Report an issue: GitHub.