{"record":{"id":"3fae0b6f2d727bab","repo":"Tencent/WeKnora","slug":"api-key-is-required-for-tavily-provider","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"API key is required for Tavily provider","messagePattern":"API key is required for Tavily provider","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"internal/application/service/web_search_provider.go","lineNumber":165,"sourceCode":"}\n\n// validateProviderParameters validates required parameters for each provider type\nfunc validateProviderParameters(provider types.WebSearchProviderType, params types.WebSearchProviderParameters) error {\n\tswitch provider {\n\tcase types.WebSearchProviderTypeBing:\n\t\tif params.APIKey == \"\" {\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"API key is required for Bing provider\")\n\t\t}\n\tcase types.WebSearchProviderTypeGoogle:\n\t\tif params.APIKey == \"\" {\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"API key is required for Google provider\")\n\t\t}\n\t\tif params.EngineID == \"\" {\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"engine ID is required for Google provider\")\n\t\t}\n\tcase types.WebSearchProviderTypeTavily:\n\t\tif params.APIKey == \"\" {\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"API key is required for Tavily provider\")\n\t\t}\n\tcase types.WebSearchProviderTypeOllama:\n\t\tif params.APIKey == \"\" {\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"API key is required for Ollama provider\")\n\t\t}\n\tcase types.WebSearchProviderTypeBaidu:\n\t\tif params.APIKey == \"\" {\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"API key is required for Baidu provider\")\n\t\t}\n\tcase types.WebSearchProviderTypeExa:\n\t\tif params.APIKey == \"\" {\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"API key is required for Exa provider\")\n\t\t}\n\tcase types.WebSearchProviderTypeZhipu:\n\t\tif err := infra_web_search.ValidateZhipuParameters(params); err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn err\n\t\t}\n\tcase types.WebSearchProviderTypeMetaso:","sourceCodeStart":147,"sourceCodeEnd":183,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/Tencent/WeKnora/blob/988cbb03305e055d8ebb7d46d9ac6cc0803cd074/internal/application/service/web_search_provider.go#L147-L183","documentation":"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.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at internal/application/service/web_search_provider.go:165 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Provide the Tavily API key in provider parameters","Check the credential persistence path (api_key stored separately)","Test the key against the Tavily API"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"988cbb03305e055d8ebb7d46d9ac6cc0803cd074","analyzedAt":"2026-09-02T14:41:08.344Z","contentChangedAt":null,"schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-08T10:18:20.063Z"}