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BAD_REQUEST

BAD_REQUEST

Error message

the query string must contain "=" and the key/value cannot be empty

What it means

Error "the query string must contain "=" and the key/value cannot be empty" thrown in goharbor/harbor.

Source

Thrown at src/lib/q/builder.go:65

	}, nil
}

func parseKeywords(q string) (map[string]any, error) {
	keywords := map[string]any{}
	if len(q) == 0 {
		return keywords, nil
	}
	// try to escaped the 'q=tags%3Dnil' when to filter tags.
	if unescapedQuery, err := url.QueryUnescape(q); err == nil {
		q = unescapedQuery
	} else {
		log.Errorf("failed to unescape the query %s: %v", q, err)
	}

	for param := range strings.SplitSeq(q, ",") {
		strs := strings.SplitN(param, "=", 2)
		if len(strs) != 2 || len(strs[0]) == 0 || len(strs[1]) == 0 {
			return nil, errors.New(nil).
				WithCode(errors.BadRequestCode).
				WithMessage(`the query string must contain "=" and the key/value cannot be empty`)
		}
		value, err := parsePattern(strs[1])
		if err != nil {
			return nil, errors.New(err).
				WithCode(errors.BadRequestCode).
				WithMessagef("invalid query string value: %s", strs[1])
		}
		keywords[strs[0]] = value
	}
	return keywords, nil
}

func ParseSorting(sort string) []*Sort {
	if sort == "" {
		return []*Sort{}
	}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/lib/q/builder.go:65 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of goharbor/harbor@7b2fd08cc5 (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/a7ba9a65b4b8891a. Report an issue: GitHub.