tinyhumansai/openhuman · error

SearXNG search query cannot be empty

Error message

SearXNG search query cannot be empty

What it means

SearxngClient::search found the query blank after trimming — argument validation before any URL is built. The SearXNG instance is never contacted.

Source

Thrown at src/openhuman/search/tools/searxng.rs:139

        timeout_secs: u64,
        http_client: reqwest::Client,
    ) -> Self {
        let timeout = timeout_secs.max(1);

        Self {
            base_url,
            max_results: max_results.clamp(1, MAX_RESULTS),
            default_language,
            timeout_secs: timeout,
            http_client,
        }
    }

    /// Execute a SearXNG JSON search and normalize the returned result rows.
    pub async fn search(&self, args: SearxngSearchArgs) -> anyhow::Result<SearxngSearchResponse> {
        let query = args.query.trim();
        if query.is_empty() {
            anyhow::bail!("SearXNG search query cannot be empty");
        }

        let max_results = args
            .max_results
            .unwrap_or(self.max_results)
            .clamp(1, MAX_RESULTS);
        let categories = normalize_categories(args.categories)?;
        let language = args
            .language
            .as_deref()
            .map(str::trim)
            .filter(|value| !value.is_empty())
            .unwrap_or_else(|| self.default_language.trim());

        let mut url = self.search_endpoint_url()?;
        {
            let mut pairs = url.query_pairs_mut();
            pairs.append_pair("q", query);

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Solutions

1. Re-issue the search with a non-empty query string

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/openhuman/search/tools/searxng.rs:139 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of tinyhumansai/openhuman@7491200858 (2026-08-17). Data as JSON: /api/errors/35016d08369fbfd3. Report an issue: GitHub.