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edodgen
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3 years ago

API File Search

  I have written this code out in many different ways.  I FINALLY got it to work within the limit rates, but now my search is not returning matches.  I am just trying to find ANY image filename in ...
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Greg-DB
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3 years ago

If I understand, it sounds like you're calling 'filesSearchV2' with a particular 'query' that is expected to match something in the connected account, but 'response.matches' is coming back empty. Is that correct? In that case, it would be best to open a ticket here from the affected account and include the options you are using, including a sample 'query' value, that are unexpectedly not producing results so we can look into it specifically for you.

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Greg-DB
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3 years ago

edodgen I was looking through your code, and I see you're using 'response.matches' to access the search matches. What version number of the SDK are you using? If you're using v6 or greater, you should instead access the matches as 'response.result.matches'.

 

Also, I notice you're using parameters from FilesSearchArg which is meant for filesSearch; for the newer filesSearchV2 you should be using FilesSearchV2Arg instead.

 

Please try those changes and let us know if that helps.

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