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<blockquote data-quote="horned_reaper" data-source="post: 1276634" data-attributes="member: 109929">Thank you very much for your investigation, really appreciated! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs Up&nbsp; &nbsp; (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" />I'm sure that we will solve also this problem. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />After some testing and researching I found out that the issue occurs under some circumstance, when the &quot; (quotation mark) character is used to enclose the search strings in the URL.Working: [CODE]http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release-group/?query=artist:&quot;Various+Artists&quot; AND release:&quot;Dream+Dance,Vol.+46[/CODE]Please note the missing quotation mark character at the URL end!Not working: [CODE]http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release-group/?query=artist:&quot;Various+Artists&quot; AND release:&quot;Dream+Dance,+Vol.+46&quot;[/CODE]With all quotation marks.According to the <a href="https://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainz_API/Search" target="_blank">MusicBrainz API documentation</a> search strings don't need to be enclosed:ArtistExample[CODE]http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/?query=artist:fred%20AND%20type:group%20AND%20country:US[/CODE]If you remove the quotation mark from the MBID search function it works for all albums and we comply with the MBID query syntax:Working: [CODE]http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release-group/?query=artist:Various+Artists AND release:Dream+Dance,+Vol.+46[/CODE][ATTACH=full]206562[/ATTACH]The same applies to the GNR album:Working: [CODE]http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release-group/?query=artist:Guns+N'+Roses AND release:Use+Your+Illusion+I[/CODE][ATTACH=full]206563[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="horned_reaper, post: 1276634, member: 109929"] Thank you very much for your investigation, really appreciated! (y) I'm sure that we will solve also this problem. ;) After some testing and researching I found out that the issue occurs under some circumstance, when the " (quotation mark) character is used to enclose the search strings in the URL. Working: [CODE]http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release-group/?query=artist:"Various+Artists" AND release:"Dream+Dance,Vol.+46[/CODE] Please note the missing quotation mark character at the URL end! Not working: [CODE]http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release-group/?query=artist:"Various+Artists" AND release:"Dream+Dance,+Vol.+46"[/CODE] With all quotation marks. According to the [URL='https://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainz_API/Search']MusicBrainz API documentation[/URL] search strings don't need to be enclosed: [SIZE=6][B]Artist[/B][/SIZE] [B]Example[/B] [CODE]http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/?query=artist:fred%20AND%20type:group%20AND%20country:US[/CODE] If you remove the quotation mark from the MBID search function it works for all albums and we comply with the MBID query syntax: Working: [CODE]http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release-group/?query=artist:Various+Artists AND release:Dream+Dance,+Vol.+46[/CODE] [ATTACH type="full" alt="1599051713135.png"]206562[/ATTACH] The same applies to the GNR album: Working: [CODE]http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release-group/?query=artist:Guns+N'+Roses AND release:Use+Your+Illusion+I[/CODE] [ATTACH type="full" alt="1599051835366.png"]206563[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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