From d7869a1f0ed7915e0dd11bb51c49959d0b973315 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Nduli
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2024 19:24:06 +0300
Subject: fix: return query error message from xapian

---
 gn3/api/search.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'gn3/api')

diff --git a/gn3/api/search.py b/gn3/api/search.py
index 588e11d..7242ac1 100644
--- a/gn3/api/search.py
+++ b/gn3/api/search.py
@@ -268,8 +268,10 @@ def search_results():
     maximum_results_per_page = 50000
     if results_per_page > maximum_results_per_page:
         abort(400, description="Requested too many search results")
-
-    query = parse_query(Path(current_app.config["DATA_DIR"]) / "synteny", querystring)
+    try:
+        query = parse_query(Path(current_app.config["DATA_DIR"]) / "synteny", querystring)
+    except xapian.QueryParserError as err:
+        return jsonify({"error_type": str(err.get_type()), "error": err.get_msg()}), 400
     traits = []
     # pylint: disable=invalid-name
     with xapian_database(current_app.config["XAPIAN_DB_PATH"]) as db:
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