Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.REST.SearchServiceException error when using SharePoint Search API

Question

I received error when I sent search sharepoint api.

api url：

https://johnscoca.sharepoint.com/_api/Search/Query?QueryText='contentclass:STS_Site contentclass:STS_Web NOT IsExternalContent:true'&SourceId='8413cd39-2156-4e00-b54d-11efd9abdb89'&EnableQueryRules=false&EnableStemming=false&TrimDuplicates=false&StartRow=0&RowLimit=50&SelectProperties='Title,Path,Description,contentclass,WebTemplate,LastModifiedTime'

document：

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/general-development/sharepoint-search-rest-api-overview

api response：

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<m:error xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata">

<m:code>-1, Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.REST.SearchServiceException</m:code>

<m:message xml:lang="en-US">We didn't understand your search terms. Make sure they're using proper syntax.</m:message>

</m:error>

It has been found that removing the QueryText from the param or passing an empty string allows the API to succeed.

Then, I tried to send graph api (search sharepoint api), getting error "generalException"
api url：
https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites?search=*&$top=1000

document：
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/site-search?view=graph-rest-1.0&tabs=http

api response：
{

"error": {

    "code": "generalException",

    "message": "General exception while processing",

    "innerError": {

        "date": "2024-05-07T06:49:10",

        "request-id": "9b1286dc-bd8f-4650-9557-d21f6734237c",

        "client-request-id": "9b1286dc-bd8f-4650-9557-d21f6734237c"

    }

}

}

What is the reason and how can it be resolved? Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi @Jasper Chang,

Try using SharePoint search REST API endpoint like below

https://xxx.sharepoint.com/_api/search/query?querytext='SPContentType:"Site Page" AND IsDocument:True AND FileExtension:aspx AND PromotedState:2 AND RefinableString05:true AND (Path:https://xxx.sharepoint.com/sites/site1 OR Path:https://xxx.sharepoint.com/sites/site2/SitePages OR Path:https://xxx.sharepoint.com/sites/site3 AND RefinableString01:"fieldvalue")'&sortlist etc

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