[GH-ISSUE #288] Ambar cannot search using tags that were manually added via API #273

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opened 2026-02-27 15:55:54 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

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Originally created by @cogicero on GitHub (Aug 5, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/RD17/ambar/issues/288

It appears impossible to search by a tag when it was manually added to Ambar via POST. Scenario:
(1) Ambar ingests a document and indexes it
(2) I make a POST call to https://{website.com}/api/tags/{%FILE_SHA256%}/manual/{%TAG_NAME%} to add a tag using the sha256 hash ({%FILE_SHA256%}) of the document. The mahnually added tag is {%TAGNAME%}
(3) Now I search Ambar using https://{website.com}/api/search?query=tags:{%TAGNAME%} but I get 0 hits. This is very puzzling behavior because when I make a GET call to https://{website.com}/api/tags my manually added tag is shown right there.

However if I search by any of the automatically added tags e.g. ocr and ui-upload, I get results. I am pretty sure the installation was done properly since I paid the developer for the Docker image and the installation. Any hints on how to tackle this, please? I am kind of stuck with this software now.

Originally created by @cogicero on GitHub (Aug 5, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/RD17/ambar/issues/288 It appears impossible to search by a tag when it was manually added to Ambar via POST. Scenario: (1) Ambar ingests a document and indexes it (2) I make a POST call to https://{website.com}/api/tags/{%FILE_SHA256%}/manual/{%TAG_NAME%} to add a tag using the sha256 hash ({%FILE_SHA256%}) of the document. The mahnually added tag is {%TAGNAME%} (3) Now I search Ambar using https://{website.com}/api/search?query=tags:{%TAGNAME%} but I get 0 hits. This is very puzzling behavior because when I make a GET call to https://{website.com}/api/tags my manually added tag is shown right there. However if I search by any of the automatically added tags e.g. **ocr** and **ui-upload**, I get results. I am pretty sure the installation was done properly since I paid the developer for the Docker image and the installation. Any hints on how to tackle this, please? I am kind of stuck with this software now.

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This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.

@stale[bot] commented on GitHub (Aug 22, 2020): This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.