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toki4004
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

Error in search... options: expected array, got string

I am trying to use search to find any file with txt extension inside a particular path. I get the error: "Error in call to API function "files/search_v2": options: expected array, got string".  What ...
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  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    2 years ago

    Yes, let's think a bit: you have parameter name "file_extensions" 😉 (plural, not singular)! Here a list of extensions is expected, so even when there is single extension, this extension has to be an only entry in a list and not raw string (as noted in the error message too).

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toki4004
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

I tried wrapping options in another array - still get: "options: expected object, got array"

  $options = array(
		array(
			...
		)
	);

 

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