Validation Exception while searching for Repos within an Organization

[anphyj]

Hi, I am using the Octokit .Net library to search for repos within an Organization. When I have the organization filter, I get the below exception.

{"message":"Validation Failed","errors":[{"message":"The listed users and repositories cannot be searched either because the resources do not exist or you do not have permission to view them.","resource":"Search","field":"q","code":"invalid"}],"documentation_url":"https://docs.github.com/v3/search/"}

Sample Code

    var repoSearch = await client.Search.SearchRepo(
                        new SearchRepositoriesRequest(
                          $"{"q=test+org:{orgName}"}")
                        {
                           
                        });

When I remove the orgfilter, it works fine

[ranjjose-chaz]

@anphyj Can you confirm if the resources exist and you have adequate permission to view (as it suggests in the error message)?

[anphyj]

@ranjjose-chaz the repository which I am trying to search exist. It also gets listed when I use the library to get all the repos for the organization ("client.Repository.GetAllForOrg"). However when I try to search it gives the error.

[shiftkey]

This feels like a known limitation of search from the docs: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/reference/search#access-errors-or-missing-search-results

You need to successfully authenticate and have access to the repositories in your search queries, otherwise, you'll see a 422 Unprocessible Entry error with a "Validation Failed" message. For example, your search will fail if your query includes repo:, user:, or org: qualifiers that request resources that you don't have access to when you sign in on GitHub.

Not really sure what I can do here, as we're just wrapping the GitHub API. This might be a question better asked over on the GitHub Community forum: https://github.community/c/github-ecosystem/37

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