`Find-PSResource -Repository 'PSGallery'` with NuGet version range returns no versions

[o-l-a-v]

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Steps to reproduce

Find-PSResource -Repository 'PSGallery' -Name 'Az' -Version '(9,10)' returns nothing.

If using -Debug we can se that the API request looks like below, which to me looks fine.

• https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/FindPackagesById()?id='Az'&$orderby=NormalizedVersion desc&$inlinecount=allpages&$skip=0&$filter=IsPrerelease eq false and Id eq 'Az' and NormalizedVersion gt '9.0.0' and NormalizedVersion lt '10.0.0'

I think this is a problem with the PowerShell Gallery API. It works with NuGet v3 API shim pwsh.gallery like so:

PS> Find-PSResource -Repository 'pwsh.gallery' -Name 'Az' -Version '(9,10)'

Name Version Prerelease Repository   Description
---- ------- ---------- ----------   -----------
Az   9.7.1              pwsh.gallery
Az   9.7.0              pwsh.gallery
Az   9.6.0              pwsh.gallery
Az   9.5.0              pwsh.gallery
Az   9.4.0              pwsh.gallery
Az   9.3.0              pwsh.gallery
Az   9.2.0              pwsh.gallery
Az   9.1.1              pwsh.gallery
Az   9.1.0              pwsh.gallery
Az   9.0.1              pwsh.gallery

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Expected behavior

PS> Find-PSResource -Repository 'PSGallery' -Name 'Az' -Version '(9,10)'

Name Version Prerelease Repository Description
---- ------- ---------- ---------- -----------
Az   9.7.1              PSGallery  Microsoft Azure PowerShell - Cmdlets to manage resources in Azure. This module is compatible with PowerShell and Windows Pow…
Az   9.7.0              PSGallery  Microsoft Azure PowerShell - Cmdlets to manage resources in Azure. This module is compatible with PowerShell and Windows Pow…
Az   9.6.0              PSGallery  Microsoft Azure PowerShell - Cmdlets to manage resources in Azure. This module is compatible with PowerShell and Windows Pow…
Az   9.5.0              PSGallery  Microsoft Azure PowerShell - Cmdlets to manage resources in Azure. This module is compatible with PowerShell and Windows Pow…
Az   9.4.0              PSGallery  Microsoft Azure PowerShell - Cmdlets to manage resources in Azure. This module is compatible with PowerShell and Windows Pow…
Az   9.3.0              PSGallery  Microsoft Azure PowerShell - Cmdlets to manage resources in Azure. This module is compatible with PowerShell and Windows Pow…
Az   9.2.0              PSGallery  Microsoft Azure PowerShell - Cmdlets to manage resources in Azure. This module is compatible with PowerShell and Windows Pow…
Az   9.1.1              PSGallery  Microsoft Azure PowerShell - Cmdlets to manage resources in Azure. This module is compatible with PowerShell and Windows Pow…
Az   9.1.0              PSGallery  Microsoft Azure PowerShell - Cmdlets to manage resources in Azure. This module is compatible with PowerShell and Windows Pow…
Az   9.0.1              PSGallery  Microsoft Azure PowerShell - Cmdlets to manage resources in Azure. This module is compatible with PowerShell and Windows Pow…

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Actual behavior

PS> Find-PSResource -Repository 'PSGallery' -Name 'Az' -Version '(9,10)'
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Error details

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Environment data

PowerShell v7.4.1
Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet v1.0.4.1

Visuals

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[kilasuit]

if you run the query in the browser you get this error message

if you take that query and properly encode it like this then you get results so should be a simple enough fix however perhaps also needs some cleanup

irm "https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/FindPackagesById()?id=%27Az%27&$orderby=NormalizedVersion%20desc&$inlinecount=allpages&$skip=0&$filter=IsPrerelease%20eq%20false%20and%20Id%20eq%20%27Az%27%20and%20NormalizedVersion%20gt%20%279.0.0%27%20and%20NormalizedVersion%20lt%20%2710.0.0"

[o-l-a-v]

@kilasuit Somehow your PowerShell command gives results, but

1. You haven't escaped $, and
2. You're missing the last ' / %27.

Which gives a rather strange URI if:

"https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/FindPackagesById()?id=%27Az%27&$orderby=NormalizedVersion%20desc&$inlinecount=allpages&$skip=0&$filter=IsPrerelease%20eq%20false%20and%20Id%20eq%20%27Az%27%20and%20NormalizedVersion%20gt%20%279.0.0%27%20and%20NormalizedVersion%20lt%20%2710.0.0" | clip

Gives

https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/FindPackagesById()?id=%27Az%27&=NormalizedVersion%20desc&=allpages&=0&=IsPrerelease%20eq%20false%20and%20Id%20eq%20%27Az%27%20and%20NormalizedVersion%20gt%20%279.0.0%27%20and%20NormalizedVersion%20lt%20%2710.0.0

Which gives a result in the browser. But $filter etc. is stripped.

[anamnavi]

@o-l-a-v thanks for creating this issue, we're aware of this being an issue due to a version comparison bug. We have this in our backlog