Breaking request

[jmgasper]

This request was found in a recent bug hunt. This should be handled gracefully by the project-api:

Request:

GET https://api.topcoder-dev.com/v5/projects?memberOnly=true&name=%2A%5B%5D%2A&sort=lastActivityAt&status=active

Response:

Error: [query_parsing_exception] Failed to parse query [*[]*], with { index="projects" & line=1 & col=670 } at respond (/usr/src/app/node_modules/elasticsearch/src/lib/transport.js:349:15) at checkRespForFailure (/usr/src/app/node_modules/elasticsearch/src/lib/transport.js:306:7) at done (/usr/src/app/node_modules/http-aws-es/connector.js:48:7) at IncomingMessage.cleanUp (/usr/src/app/node_modules/http-aws-es/src/node.js:20:7) at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:323:22) at IncomingMessage.EventEmitter.emit (domain.js:482:12) at endReadableNT (_stream_readable.js:1204:12) at /usr/src/app/node_modules/async-listener/glue.js:188:31 at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:84:21)

[vikasrohit]

fyi @maxceem

[maxceem]

• This request fails when we are trying to search by project name 2A[]* or *2A[]* or *2A[].
• The expected result we should find projects which contain 2A[]:
  • 2A[]* - in the beginning of the name
  • *2A[] - in the end of the name
  • *2A[]* - anywhere in the name