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@@ -58,4 +58,82 @@ notes in env.production.example say not to set `WEB_DOMAIN`
 
 
 
-posted a question on [discourse](https://discourse.joinmastodon.org/t/search-return-404/2490)
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+posted a question on [discourse](https://discourse.joinmastodon.org/t/search-return-404/2490)
+
+
+Issue with searching accounts on other instances
+
+syslog:
+```
+Jan 30 20:35:50 r710 bundle[7118]: [a80db716-134c-4ca2-9c18-785675ec716d] method=GET path=/api/v2/search format=html controller=Api::V2::SearchController action=index status=404 duration=618.40 view=0.41 db=3.85
+```
+
+nginx access.log
+```
+[30/Jan/2020:20:35:50 -0500] "GET /api/v2/search?q=tusky@mastodon.social&resolve=true&limit=5 HTTP/2.0" 404 54 "https://hptrow.me/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Android 8.1.0; Mobile; rv:68.0) Gecko/68.0 Firefox/68.0"
+```
+
+IRC convo:
+```
+18:05 < pinkieval> what version is your instance?
+18:13 < ptbridge> 3.0.1
+18:14 < pinkieval> mm
+18:14 < ptbridge> yeah
+18:15 < pinkieval> so apparently it recognized the URL (because of "controller=Api::V2::SearchController") but somehow still returns a 404
+18:15 < pinkieval> maybe ?q= is missing?
+18:17 < ptbridge> nginx access.log -> "GET /api/v2/search?q=tusky@mastodon.social&resolve=true&limit=5 HTTP/2.0"
+18:17 < ptbridge> missed the 404 "GET /api/v2/search?q=tusky@mastodon.social&resolve=true&limit=5 HTTP/2.0" 404
+18:19 < pinkieval> https://mastodon.social/api/v2/search?q=tusky@mastodon.social&resolve=true&limit=5 is not a 404
+18:19 < pinkieval> what domain is your instance?
+18:19 < ptbridge> hptrow.me
+18:19 < pinkieval> I'm not getting a 404 either
+18:20 < ptbridge> i just set it up and was messing around, and noticed search didn't seem to hook up outside of my instance
+18:20 < pinkieval> I'm getting a 401
+18:21 < ptbridge> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
+18:22 < ptbridge> thanks for checking
+18:23 < pinkieval> how are you getting that 404?
+18:24 < pinkieval> is it because you're using an API token?
+18:26 < ptbridge> i haven't tried that, i just tried to do the search on the webpage and it didn't work so I checked my logs and that's what i saw
+18:26 < pinkieval> uh
+18:27 < ptbridge> like literally go up to the search box and type tusky@mastodon.social and nothing come back
+18:27 < ptbridge> comes*
+18:28 < pinkieval> I just created an account on your instance so I can test, can you approve it?
+18:29 < pinkieval> I'm val
+18:30 < ptbridge> done
+18:31 < pinkieval> it's working for me
+18:31 < ptbridge> wuh
+18:31 < ptbridge> lol
+18:31 < ptbridge> hang on let me check the logs
+18:32 < ptbridge> sure enough -> "GET /api/v2/search?q=mastodon&resolve=true&limit=5 HTTP/2.0" 200
+18:33 < ptbridge> try searchign for an account on another instance
+18:34 < pinkieval> oh right, 404 now
+18:34 < pinkieval> that's weird
+18:35 < ptbridge> yeah -> 51.159.34.167 - - [31/Jan/2020:18:34:12 -0500] "GET /api/v2/search?q=tusky@mastodon.social&resolve=true&limit=5 HTTP/2.0" 404
+18:35 < ptbridge> oh well, thanks so much for checking that out!
+18:36 < pinkieval> do you have Elasticsearch configured?
+18:37 < ptbridge> yeah I have no idea, i saw mention of that, but don't see that as a service running
+18:37 < pinkieval> so no
+18:38 < pinkieval> so that's not the source of the issue
+18:40 < pinkieval> ah! error response is: hptrow.me
+18:40 < pinkieval> meh
+18:40 < pinkieval> ah! error response is: {"error":"Record not found"}
+18:41 < pinkieval> that's partially helpful
+18:41 < ptbridge> does the API itself have a log it is dumping to somewhere?
+18:42 < ptbridge> I just have a log for the result of the call to the API
+18:43 < pinkieval> afaik, no
+18:45 < ptbridge> It probably something dumb I didn't setup right with nginx or something
+18:45 < ptbridge> alright, thanks so much
+18:49 < pinkieval> your instance does reach mine when I make these requests, though: 174.104.140.112 "oc.todon.fr" - [31/Jan/2020:23:38:42 +0000] "GET /.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:val@oc.todon.fr HTTP/1.1" 200 1649 "-" "http.rb/3.3.0 (Mastodon/3.0.1;
+                   +https://hptrow.me/)"
+18:52 -!- Pythayr [~pither195@38.132.120.242] has quit [Read error: Connection reset by peer]
+18:54 < ptbridge> how is that request generated?
+18:56 < pinkieval> when I search for @val@oc.todon.fr from your instance, your instance queries https://oc.todon.fr/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:val@oc.todon.fr
+18:57 < pinkieval> then it's supposed to fetch the account and show it, but it fails at that part
+18:58 < pinkieval> sorry, I don't know where else to look
+18:59 < pinkieval> I don't see anything obvious in the code related to that
+18:59 < pinkieval> you should open an issue on github with all the details we mentioned here
+19:00 < ptbridge> yeah OK, wow this has been super helpful. thanks much.
+19:01 -!- maelsea [~maelsea@82.47.218.177] has quit [Quit: see ya]
+ [19:03] [ptbridge(+i)] [3:freenode/#mastodon(+cnt)] [Act: 4]
+[#mastodon]
+```
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