'text' query parameter is required

npm registry · GET /-/v1/search · HTTP 400 ERR_TEXT_MISSING

Status: ✅ verified:server:prod · first seen 2026-10-31 · last confirmed 2026-10-31 · 1 confirmation from 1 vantage

GET /-/v1/search without a text parameter, or with an empty one, returns HTTP 400 ERR_TEXT_MISSING ("'text' query parameter is required"), not an empty result list.

What to do

  1. No client-side fix known (by design).

Example

What probe af:npm-registry:probe:search-text-missing sends (prod) and what it checks in the answer.

Step 1 → HTTP 400:

GET https://registry.npmjs.org/-/v1/search

Step 2 → HTTP 400:

GET https://registry.npmjs.org/-/v1/search?text=

Response (only what the probe asserts; other fields omitted):

HTTP 400

{
  "code": "ERR_TEXT_MISSING"
}

Dimensions

env: prod · plan: any · region: any · account_state: anonymous

Evidence

Probe af:npm-registry:probe:search-text-missing (declarative, source)

Observations: none from reporters yet.

Machine access

Match signature (what check() matches): 'text' query parameter is required

curl -s https://apifacts.dev/v0/check \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"target":{"method":"GET","url":"https://registry.npmjs.org/-/v1/search"},"error":{"status":400,"body_excerpt":"'\''text'\'' query parameter is required"}}'

YAML: facts/npm-registry/search-text-missing-400.yaml

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