Issue with API search results not matching application results #98143

https://thebrain.zendesk.com/agent/tickets/98143

Hello,

Thank you for the detailed explanation and the screenshots, much appreciated. I can see how this discrepancy would be frustrating, so let me clarify what’s happening.

There are two separate issues at play here:

Web Client Search Index
- The incomplete results in the web interface are likely due to the search index being out of date for your Brain.
- As a workaround, please right-click the Brain in the Web Client’s Brain List and choose Rebuild Brain Index, then wait for the process to finish. This should refresh the search results.
API Search Behavior
- The API does not currently support retrieving all Thoughts in a Brain via a wildcard.
- Using * as queryText won’t return everything, it only looks for Thoughts that literally contain a * character in their name.
- At the moment, the API is designed for targeted searches, not complete Brain exports.

We’ve logged both the index refresh issue and the need for more flexible API search capabilities, and our team is actively reviewing them.

If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask. We are here for you.

Best regards,

John