Empty search

HTTP 400 · bad-search — ← all Webpath errors

The search query was empty.

How to recover. Provide terms: GET /?search=.

Example response

{
  "type": "https://muse.as/a/webpath/errors/bad-search",
  "title": "Empty search",
  "status": 400,
  "detail": "Provide terms: GET /?search=<terms>."
}

This page documents the bad-search error type returned in Webpath RFC 7807 application/problem+json responses. The machine-readable detail field carries a recovery hint you can show a user verbatim — see the Spec §12 and API Reference.