From 3169b6ec3a20587c80387e334aeff8d09f562bf2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Cardinal <support@ayanova.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2020 20:15:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH]

---
 server/AyaNova/biz/Search.cs | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/Search.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/Search.cs
index e13c26e0..4c65083b 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/Search.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/Search.cs
@@ -116,7 +116,9 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 
             if (!searchParameters.IsValid)
             {
-                throw new System.ArgumentException("Search::DoSearch - Search request parameters must contain a phrase or tags");
+                //this is expected, don't throw, just return nothing                
+                //throw new System.ArgumentException("Search::DoSearch - Search request parameters must contain a phrase or tags");
+                return ReturnObject;
             }
 
             //IF PHRASE SPECIFIED