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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi, Mehmet,</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">thanks for the notification! We'll
investigate the problem and come back to you.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Regards,<br>
Saulius<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2025-05-23 13:51, Mehmet Giritli -
STFC UKRI wrote:<br>
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Hi,</div>
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We'd like to report an issue we are facing with the COD's
Optimade API.</div>
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Using a SMILES string to search with COD website interface works
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<a href="https://www.crystallography.net/cod/search.php"
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SMILES: c1ccccc1</div>
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However, when the same SMILES value is used to query through
Optimade API, we get no results back (and no errors either).
Here is how we are searching with Optimade:</div>
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<a
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Please let me know if you need any further information.</div>
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Kind Regards,</div>
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Mehmet.</div>
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