Search-postcode-or-place returns 500

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curl --location --request POST ‘https://api.nhs.uk/service-search/search-postcode-or-place?api-version=2&search=manchester’ --header ‘subscription-key: e065dbe14b074e918566188434ff7dda’

returns 500 with “optionalErrorName”: “We can’t find ‘manchester’”, …

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Hello nsenkevich,
Can you help point me towards the service you are using?
Example: Find a GP - NHS (www.nhs.uk)? This particular one only allows 8 characters (Postcode) and does not support partial postcode entries.
Thank you

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I’m trying to use this api endpoint with trial key see doc bellow

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Hi nsenkevich,

Please could you try the following cURL command …

curl --location 'https://api.nhs.uk/service-search/search-postcode-or-place?api-version=2&search=Manchester' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'subscription-key: e065dbe14b074e918566188434ff7dda' \
--data '{
  "filter": "OrganisationTypeId eq '\''DEN'\''",
  "top": 10,
  "skip": 0,
  "count": true
}'

This will return the following JSON response …

{
  "place": [
    {
      "Latitude": 53.478941671902611,
      "Longitude": -2.245277998298477,
      "text": "Manchester, North West",
      "url": "https://api.nhs.uk/service-search/search-postcode-or-place?api-version=1&search=Manchester&latitude=53.4789416719026&longitude=-2.24527799829848"
    },
    {
      "Latitude": 53.514265448236706,
      "Longitude": -2.4199003923191209,
      "text": "New Manchester, North West",
      "url": "https://api.nhs.uk/service-search/search-postcode-or-place?api-version=1&search=Manchester&latitude=53.5142654482367&longitude=-2.41990039231912"
    }
  ]
}

This is an example of when the search parameter matches more than one entry. In this situation you would need to send a second request to the API using one of the suggested endpoints that includes the more specific latitude and longitude.

I hope that helps.