From ec94253d6c5ef38ee5d5d1c7bc25fff53cd6be82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pieter Vander Vennet <pietervdvn@posteo.net>
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2023 02:45:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: escape special characters for wikipedia search, might
 improve #1500

---
 Logic/Web/Wikidata.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Logic/Web/Wikidata.ts b/Logic/Web/Wikidata.ts
index aed400358c..7842be8a5e 100644
--- a/Logic/Web/Wikidata.ts
+++ b/Logic/Web/Wikidata.ts
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ export default class Wikidata {
             SERVICE wikibase:mwapi {
                 bd:serviceParam wikibase:api "EntitySearch" .
                 bd:serviceParam wikibase:endpoint "www.wikidata.org" .
-                bd:serviceParam mwapi:search "${text}" .
+                bd:serviceParam mwapi:search "${text.replace(/\\/g, "\\\\").replace(/"/g, '\\"')}" .
                 bd:serviceParam mwapi:language "${options.lang}" .
                 ?item wikibase:apiOutputItem mwapi:item .
                 ?num wikibase:apiOrdinal true .