From a454aa35c1c32d1bea2d648c65ff1abb50c2d7d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Raifer <martin@raifer.tech>
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 11:39:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix nominatim API search syntax

see https://github.com/osm-search/Nominatim/issues/3134
---
 modules/services/nominatim.js | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/services/nominatim.js b/modules/services/nominatim.js
index 3362d9f40..e0a9df8b1 100644
--- a/modules/services/nominatim.js
+++ b/modules/services/nominatim.js
@@ -81,8 +81,12 @@ export default {
 
 
     search: function (val, callback) {
-        var searchVal = encodeURIComponent(val);
-        var url = apibase + 'search/' + searchVal + '?limit=10&format=json';
+        const params = {
+            q: val,
+            limit:10,
+            format: 'json'
+        };
+        var url = apibase + 'search?' + utilQsString(params);
 
         if (_inflight[url]) return;
         var controller = new AbortController();