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I'm using the iTunes search API (more specifically this gem for rails) for an app where the most important part of the query is the genre. I have a checklist where the user can select a certain genre and the matching genreId will be searched for in the query. However, I cannot figure out what to put in the term field that will apply to all results returned, and I cannot omit that attribute because it is required. If I put in the name of the genre, like "Technology", then only podcasts with the word "technology" in the title or artist name are returned, which is not ideal. 

ITunesSearchAPI.search(:term=> "????", :genreId=> @genre_id , :country => "US", :entity=> "podcast", :media => "podcast", :limit => 15)

I've tried "+" since "URL encoding replaces spaces with the plus (+) character" according to the iTunes search API documentation. I've also tried "podcast", which produces the same issue as above. Is there any way to get around this issue?

T Edi
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You can't bypass term because it's required parameter.

To make url-encoded string you need to use URI::encode('string') method.

Like this:

require 'open-uri'
ITunesSearchAPI.search(:term=> URI::encode('Super mega podcast'), :genreId=> @genre_id , :country => "US", :entity=> "podcast", :media => "podcast", :limit => 15)
axvm
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