# API - Search query enhancement **URL:** \ **Category:** Dev/API Corner\ **Tags:** other-dev\ **Created:** [January 20, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-search-query-enhancement/132235 "2016-01-20T18:44:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TorUse](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/toruse/32/6345_2.png) [@TorUse](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TorUse)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-search-query-enhancement/132235/1 "2016-01-20T18:44:34Z")
Hello Plex devs, I am working on a cool third party app which extensively use the search API of Plex. While doing some testing, I have noticed some scenario that could be improved when sending a query without special characters and the movie title contains some. Example: search for “contre enquete” --\> Movie is named “Contre-enquête” --\> No result search for “La planete des singes L affrontement” --\> Movie is named “La planète des singes - L’affrontement” --\> No result Please let me know if you need more details. ---
**Author:** ![TorUse](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/toruse/32/6345_2.png) [@TorUse](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TorUse)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2016, 9:31am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-search-query-enhancement/132235/2 "2016-01-25T09:31:07Z")
@elan Is it possible? ---
**Author:** ![TorUse](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/toruse/32/6345_2.png) [@TorUse](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TorUse)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 8:57am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-search-query-enhancement/132235/3 "2016-01-27T08:57:30Z")
It’s the same when searching for movies in plex official apps ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-search-query-enhancement/132235/4 "2020-01-08T19:54:38Z")