Quick Search: Queries containing equal sign (=) failed

pillar/api/search/routes.py

@@ -49,13 +49,12 @@ def search_nodes():
     result = queries.do_node_search(searchword, terms, page_idx, project_id)
     return jsonify(result)
 
-@blueprint_search.route('/multisearch', methods=['GET'])
+@blueprint_search.route('/multisearch', methods=['POST'])
 def multi_search_nodes():
-    import json
     if len(request.args) != 1:
         log.info(f'Expected 1 argument, received {len(request.args)}')
 
-    json_obj = json.loads([a for a in request.args][0])
+    json_obj = request.json
     q = []
     for row in json_obj:
         q.append({

src/scripts/js/es6/common/quicksearch/MultiSearch.js

@@ -44,7 +44,13 @@ export class MultiSearch {
 
     thenExecute() {
         let data = JSON.stringify(this.getAllParams());
-        let rawAjax = $.getJSON(this.apiUrl, data);
+        let rawAjax = $.ajax({
+            url: this.apiUrl,
+            type: 'POST',
+            data: data,
+            dataType: 'json',
+            contentType: 'application/json; charset=UTF-8'
+        });
         let prettyPromise = rawAjax.then(this.parseResult.bind(this));
         prettyPromise['abort'] = rawAjax.abort.bind(rawAjax); // Hack to be able to abort the promise down the road
         return prettyPromise;