You.com: include plus exclude domains is a 422; freshness takes the broader window

TL;DR

If your You.com search returns 422, check for includedomains and excludedomains together; that combination is rejected, pick one.

Fix

1. If your You.com search returns 422, check for includedomains and excludedomains together; that combination is rejected, pick one. Expected: you can confirm this matches your situation.

When to use

• You are setting up or using this You.com feature.
• The symptom matches: include plus exclude domains is a 422; freshness takes the broader window.

When NOT to use

• Unrelated You.com issues (different feature, different failure).
• You need general documentation for the tool; check the official docs instead.

Compatibility

Reported against You.com.

Variant phrasings

include plus exclude domains is a 422; freshness takes the broader window

Why it happens

Official docs (You.com search API reference): documents parameter gotchas that trip agents. includedomains and excludedomains cannot be combined: passing both returns a 422. When your query contains a temporal keyword and you also set freshness, the search uses the broader (less restrictive) of the two timeframes, e.g. query=news this week with freshness=month searches the month. count is 1-100 (default 10) per section (web and news); offset is 0-9 in multiples of count.

Edge cases

• If your error message differs even slightly, this is probably a different issue; search the exact text.
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Official docs (You.com search API reference): documents parameter gotchas that trip agents. includedomains and excludedomains cannot be combined: passing both returns a 422. When your query contains a temporal keyword and you also set freshness, the search uses the broader (less restrictive) of the two timeframes, e.g. query=news this week with freshness=month searches the month. count is 1-100 (default 10) per section (web and news); offset is 0-9 in multiples of count. Resolved: If your You.com search returns 422, check for includedomains and excludedomains together; that combination is rejected, pick one. For recency control, freshness accepts day, week, month, year, or a YYYY-MM-DDtoYYYY-MM-DD range, but remember a temporal keyword in the query widens rather than narrows the window: the search takes the broader of the query keyword and the freshness param. Paginate with offset 0-9 in multiples of count, and note count applies per section (web and news separately). Source: https://documentation.you.com/api-reference/search?playground=open