Search result discrepancies

minss

There seem to be two discrepancies I've found

These two different searches yield different results for quotes:
Search 1 (single search):

https://api-eit.refinitiv.com/permid/search?q=aapl&num=100&start=1

Search 2 (combine results from multiple searches):

https://api-eit.refinitiv.com/permid/search?q=aapl&num=10&start=1
https://api-eit.refinitiv.com/permid/search?q=aapl&num=10&start=11
https://api-eit.refinitiv.com/permid/search?q=aapl&num=10&start=21
https://api-eit.refinitiv.com/permid/search?q=aapl&num=10&start=31
https://api-eit.refinitiv.com/permid/search?q=aapl&num=10&start=41
https://api-eit.refinitiv.com/permid/search?q=aapl&num=10&start=51
https://api-eit.refinitiv.com/permid/search?q=aapl&num=10&start=61
https://api-eit.refinitiv.com/permid/search?q=aapl&num=10&start=71

Quotes that show up in Search 1 but not in Search 2:

https://permid.org/1-25727419336
https://permid.org/1-236790138967

Quotes that show up in Search 2 but not in Search 1:

https://permid.org/1-25727145318

Another (minor but perhaps related) discrepancy is regarding the number of search results:

Sometimes (but not always) the "total" can be different, e.g.

"quotes": {
"entityType": "quotes",
"total": 75,
"start": 61,
"num": 10,
"entities": […]}

Whereas Search 1 consistently shows 74 results:

"quotes": {
"entityType": "quotes",
"total": 74,
"start": 1,
"num": 74,
"entities": […]}

This issue appears to affect some other tickers and @types too, not just AAPL, and not just Quotes (I'd be happy to provide more examples if required)

Jirapongse

@minss

Thank you for reaching out to us.

I can replicate this issue.

1.Num = 100

2026-05-14 09:50:33,260 -- openpermid -- DEBUG -- Request: https://api-eit.refinitiv.com/permid/search, {}, {'format': 'json', 'access-token': '<token>', 'q': 'aapl', 'entityType': 'quote', 'num': 100, 'order': 'rel', 'start': 1}

It randomly returns 74 or 75 items. When it returns 74 items, the https://permid.org/1-25727145318 is missing.

2.Num=10, start=1, 11, 21, 31, 41, 51, 61, 71

It also randomly returns 74 or 75 items in total. One ID is randomly missing.

I will contact the product team to investigate this issue.