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v1 list_monitors cannot find monitor tags with spaces

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
38/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
api

Research direction

Start with the v1 MonitorsApi.list_monitors call shown in the report and inspect how the monitor_tags query value is encoded or passed. Reproduce the case using the provided Python script and a tag named "Tag With Spaces". Done means list_monitors returns the monitor matching that tag, with coverage for the spaced-tag case.

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Description

kind/bug stale

Describe the bug
If a monitor has a tag whose key has spaces in it, then list_monitors() cannot find it by tag.

To Reproduce

  1. Go to 'Monitors'
  2. Click on 'Edit' (pencil icon) for any monitor
  3. Scroll down to 'tags'
  4. Add a new tag "Tag With Spaces"
  5. click 'Save'

run following python script:

from datadog_api_client.v1 import ApiClient, ApiException, Configuration
from datadog_api_client.v1.api import downtimes_api, monitors_api
from datadog_api_client.v1.models import *
import os

configuration = Configuration()
api_client = ApiClient(configuration)
monitor_api = monitors_api.MonitorsApi(api_client)

rv = monitor_api.list_monitors(with_downtimes=True, monitor_tags="Tag With Spaces")
print(len(rv))

Expected behavior
list_monitors() returns least one monitor that matches the tag

Environment and Versions (please complete the following information):
Python 3.11.4
datadog-api-client==2.17.0

There is nothing in API documentation or UI to suggest that tags with spaces are not supported.

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