From 086a2959173f56fc27d9d55008dc66c4cba8d0bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Haley <>
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 17:56:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #751950: make content server ignore non-existent search
 restrictions.

---
 src/calibre/library/server/base.py | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/library/server/base.py b/src/calibre/library/server/base.py
index dba6abbfa5..eea28469a9 100644
--- a/src/calibre/library/server/base.py
+++ b/src/calibre/library/server/base.py
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ from calibre.library.server.xml import XMLServer
 from calibre.library.server.opds import OPDSServer
 from calibre.library.server.cache import Cache
 from calibre.library.server.browse import BrowseServer
+from calibre.utils.search_query_parser import saved_searches
+from calibre import prints
 
 
 class DispatchController(object): # {{{
@@ -178,7 +180,12 @@ class LibraryServer(ContentServer, MobileServer, XMLServer, OPDSServer, Cache,
     def set_search_restriction(self, restriction):
         self.search_restriction_name = restriction
         if restriction:
-            self.search_restriction = 'search:"%s"'%restriction
+            if restriction not in saved_searches().names():
+                prints('WARNING: Content server: search restriction ',
+                       restriction, ' does not exist')
+                self.search_restriction = ''
+            else:
+                self.search_restriction = 'search:"%s"'%restriction
         else:
             self.search_restriction = ''
         self.reset_caches()