fixed --parameters parsing

internetarchive/cli/cli_utils.py

@@ -89,17 +89,18 @@ def validate_identifier(identifier):
     return identifier
 
 
-def prepare_args_dict(args, parser, arg_type="metadata", many=False):
+def prepare_args_dict(args, parser, arg_type="metadata", many=False, query_string=False):
     if not args:
         return {}
     try:
         if many:
             return get_args_dict_many_write([item for sublist in args for item in sublist])
         else:
             if isinstance(args[0], list):
-                return get_args_dict([item for sublist in args for item in sublist])
+                return get_args_dict([item for sublist in args for item in sublist],
+                                     query_string=True)
             else:
-                return get_args_dict(args)
+                return get_args_dict(args, query_string=True)
     except ValueError as e:
         parser.error(f"--{arg_type} must be formatted as --{arg_type}='key:value'")
 

internetarchive/cli/ia_search.py

@@ -162,8 +162,13 @@ def main(args: argparse.Namespace, parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
     """
     try:
         # Validate args.
-        args.parameters = prepare_args_dict(args.parameters, parser=parser)
-        args.header = prepare_args_dict(args.header, parser=parser)
+        args.parameters = prepare_args_dict(args.parameters,
+                                            parser=parser,
+                                            arg_type='parameters',
+                                            query_string=True)
+        args.header = prepare_args_dict(args.header,
+                                        parser=parser,
+                                        arg_type='header')
 
         # Prepare fields and sorts.
         fields = prepare_values(args.field)