From ab3531df4948eec96c111a2041c224aa48fd6348 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrick Huck <phuck@lbl.gov>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:25:12 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] nested fields are not invalid

---
 mp_api/client/core/client.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mp_api/client/core/client.py b/mp_api/client/core/client.py
index e5845631..aa936db8 100644
--- a/mp_api/client/core/client.py
+++ b/mp_api/client/core/client.py
@@ -458,7 +458,9 @@ def _query_resource(
             if isinstance(fields, str):
                 fields = [fields]
 
-            invalid_fields = [f for f in fields if f not in self.available_fields]
+            invalid_fields = [
+                f for f in fields if f.split(".", 1)[0] not in self.available_fields
+            ]
             if invalid_fields:
                 raise MPRestError(
                     f"invalid fields requested: {invalid_fields}. Available fields: {self.available_fields}"