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Requests failing
Beküldte: Mathew FoscariniSTAFFMOD (2014. május 27. 10:12)
Hi,
Our API requests are failing. I logged in and looked at the stats to see if there was a reason, but nothing appears different on my profile page or API pages. I do see a spike of 5000 requests per day and then it drops off.
The spike in requests are not at all my intended usage of the API service, and I am investigating the cause. I'll be implementing an API daily limit control in my code to prevent such future spikes. The spike appears to be related to a code changes that I rolled out a few days ago.
I'm assuming that my API key has been disabled? if so, can I have it turned back on.
Thanks,
Travis Bell válaszolt
Beküldve: 2014. május 27. 11:02
Hi thinkingmedia,
If you're key is disabled, we would be returning a status code 10. I am pretty sure it's not, we have only disabled a handful of keys in 6 years.
What's an example request that is failing? We do have rate limiting in place which is outlined in the docs. Is it possible you're hitting the rate limit?
Mathew Foscarini válaszolt
Beküldve: 2014. május 27. 12:04
I only see the documents mention a limit of 10 requests per second, but I have our API service running with a fixed limit of 1 request every 2 seconds. With a retry interval of 30 seconds. It's suppose to check "now_playing" lists, and if it hasn't changed it will increase the delay for a recheck. It's suppose to only call the API a few times a day, and download new movies as they appear in the lists.
I think when it started failing it didn't record the failure as critical so it kept retrying every 30 seconds which caused the spike in requests. Unfortunately I don't log the response code for the failure (it's handled higher up in the code).
I'm happy to hear we haven't been disabled. I suspect that either I introduced a bug or maybe the API has changed. I'll look into it here and see what's going on. Thanks for the quick reply.
Mathew Foscarini válaszolt
Beküldve: 2014. május 27. 12:12
oh wow, this is embarrassing. The production server didn't have the API key configured. Everything is working now. I'll will implement improvements on monitoring the API service. I apologize for the false alarm. I am the only developer working on this project and it is overwhelming me as to how many things need my attention. With both back-end and front-end issues that constantly need work. I hope some day this is all worth it.
Travis Bell válaszolt
Beküldve: 2014. május 27. 15:19
Heh, no worries! Happens to all of us.
Cheers.