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#30 From: "david.marr" <david.marr@...>
Date: Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:11 pm
Subject: Re: results, no results...
david.marr
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--- In ydn-answers@yahoogroups.com, "chris_draycott" <draycott@...> wrote:
>
> --- In ydn-answers@yahoogroups.com, "samafutt" <samafutt@> wrote:
> >
> > I got an error with 'service temporary unavailable'. And it happens
> > 10%...
> >
> Thanks for the information. We will investigate.
>
any updates on this issue? still seeing requests coming back with
empty result sets a small % of the time.

#31 From: "Shanu Gulati" <shanugulatix@...>
Date: Sun Dec 3, 2006 9:58 am
Subject: Invalid appid while fetching Yahoo Answers
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Does anybody ever got this error while using Yahoo Answers API?
Here is the error I am getting while using Answers API:

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes" ?>
- <ResultSet xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns="urn:yahoo:answers" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:yahoo:answers
http://answers.yahooapis.com/AnswersService/V1/QuestionResponse.xsd">
   <Error>The following errors were detected</Error>
   <Message>Invalid appid</Message>
   </ResultSet>
- <!--  ws01.search.scd.yahoo.com compressed/chunked Sun Dec  3
01:49:08 PST 2006
   -->

My App ID Very Much correct and the same id is working Yahoo Search
APIs. But still I am getting this error. If anybody have also facing
this problem then please tell me the solution.

Thanks

#32 From: "chris_draycott" <draycott@...>
Date: Mon Dec 4, 2006 5:39 pm
Subject: Re: Invalid appid while fetching Yahoo Answers
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Does your appid always fail, or just sometimes? What is the request
you are making that is failing? Does it fail on all API's, or just one?

#33 From: "Shanu Gulati" <shanugulatix@...>
Date: Tue Dec 5, 2006 4:58 am
Subject: Re: Invalid appid while fetching Yahoo Answers
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--- In ydn-answers@yahoogroups.com, "chris_draycott" <draycott@...>
wrote:
>
> Does your appid always fail, or just sometimes? What is the request
> you are making that is failing? Does it fail on all API's, or just
one?
>

Thanks for response Chris.
I think I solved the problem.
There is a bug in Yahoo Answers API and
AppID must not include any Special in that
e.g. @,. etc. etc.
So, There was a special symbol in my AppID and
due to that it was not working. I have created
new AppId with Yahoo (without any special character)
and now it is woring fine.

#34 From: "suvendu.sahoo" <suvendu2020@...>
Date: Sat Dec 16, 2006 10:15 pm
Subject: Yahoo answer - through SMS
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Hi

Does anybody know if Yahoo Answer can accept questions through SMS /
Text Message ? Also, if it can respond back through SMS  ?

Do they have plans to start this ?

Suvendu

#35 From: "Greg Gershman" <greggersh@...>
Date: Mon Jan 15, 2007 3:20 am
Subject: Posting questions via the API
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Any plans to add support for posting questions to Y! Answers via the
API?  I could understand why not, but I'm curious if it has been
considered.  Thanks!

#36 From: "rothencharl" <rothencharl@...>
Date: Thu Jan 18, 2007 11:53 am
Subject: problems with json-content in YAHOO!Clever-application
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hello!
since yesterday my application isnt working anymore...i get the
following javascript-error-message:

unterminated string literal

"Content" : "does anyone know how to recruit EVERYONE (all 108 stars)...

but this is basically the data i receive from yahoo by sending the
following request:

http://answers.yahooapis.com/AnswersService/V1/questionSearch?appid=YahooDemo&qu\
ery=stars&output=json&callback=showResults

does anybody know what to do?

have a nice day.

#37 From: "Karl Roth" <rothencharl@...>
Date: Thu Jan 18, 2007 12:45 pm
Subject: errror message concerning json-content
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hello!

i get the following javascript-error-message:

unterminated string literal
        "Content" : "Two cars of masses m1 and m2 collide at an intersection.
Before ...


i send this request:

http://answers.yahooapis.com/AnswersService/V1/questionSearch?appid=YahooDemo&qu\
ery=cars&output=json&callback=showResults

i dont have a clue what to do, because i dont have any influence to the data
i receive from yahoo, of course...

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#38 From: "Michael Zhang" <juntask@...>
Date: Thu Feb 8, 2007 8:49 pm
Subject: The "<Message>Invalid start</Message>" error
mitiper
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Hi,
Does Yahoo Answer limit the number of searchable questions?

I tried to use
http://answers.yahooapis.com/AnswersService/V1/getByCategory?appid=YahooDemo&cat\
egory_id=396545664&start=2000

and it give me the "invalid start" error. There are more than 20,000
questions in the category so 2,000 should not be a problem.

BTW, how can I use multiple countries? using something like
"region=us,ca,uk"?

#39 From: "Andy (or Bee)" <stickercam@...>
Date: Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:12 pm
Subject: Re: results, no results...
stickercam
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Hi,

I think I'm having similar problems.. except for me it's 90% of the
time I get an error, When I enter my query into a browser I sometimes
get this server response:

HTTP Error 408 / 409 - Not acceptable / Resource conflict
Internet Explorer

it used to work ok (not played much with the answers api lately so
would have been late December last year) The same query will work
eventually and return the correct result set.

  -Andy


--- In ydn-answers@yahoogroups.com, "david.marr" <david.marr@...> wrote:
>
> --- In ydn-answers@yahoogroups.com, "chris_draycott" <draycott@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In ydn-answers@yahoogroups.com, "samafutt" <samafutt@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I got an error with 'service temporary unavailable'. And it happens
> > > 10%...
> > >
> > Thanks for the information. We will investigate.
> >
> any updates on this issue? still seeing requests coming back with
> empty result sets a small % of the time.
>

#40 From: "ckireyev" <kirill.kireyev@...>
Date: Fri Feb 9, 2007 5:23 pm
Subject: ERROR 403: Forbidden
ckireyev
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What does this error mean? It worked yesterday, for the same exact
query (see below). Does it mean I exceeded my limit?

Query:

"http://answers.yahooapis.com/AnswersService/V1/getByUser?appid=<...>
&user_id=1ccf4408a6862b6272c7872e63b19c51aa
&type=resolved
&filter=question&results=50
&start=0"

Thanks,
Kirill

#41 From: "Michael Zhang" <juntask@...>
Date: Fri Feb 9, 2007 4:28 pm
Subject: Is this group dead?
mitiper
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the latest msg is Jan 18th. Where is teh group owner?
Can we have a new admin if the previous owen has gone or be busy?

#42 From: "deepa.paranjpe" <deepa.paranjpe@...>
Date: Tue Mar 6, 2007 12:58 am
Subject: Results returned from the answers api.
deepa.paranjpe
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Hello all,

I use the answers api to the question text for a given qid using -->
"http://answers.yahooapis.com/AnswersService/V1/getQuestion?

However, the results contain the encoded character set for specical
characters --> (' for a single quote and so on)
Due to this, my server cannot read anything after & and the text input
is broken.

Now I am trying to use French characters and it is going to be
horrible for that.

What's the easiest way to handle this?

Thanks,
Deepa

#43 From: "sHABDA rAAJ(dicky)" <shabda8@...>
Date: Sat Mar 31, 2007 5:04 pm
Subject: Python answers API
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I have written a Python wrapper over Answers, it can be found at
http://code.google.com/p/pynswers/.
Documentation can be read at http://code.google.com/p/pynswers/wiki/
UsageInstructions

Hope you find it useful.

#44 From: Jeremy Zawodny <jzawodn@...>
Date: Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:14 am
Subject: Re: Results returned from the answers api.
jzawodn
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Not to sound dismissive, but... fix your server?

If you know the data is  coming back in a given format, your sever needs to be able to handle that.  Or am I missing something?

Jeremy

deepa.paranjpe wrote:
Hello all, I use the answers api to the question text for a given qid using --> "http://answers.yahooapis.com/AnswersService/V1/getQuestion?
However, the results contain the encoded character set for specical
characters --> (&#39; for a single quote and so on)
Due to this, my server cannot read anything after & and the text input
is broken.
Now I am trying to use French characters and it is going to be
horrible for that.
What's the easiest way to handle this?
Thanks,
Deepa
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#45 From: Jeremy Zawodny <jzawodn@...>
Date: Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:58 pm
Subject: Re: Python answers API
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Thanks for letting us know.  We'll post a pointer to it on the YDN blog today.

Jeremy

sHABDA rAAJ(dicky) wrote:
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#46 From: "pawelmas" <pawelmas@...>
Date: Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:21 pm
Subject: URLs returned by API do not work in Firefox
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The URLs returned in the API do not work correctly in Firefox
(returning "There was a problem performing that action, please try
again later"). Work well in IE.

Example:
<Link>
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=20070410224242AAu4B1u
</Link>

#47 From: Jeremy Zawodny <jzawodn@...>
Date: Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:07 pm
Subject: Re: URLs returned by API do not work in Firefox
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Strange.  That URL works just fine for me in Firefox 2.0.

Can you try again?  It sounds like a transient problem.

Jeremy

pawelmas wrote:
The URLs returned in the API do not work correctly in Firefox
(returning "There was a problem performing that action, please try
again later"). Work well in IE.
Example:
<Link>
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=20070410224242AAu4B1u
</Link>
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#48 From: "pawelmas" <pawelmas@...>
Date: Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:25 pm
Subject: Re: URLs returned by API do not work in Firefox
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You are right. Seems resolved now.
Pawel.

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> Strange.  That URL works just fine for me in Firefox 2.0.
>
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>
> Jeremy
>
> pawelmas wrote:
> > The URLs returned in the API do not work correctly in Firefox
> > (returning "There was a problem performing that action, please try
> > again later"). Work well in IE.
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> > Example:
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#49 From: "icomotionltd" <johan.terpstra@...>
Date: Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:39 pm
Subject: Empty XML ResultSet on non-English multiword questionSearch queries
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(Apologies for posting this in the wrong section a few weeks back... -
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ydn-php/message/193)

Hi List,

It seems to me like the Yahoo (Answers) API has an issue with
multi-word search phrases in non-English regions. I came across this
by searching for questions and answers in region e1, En Espanyol.

Example:

If you enter "consultoria" in a questionSearch with Region set to En
Espanyol, I get this XML API document:

http://answers.yahooapis.com/AnswersService/V1/questionSearch?appid=YahooDemo&qu\
ery=CONSULTORIA®ion=e1

Plenty of results. At the top I see "una empresa de consultoria que
ayude a contactar proveedores para una empresa de comercio informall?"

Taking a phrase instead of one word from that snippet we would expect
the same result again. However:

http://answers.yahooapis.com/AnswersService/V1/questionSearch?appid=YahooDemo&qu\
ery=consultoria%20que%20ayude®ion=e1

It returns an empty result set. I tried this on all individual Spanish
regions and all seem to get that.

Now let's try that in English:

http://answers.yahooapis.com/AnswersService/V1/questionSearch?appid=YahooDemo&qu\
ery=ubuntu

Pick a phrase out of the first result:

http://answers.yahooapis.com/AnswersService/V1/questionSearch?appid=YahooDemo&qu\
ery=safe%20to%20install%20ubuntu


Bingo, results.

At first I thought maybe it's to do with character sets and escaping but
even the plainest of non-english phrases fail to return results.

Another example, now German:

http://answers.yahooapis.com/AnswersService/V1/questionSearch?appid=YahooDemo&qu\
ery=karlsruhe®ion=de

Take a multi-word phrase from the first result:

http://answers.yahooapis.com/AnswersService/V1/questionSearch?appid=YahooDemo&qu\
ery=hochschul%20internes%20Auswahlverfahren®ion=de

No results!

But note how the actual German Yahoo! Answers does find it:
http://de.answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result;_ylt=Ak8P0gwBIeQpIRsiSLMsgNXuCQ\
x.?p=hochschul+internes+Auswahlverfahren


I hope it's clear what I mean.

Plus signs instead of ascii encoded spaces makes no difference.

Please advise whether this is a Yahoo API bug - if so whether there's
a work-around or fix coming - or whether I'm doing something wrong here.

PS Would love to see "a phrase", [direct] and -negative matching!

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#50 From: "h9b41r871" <maggymaggymaggy@...>
Date: Fri Aug 10, 2007 9:22 am
Subject: can I obtain voting information (no of thumbs down and thumbs up) by YahooAPI
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Hi all,

I have tried using API on a few question ids, my question is can I
obtain no of voting for each answer for the questions returned?

regards

maggy

#51 From: "jah_canal_alarm" <jah_canal_alarm@...>
Date: Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:17 pm
Subject: Failed application id session.
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I have made several attempts to generate an application id.  In each
case I filled out the provided form, received text to be placed in a
file and uploaded to the site's root folder. Having done so I have
successfully verified via the registration site file check. When I
continue I receive a page containing the following:

--------------------------------------------------
Congratulations, jah_canal_alarm, your application is now registered!
Yeah!

     * Your application id is

To view your current application ids, click here.

You may want to print this page for your records.

Here's what to do next.
---------------------------------------------------

The input data which generated this message was:

---------------------------------------------------
*Yahoo ID: jah_canal_alarm
*Developer/Company Name: Canal Alarm
*Product name: Conduit Monkey
*Web Application URL: 123securityproducts.com
*Contact email: james.herndon@...
  * james.herndon@...

*Description of application:
(250 characters or less): Application for managing store catalog data.
---------------------------------------------------

Assistance in this matter would be deeply appreciated<grin>


Jim

#52 From: "h9b41r871" <maggymaggymaggy@...>
Date: Tue Sep 11, 2007 3:53 am
Subject: http response code: 403
h9b41r871
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Hi all,

I attempted to use the api, and received http response 403, forbidden/
unauthorized after 1000<request< 2000 .  I understand there is a daily
limit, however I think I haven't exceeded the daily limit yet.

is this problem is due to daily limet? should I wait to the next day to
continue downloading the data from Yahoo Answers or is there any good
solution to it?

Looking forwardto your reply, I'll highly appreciate it.

regards
maggy

#53 From: "mansimumbai1985" <mansimumbai1985@...>
Date: Wed Sep 5, 2007 2:28 pm
Subject: query having OR ed words
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can u tel me how to construct a query on answers api having multiple
search terms which need to be ORed.............

#54 From: "orianavim" <orianavim@...>
Date: Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:15 pm
Subject: The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden.
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Hi,

i'm building a new application using yahoo answers API. after i didn't
some "over-loading" yesterday i'm start getting this error:

"The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden.".

what the reason i'm getting it? i thought that if i'm exceeding my
request limit i should receieve the appropriate XML.

please help!!

thanks.

#55 From: "orianavim" <orianavim@...>
Date: Sat Aug 25, 2007 11:08 pm
Subject: Re: ERROR 403: Forbidden
orianavim
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did you figured out a solution for this issue?

--- In ydn-answers@yahoogroups.com, "ckireyev" <kirill.kireyev@...>
wrote:
>
> What does this error mean? It worked yesterday, for the same exact
> query (see below). Does it mean I exceeded my limit?
>
> Query:
>
> "http://answers.yahooapis.com/AnswersService/V1/getByUser?appid=<...>
> &user_id=1ccf4408a6862b6272c7872e63b19c51aa
> &type=resolved
> &filter=question&results=50
> &start=0"
>
> Thanks,
> Kirill
>

#56 From: "h9b41r871" <maggymaggymaggy@...>
Date: Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:56 am
Subject: search by category returns no result after 200th request of 50 questions each
h9b41r871
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Dear all,

how to obtain questions by category from a period of date.
I tried to use search by category, with order: date_asc. At each
request, I set maximum questions = 50. When I use date_desc option,
the request behaves similarly after less than 100 requests.

these are what I have attempted:
After the 200th request (question 10000), on the subsequent requests,
using Date_asc option:
first request I obtain the questions at Dec 2005
at 200th request I obtain questions dated July 2006

using date_desc option:
first request I obtain Sept 2007
after around 100 requests, I obtain questions dated August 2007

so, I still need questions from july 2006 to july 2007. Anyway to
obtain these questions?

best regards

maggy anastasia

#57 From: "mansimumbai1985" <mansimumbai1985@...>
Date: Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:14 pm
Subject: Re: query having OR ed words
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can somebody please answer my question?



--- In ydn-answers@yahoogroups.com, "mansimumbai1985"
<mansimumbai1985@...> wrote:
>
> can u tel me how to construct a query on answers api having multiple
> search terms which need to be ORed.............
>

#58 From: "Ori Anavim" <orianavim@...>
Date: Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:38 am
Subject: Re: query having OR ed words
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I'm not sure I know how to do such a thing. I just used it for the get category
function (and took it as a block)
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From: "mansimumbai1985" <mansimumbai1985@...>

Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:28:32
To:ydn-answers@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ydn-answers] query having OR ed words


can u tel me how to construct a query on answers api having multiple
  search terms which need to be ORed.............

#59 From: "Chirag Shah" <chirag@...>
Date: Sun Sep 23, 2007 5:44 pm
Subject: Getting questions for a certain date
chirag_iit
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Hello,

I was wondering if there is a way for getting all the questions for a
certain date. I know there's date range parameter for Answers APIs,
but it doesn't do any good given that you can get only up to 1000
results in  return.

Chirag

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