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penguinpablo (75)in #steemit • 6 years ago

How can I keep using the discussion queries in Steem.JS like steem.api.getDiscussionsByBlog() or steem.api.getDiscussionsByTrending()?

When I try these functions on api.steemitdev.com I get this error: RPCError: Server error.

6 years ago in #steemit by penguinpablo (75)

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roadscape (64) 6 years ago

Hi @penguinpablo, could you share the exact request? Working to get better error details exposed from the server but the most common cause is omitting some arguments.

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penguinpablo (75) 6 years ago (edited)

Hi @roadscape! Thanks for your response.
Here's the Javascript code:

steem.api.setOptions({url:'https://api.steemitdev.com'});
steem.api.getDiscussionsByBlog({tag:'penguinpablo',limit:1}, function(err, result) {
 console.log(err);
});

Results in:

RPCError: Server error

It works using api.steemit.com, but not on api.steemitdev.com.

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roadscape (64) 6 years ago

What if you specify "useAppbaseApi": true in the config?

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penguinpablo (75) 6 years ago

I tried

steem.api.setOptions({url:'https://api.steemitdev.com', useAppbaseApi:true});

...But unfortunately the same error.

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roadscape (64) 6 years ago

Ok I believe this is due to (1) using the legacy call format, combined with (2) not specifying start_author and start_permlink. If you include both of those keys and set them to blank, it should work. Please confirm that this solves the problem and we'll loosen the call format restriction.

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mcfarhat (70) 6 years ago

That nailed it, thank you!
And we don't even need to set the useAppbaseApi: true option

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roadscape (64) 6 years ago

👍I've gone ahead and made those two parameters optional again since a lot of calls seem to be omitting them. Also the API will be returning more helpful error messages now.

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penguinpablo (75) 6 years ago

Thanks a lot! It works now :)

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mcfarhat (70) 6 years ago

hey @roadscape,
facing same issue as reported by @penguinpablo, my function call is about discussions by created though.
I tried both steemjs (steem.api.getDiscussionsByCreated(query, async function (err, result)) and dsteem (client.database.getDiscussions('created', query)), both returning server errors when tested on https://api.steemitdev.com, while they work properly on https://api.steemit.com
useAppbaseApi did not solve it either for steemjs
Thoughts?

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roadscape (64) 6 years ago

See reply above and let me know if it helps.

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guiltyparties (70) 6 years ago (edited)

It's a steem-js issue, possibly pulling older version.

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