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The 'API' does not work on our site - it results in errors. How can this be fixed?

I tried to use the 'API' as described by this page:

http://askbot.org/doc/api.html#api-v1-questions

Unfortunately the only 'API' url that works is: /api/v1/info/

The others result in emails being sent with content similar to the following:

ERROR (EXTERNAL IP): Internal Server Error: /api/v1/questions/

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\base.py", line 115, in get_response
    response = callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)

  File ".\askbot\views\api_v1.py", line 190, in questions
    datum = get_question_data(thread)

  File ".\askbot\views\api_v1.py", line 31, in get_question_data
    'added_at': thread.added_at.strftime('%s'),

ValueError: Invalid format string

Is this a known bug and how can we fix it? I am assuming this is something in the py file that is failing based on the error message

When I comment out the line that has the strftime and then retry the 'API' url, I get another error:

Server Error

500 - Internal server error.
There is a problem with the resource you are looking for, and it cannot be displayed.

It does not appear to me that this ever worked. How can this be fixed?

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tim
asked 2014-12-08 00:45:04 -0500
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Evgeny
updated 2014-12-13 17:29:36 -0500
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This bug is fixed in the repository, thank you for reporting. An update release will be made soon.

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answered 2014-12-13 17:28:55 -0500
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Great, thanks Evgeny!

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I commented out the lines that contained strftime() calls (4 of them) and the 'API' urls work, but now there are no date/time fields that are populated for those pieces of data.

We still have issues with incorrect information being displayed, but at least now the pages display

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answered 2014-12-08 13:11:43 -0500
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`datetime.strftime('%s')` works on some systems, but's a side-effect of a specific implementation, not intended by the library designers. I've added function `askbot.utils.functions.get_epoch_str` which formats the datetime objects as required here.

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