Truncated content on v2.0_RC1

[Paulo Graça]

Hi,

We are experiencing some problems with content obtained from the API version 2.0_RC1. When fetching activities from the user 0000-0002-2155-5625, we are receiving truncated content.

You can replicate this issue by doing the following (you must replace XXXXXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXXXXX with a valid token):

curl -H "Content-Type: application/vdn.orcid+xml" -H "Authorization: Bearer XXXXXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXXXXX" -X GET "https://api.orcid.org/v2.0_rc1/0000-0002-2155-5625/activities" -L -i

 

You will receive xml content that ends without closing all tags. In this case, It will end with:

                <work:external-identifiers>

                    <work:work-external-identifier>

                        <common:external-identifier-url></common:external-identifier-url>

                        <common:relationship>self</common:relationship>

                        <work:external-identifier-type>other-id</work:external-identifier-type>

[Wilmers, Catalina]

Hi Paulo,

Thanks for bringing this error to our attention. That record has a work on it which has an empty external identifier, and this is causing the error with reading the record via the 2.0_rc1 API.

It looks like we have a few works with a similar issue- though it's no longer possible to add a work with an empty identifier. We will look into cleaning up these records, but there's a shorter term fix for you. The rc2 version of 2.0 will return the empty common external identifier tags instead of failing. If you can switch to v2.0_rc2 you'll be able to read the entire activities list of this record.

Best,

-Catalina

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[Paulo Graça]

Thank you so much for your answer!

You recommended the use of V2.0_RC2. As refered in https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/orcid-api-users/yEBTOqNeBIc, there are no plans for major changes in RC3. For you, why shouldn't we use this version instead?

Best regards,

Paulo Graça