Getting 410 Gone codes when issuing signatures GET requests

Dylan Husted

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Oct 13, 2015, 9:55:14 PM10/13/15

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Currently, when I issue a simple GET request for signatures on a particular petition, I get a 410 Gone code. This code isn't in the Change.org documentation and the petitions I'm requesting are live and accessible on Change.org.

To provide an example:

The documentation says to get signatures like this: "https://api.change.org/v1/petitions/48503/signatures?&page_size=2&sort=time_desc"
This returns a 401 Unauthorized code for me
I added api_key info to provide authorization like this: "https://api.change.org/v1/petitions/48503/signatures?&page_size=2&sort=time_desc&api_key=********************" (api_key starred out for example, this obviously isn't the actual implementation)
Previously, this was working. As of yesterday, it is returning a 410 code.

Any idea why I'm unable to retrieve signatures all of the sudden? There hasn't been a new commit to the Change API master branch since this stopped working.

Stephan Schlögl

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Oct 20, 2015, 1:55:07 PM10/20/15

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Hi,
I'am having the same issue here. Apparently this request is now deprecrated. I do get the following

    "result": "deprecated",
    "error": "This enpoint is no longer supported. You can get the most recent 10 signatures by using the `/recent` endpoint."

Which explains the issue but it is a great pity since this endpoint was very useful. Not sure why they removed it.

Best,
stephan

Dylan Husted

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Oct 20, 2015, 4:02:38 PM10/20/15

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Great catch. It's too bad they removed it but maybe I can still get a signature count at least, with the '/recent' endpoint. I'll check later tonight.

Best,

Dylan

Mark Dimas

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Oct 20, 2015, 4:06:07 PM10/20/15

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Hi Dylan,

Fetching the petition itself will include a `signature_count` field.

Mark

Dylan Husted

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Oct 20, 2015, 4:07:53 PM10/20/15

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Oh that's great to know! Thanks Mark.

Best,

Dylan

Craig Jones

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Oct 27, 2015, 12:32:26 PM10/27/15

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Hi Dylan,

Disappointed the /signatures endpoint got removed :(

I've tried the /recent enpoint but it appears that it just displays the first 10 signatures and not the latest.
Any idea on how to get the most recent from this endpoint?

Many thanks

Dylan Husted

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Oct 30, 2015, 6:09:59 PM10/30/15

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Interesting - you should be able to get the 10 most recent signatures with the '/recent' endpoint. If it's just returning the first 10 based off whatever way they're sorted (if not date/time most recent, then presumably id or date/time oldest), then that's a bug and you should create an issue ticket on their Github repo.