API Query TastyPie error

[Gregory LeBlanc]

Hi all -- I'm having a problem with the CRITs API. I'm making a POST request to submit an Indicator and only on certain requests does it fail with the following error:

{"error_message": "settings.DATABASES is improperly configured. Please supply the ENGINE value. Check settings documentation for more details.", "traceback": "Traceback (most recent call last):\n\n  File \"/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/tastypie/resources.py\", line 219, in wrapper\n    response = callback(request, *args, **kwargs)\n\n  File \"/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/tastypie/resources.py\", line 450, in dispatch_list\n    return self.dispatch('list', request, **kwargs)\n\n  File \"/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/tastypie_mongoengine/resources.py\", line 430, in dispatch\n    return self._wrap_request(request, lambda: super(MongoEngineResource, self).dispatch(request_type, request, **kwargs))\n\n  File \"/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/tastypie_mongoengine/resources.py\", line 393, in _wrap_request\n    return fun()\n\n  File \"/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/tastypie_mongoengine/resources.py\", line 430, in <lambda>\n    return self._wrap_request(request, lambda: super(MongoEngineResource, self).dispatch(request_type, request, **kwargs))\n\n  File \"/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/tastypie/resources.py\", line 482, in dispatch\n    response = method(request, **kwargs)\n\n  File \"/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/utils/decorators.py\", line 144, in inner\n    with self:\n\n  File \"/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/transaction.py\", line 150, in __enter__\n    if not connection.get_autocommit():\n\n  File \"/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/backends/base/base.py\", line 286, in get_autocommit\n    self.ensure_connection()\n\n  File \"/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/backends/dummy/base.py\", line 21, in complain\n    raise ImproperlyConfigured(\"settings.DATABASES is improperly configured. \"\n\nImproperlyConfigured: settings.DATABASES is improperly configured. Please supply the ENGINE value. Check settings documentation for more details.\n"}

It looks like it stopped working a few months ago, I don't remember making any changes on the box at that time. It's been pretty rock solid so far.

Keep in mind that I am submitting thousands of indicators per day, it only seems to be URL objects in the Indicator TLO that are failing. Same code, etc. 

My pip freeze looks like the following:

amqp==2.1.0

anyjson==0.3.3

billiard==3.5.0.1

biplist==1.0.1

celery==3.1.24

defusedxml==0.4.1

Django==1.8.15

django-celery==3.1.17

django-tastypie==0.13.3

django-tastypie-mongoengine==0.4.6

future==0.15.2

kombu==3.0.37

lxml==3.6.4

M2Crypto==0.25.1

mongoengine==0.8.8

olefile==0.43

pefile==2016.3.28

Pillow==3.4.1

pydeep==0.2

pyimpfuzzy==0.1

pymongo==2.7.2

pyparsing==2.1.10

python-dateutil==2.5.3

python-ldap==2.4.27

python-magic==0.4.6

python-mimeparse==1.5.3

pytz==2016.7

PyYAML==3.12

requests==2.11.1

simplejson==3.8.2

six==1.10.0

typing==3.5.2.2

ushlex==0.99

vine==1.1.2

You are using 

[Gregory LeBlanc]

Stand down, I figured this out.

For anyone searching -- this is caused by trying to insert an Indicator TLO via the Indicator API with a "Type" that doesn't exist. Unsure why it provides that error, but there ya go!