No result when Beacon API query without beacon parameter

[Jack Ow]

Hi ,

I've tried this beacon API query on postman. It did work but as I need to query all sites, removing the beacon parameter gives no result. Can you advise on the right parameter to use for querying all sites?

https://beacon-network.org/api/responses?chrom=17&pos=41244981&allele=G&ref=GRCh37&beacon=[amplab,brca-exchange]

Without beacon parameter :

https://beacon-network.org/api/responses?chrom=17&pos=41244981&allele=G&ref=GRCh37

Thanks and best,

Jack

[Jack Ow]

[Jonathan Fuerth]

Hello Jack,

There is currently an issue with the beacon-network.org implementation where the entire request will fail if any of the requests to the backend beacon APIs fail with a timeout.

Most beacons respond within the timeout, but a few of them are often too slow. The best solution of course is for us to fix that bug in the beacon-network.org code.

In the meantime, here is a workaround you could try:

 1. use the /api/beacons endpoint to list all the beacons

 2. group the beacons into clusters of 3-4, and send one request per cluster similar to the example request you provided in your message

 3. for the groups that fail, try querying each beacon from that group one at a time. You will likely see one of the beacons in that group times out, and the others give a valid response.

Hope that helps!

Jonathan

On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 11:07 PM Jack Ow <oou...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi ,

I've tried this beacon API query on postman. It did work but as I need to query all sites, removing the beacon parameter gives no result. Can you advise on the right parameter to use for querying all sites?

https://beacon-network.org/api/responses?chrom=17&pos=41244981&allele=G&ref=GRCh37&beacon=[amplab,brca-exchange]

Without beacon parameter :

https://beacon-network.org/api/responses?chrom=17&pos=41244981&allele=G&ref=GRCh37

Thanks and best,

Jack

On Wednesday, 28 July 2021 at 15:19:43 UTC+8 Jack Ow wrote:

Hi ,

I've tried this beacon API query on postman. It did work but as I need to query all sites, removing the beacon parameter gives no result. Can you advise on the right parameter to use for querying all sites?

https://beacon-network.org/api/responses?chrom=17&pos=41244981&allele=G&ref=GRCh37&beacon=[amplab,brca-exchange]

Without beacon parameter :

https://beacon-network.org/api/responses?chrom=17&pos=41244981&allele=G&ref=GRCh37

Thanks and best,

Jack

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[Jack Ow]

Hi Jonathan,

Thanks for the reply and workaround.

Best,

Jack