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Nov 7, 2011, 12:30:02 PM11/7/11
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Greetings

I just signed up for the Open Dems API account and received my API
Key. I spent my day yesterday developing an app using the service with
great success. However today when I try and access the information I
have been testing with I no longer get results, or the results are
incomplete.

You can see the app here:
http://www.dataffect.com/apps/ballottools/

To give you some insight as to how things work on my end, here is the
breakdown.

I have written a server side script that takes in a few parameters,
calls out to the lookup service and uses the results to place a marker
on a Google map with all the relevant information.

I was planning on deploying this application on Facebook , but I'm a
little scared to do that if it is not stable.

Here are a couple test URLs that throw errors.
Again yesterday this all worked fine.

The first is your example: it no longer includes the Geo location and
other information

http://services.dnc.org/places/lookup?address=2005%20Pimmit%20Dr&postal_code=22043&key=2532596a4b7d6ad9e9d1dc91043b3d6c2214daa9

Results:
region: "VA"
precinct_name: null
location_description: null
address: "7510 LISLE AVE"
hours: "6AM - 7PM"
latitude: null
precinct_code: null
postal_code: "220431050"
plus4: null
polling_location_contact_info: null
source: "VIP"
locality: "FALLS CHURCH"
precision: null
longitude: null
van_precinct_id: null
polling_location: "PIMMIT HILLS CENTER"


Second is going through my script and bombs completely, with no
results at all.
Note: the address is a polling place.

http://services.dnc.org/places/lookup?&address=4900%20South%20Lindbergh%20Boulevard%20&postalCode=63126&key=2532596a4b7d6ad9e9d1dc91043b3d6c2214daa9

region:"MO"
region_name:"Missouri"
phone:"8006698683"
website:"http://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/"
error: "No polling place found."
voter_information: "http://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/s_default.asp?
id=voters"


I'm excited to have this data available and look forward to it being
useable again.
Thank you very much.

Regards,
Don T
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