Corrupted zip fares file from opendata

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Eugene Mikhalev

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Feb 25, 2021, 2:49:33 AM2/25/21
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Does anyone have issues with https://opendata.nationalrail.co.uk/api/staticfeeds/2.0/fares ?

I've downloaded corrupted file every time (24, 25 Feb 2021). 
unzip /tmp/fares.zip 
Archive:  /tmp/fares.zip
  End-of-central-directory signature not found.  Either this file is not
  a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive.  In the
  latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
  the last disk(s) of this archive.

Danny Withington

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Feb 26, 2021, 5:39:58 AM2/26/21
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I've been encountering the same issue for the past few days now, unfortunately. 
The file I'm receiving is 29MB, which does seem a little smaller than usual.

Thanks, 
Danny

RailAleFan

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Feb 26, 2021, 5:55:52 AM2/26/21
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2 iterations of zip -FF can extract all the complete files on the remote chance that's of any use to anyone...!

$zip -FF dtd.fares.zip --out dtd.fares.ff.zip
Fix archive (-FF) - salvage what can
        zip warning: Missing end (EOCDR) signature - either this archive
                     is not readable or the end is damaged
Is this a single-disk archive?  (y/n): y
  Assuming single-disk archive
Scanning for entries...
 copying: RJFAF857.TVL  (1924 bytes)
 copying: RJFAF857.TJS  (1057 bytes)
 copying: RJFAF857.TPB  (6099 bytes)
 copying: RJFAF857.TCL  (183 bytes)
 copying: RJFAF857.TRR  (21565 bytes)
 copying: RJFAF857.TPK  (857 bytes)
 copying: RJFAF857.RLC  (7542 bytes)
 copying: RJFAF857.RCM  (8449 bytes)
 copying: RJFAF857.DIS  (14847 bytes)
 copying: RJFAF857.FRR  (1488 bytes)
 copying: RJFAF857.TOC  (1557 bytes)
 copying: RJFAF857.TSP  (19204 bytes)
 copying: RJFAF857.TAP  (3062 bytes)
 copying: RJFAF857.FFL
        zip warning: no end of stream entry found: RJFAF857.FFL
        zip warning: rewinding and scanning for later entries

(then for some reason you need to run zip -FF again on the out file which turns that into a working archive)

Danny Withington

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Feb 26, 2021, 2:06:52 PM2/26/21
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Thanks RailAleFan,

Tried this, and it worked a treat, but as you say, it only recovers the compete files.   Hopefully it'll get fixed soon.

Cheers,
Danny.

Danny Withington

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Mar 2, 2021, 3:40:54 AM3/2/21
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For those interested, I've just obtained a full (and non-corrupt) fares zip file via the usual means - https://opendata.nationalrail.co.uk/api/staticfeeds/2.0/fares

Cheers,
Danny 
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Eugene Mikhalev

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Sep 28, 2021, 8:49:01 AM9/28/21
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We have been encountering the same issue again for the last few days. The fares file is corrupted. Is anybody encountering the same? 
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