httpbin.org is down

[color.r...@gmail.com]

In another thread, Steven Isley wrote:

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I'm running into the same issue. I was debugging my application just fine, then it stopped working. It seems the get_my_ip method in the psiturk_org_services.py file tries to call a remote website http://httpbin.org/ip in order to get the machines IP address as seen by a remote computer. Maybe that service is down? Not sure what the work around is for this. I'm a python newbie :(


I can confirm that http://httpbin.org/ip is down/slow, and that psiturk depends on it. I don't know of any fix right now other than "cabin mode".

[Todd Gureckis]

yikes, yes, that service is required and the psiturk client will fail if it is down.

we should open an issue on github to either replace this
service with something we have control over (e.g., hosting something similar on psiturk.org)
or provide a fall back service in case one doesn't work.

this service is needed to determine the user's "real" external ip address since if you are on wifi your
computer may report an internet DHCP address.

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[Todd Gureckis]

just confirmed via twitter that httpbin is down temporarily (via the author of that service)
https://twitter.com/kennethreitz

psiturk will return to life when this service gets this DNS bug sorted. hopefully not long.

psiturk --cabinmode is a good alternative if you are testing locally

[Steven Isley]

Thanks for looking into this Todd. I just checked this morning and it looks like httpbin is back up.

-steve