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[Post New]15/03/2009 23:15:17
    Subject: No Response/Timeout
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jandtjolly



Joined: 15/03/2009 23:08:45
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When I try to convert an RSS feed to a geoRSS the service never responds. Take the following URL for example - http://ws.geonames.org/rssToGeoRSS?feedUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fsports.yahoo.com%2Ftop%2Frss.xml

Is it something I'm doing or is the service experiencing difficulties?
Thank you.
[Post New]18/03/2009 07:53:12
    Subject: Re:No Response/Timeout
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marc



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The server was having some performance and availability problems due to too much load.

Marc
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[Post New]20/03/2009 03:02:13
    Subject: Re:No Response/Timeout
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johns



Joined: 20/03/2009 02:55:07
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I need some help dealing with the server when it is under high demand.

The failure created by a geonames timeout is somewhat unfriendly. The web page just hangs, and doesn't load, until the apache server times out.

I am using PHP to call the geonames webservice in the following fashion:

$url = 'http://ws.geonames.org/findNearbyPlaceName?lat=' . $lat . '&lng=' . $long . '&style=FULL';

$geonames_xml = simplexml_load_file($url) ;

Is there an approach someone could suggest so that I can fail more gracefully. When geonames doesn't respond, sometimes my apache server crashes!

Thanks,

John
 
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