GeoNames Home | Postal Codes | Download / Webservice | About 

GeoNames Forum
  [Search] Search   [Recent Topics] Recent Topics   [Groups] Back to home page 
[Register] Register / 
[Login] Login 
Suddenly "Invalid User" with Value = 10 as request result  XML
Forum Index -> General
Author Message
gnmwlde



Joined: 28/08/2018 20:27:10
Messages: 4
Offline

Hi,

I have written an integration for GeoNames.org for my software, several years ago. My software mostly uses http://api.geonames.org/findNearbyPlaceNameJSON to do reverse geocoding.
My users must get their own free/paid GeoNames.org account and enter it in my software.

I use my own GeoNames.org user account (active for years) only every couple of weeks for testing before shipping. I make 2 or 3 requests and if everything works, I'm good.

I've gotten some bug reports related to GeoNames.org over the past days and today I've tried to make a request with my user name and I've got the "invalid user", value = 10 response code.

Even when I copy/paste the official example request http://api.geonames.org/findNearbyPlaceName?lat=47.3&lng=9&username=demo and swap demo with my user name, I get the same error result.

My user account is several years old and I can log into the GeoNames.org web site just fine. Is there a problem with authentication? Or do I need to change something?
gnmwlde



Joined: 28/08/2018 20:27:10
Messages: 4
Offline

I've posted this question several weeks ago and it has apparently just now been cleared by a moderator...

The problem solved itself a couple of weeks ago.
Probably a temporary glitch in the GeoNames.org authentication mechanism or something. My user name works again for the API calls (and the demo) and the affected users also report that the issue has been solved.
paulw77



Joined: 14/10/2020 22:09:29
Messages: 6
Offline

Interesting.

In testing my code i wanted to make sure the path that handles logon errors works properly in case my customer puts in an invalid user id. In my attempt to get an error code 10 exception by using invalid UserID's I have been unable to get that far.

It fails before that with an HTTP 401 response.

I'm using the SSL (Secure) endpoint if that makes a difference.
 
Forum Index -> General
Go to:   
Powered by JForum 2.1.5 © JForum Team