API 500 Internal Server Error

[Tobi Harper]

Hey guys, just a quick question.

Im using the ning api to grab a user's email and then submit it to my server, however even though this works 90% of the time, randomly I will start getting a 500 Internal server error.

I've checked the error codes and the code 500 relates to authentication, however it doesn't make any sense that it will authenticate 90% of the time and then all of a sudden it will timeout.

Does anybody have any similar issues where the NingApi works sometimes and then sometimes fails ?

Any help would be so greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

[Franco Mercalli]

I have the same problem: http://build.ning.com/forum/topics/what-is-ning-xauth-client-except....

Today the situation has become rather critical: I got around one hundred exceptions of the kind you mention, in several bursts at around 15.00, 19.30 and 20.00 CET.

I also noticed that while these bursts are being sent back to me, the page relating to the Ning API at http://www.officineinnovazione.it/main/extend/keys is not reacheable.

[Tobi Harper]

Thanks for you reply, i'm actually now more convinced that it is an API problem. Just checked out your post and no one seems to have a solution to this problem ?

Have you managed to find a way around it at all ?

[Franco Mercalli]

Yes, it is probably some malfuction with the Ning API.

No, unfortunately, I have no way around the issue.

I guess I will submit a ticket to support and see what happens. Until yesterday it was a minor problem, occuring only occasionally, but now it has become really painful.

[Tobi Harper]

Ah i see, ill give that a go, it has actually been happening for the last couple of weeks, noticed it when i first started testing the API, and I thought it was something to with me testing it locally.