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llamas marked one of Lesley's replies in Brightkite as useful. Lesley replied to the problem "Return values from posts to the API are inconsistent.".
llamas asked a question in Brightkite on June 07, 2009 07:14:

Setting the via value for place objects
Is there a way to set the via property for checkins, notes, and photos when posting via the API?
llamas marked one of Lesley's replies in Brightkite as useful. Lesley replied to the problem "Blocking someone also unfriends them.".
llamas replied on May 18, 2009 20:16 to the problem "Blocking someone also unfriends them." in Brightkite:

OK, I understand. I was looking at blocks as a way of turning off information to/from a friend, without unfriending them (the stealth unfriend maneuver from Dodgeball). It looks like the same can be accomplished between the privacy settings in the user configuration and the friendship settings.

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llamas replied on May 18, 2009 07:12 to the problem "Return values from posts to the API are inconsistent." in Brightkite:

I guess the only reason I am expecting consistency, versus the standard mix of return values that you get from an average mix of method calls, is that the return values for the POST, UPDATE, and DELETE operations are not documented.

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llamas reported a problem in Brightkite on May 16, 2009 09:04:

Return values from posts to the API are inconsistent.
I'm writing the create and update methods in my BrightKite library, and I've noticed that some calls return the created object in the response (like note and photo), while others do not (like direct message and block). While I can work around this, it requires special casing. It's nice to get the created or updated object in the response because it can be added to the local data cache without making an additional query.
llamas reported a problem in Brightkite on May 16, 2009 08:40:

Sending a direct message to yourself results in duplicate messages.
When I send a direct message to myself while testing my API calls, each message results in two received messages and two sent messages. If I use the same method to send a message to someone else, everything is as expected; they get a single message, and I get a single sent message.

I am posting to the recipient's received_messages.xml url.

This is low priority, since it's not a scenario that is encountered in real-world use, but none-the-less...
llamas reported a problem in Brightkite on May 16, 2009 08:07:

Blocking someone also unfriends them.
Blocking a friend unfriends them, in addition to placing the block. They disappear from your friends list, and if you search for them and bring up their profile, the block is still in place, but unblocking them does not return them to your friends list. You must add them as a friend again, which sends an approval request.

A friend that I had blocked around April 19th was still on my friends list, and I was able to unblock and add him as a friend without approval, but when I blocked again, he was removed, just as I noted above. So, it appears that a change in the last few weeks is responsible.

I first noticed this while testing blocking and unblocking via API calls, and confirmed via the web interface.
llamas replied on February 17, 2009 20:14 to the problem "Places.xml is returning html result instead of xml" in Brightkite:

OK. It seemed like the common pattern for most of the API calls had an xml file to go along with (and provide data for) each web page.

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llamas replied on February 10, 2009 00:03 to the problem "Places.xml is returning html result instead of xml" in Brightkite:

I'm trying to get the a person's/my places.

http://brightkite.com/people/mcollins...
http://brightkite.com/me/places.xml

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llamas reported a problem in Brightkite on February 08, 2009 22:54:

Places.xml is returning html result instead of xml
Queries to places.xml urls are returning the same html result as the simple places urls, instead of the xml data expected by API calls.
llamas replied on February 04, 2009 15:50 to the problem "My question got lost during sign up process" in Get Satisfaction:

I incremented the counter on this problem not because I had the problem at sign-up time, but because anytime I enter a new issue or reply to an existing issue when not logged in, my reply text or new topic title are lost after the login prompt returns me to the reply/new topic submit page.

I'm using my Windows Live login, in case different login methods follow different code paths...

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llamas reported a problem in Brightkite on February 04, 2009 15:44:

Viewing the public BrightKite homepage when logged in.
When logged in, it's not possible (or at least obvious) how to get to the general BrightKite home page.
llamas started following the problem "My question got lost during sign up process" in Get Satisfaction.
llamas replied on February 03, 2009 23:50 to the problem "Sign up application fails to launch." in Brightkite:

Sorry, I was running out the door when I pasted in the error detail above.

This is happening when clicking on the Sign Up link on the home page from IE8 on Windows 7 (.net 3.5 sp1). dfsvc.exe throws up a dialog while verifying the application, and then returns the error detailed above. The html page is never shown.

I was able to register via my WM phone's browser. Though the app failed to load because it wasn't signed, the sign-up page was loaded, and I continued from there.

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llamas reported a problem in Brightkite on January 31, 2009 02:09:

Sign up application fails to launch.
Details from error:

PLATFORM VERSION INFO
Windows : 6.1.7025.0 (Win32NT)
Common Language Runtime : 2.0.50727.3521
System.Deployment.dll : 2.0.50727.3521 (NetFXspW7.050727-3500)
mscorwks.dll : 2.0.50727.3521 (NetFXspW7.050727-3500)
dfdll.dll : 2.0.50727.3521 (NetFXspW7.050727-3500)
dfshim.dll : 2.0.50727.3521 (NetFXspW7.050727-3500)

SOURCES
Deployment url : http://brightkite.com/account/signup

ERROR SUMMARY
Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
* Activation of http://brightkite.com/account/signup resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ Exception reading manifest from http://brightkite.com/account/signup: the manifest may not be valid or the file could not be opened.
+ DTD is prohibited in this XML document.

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
No transaction error was detected.

WARNINGS
There were no warnings during this operation.

OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
* [1/30/2009 6:01:29 PM] : Activation of http://brightkite.com/account/signup has started.

ERROR DETAILS
Following errors were detected during this operation.
* [1/30/2009 6:01:31 PM] System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (ManifestParse)
- Exception reading manifest from http://brightkite.com/account/signup: the manifest may not be valid or the file could not be opened.
- Source: System.Deployment
- Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Application.ManifestReader.FromDocument(String localPath, ManifestType manifestType, Uri sourceUri)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestDirectBypass(SubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, ServerInformation& serverInformation)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestBypass(SubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)
--- Inner Exception ---
System.Xml.XmlException
- DTD is prohibited in this XML document.
- Source: System.Xml
- Stack trace:
at System.Xml.XmlCharCheckingReader.Throw(String res, String arg)
at System.Xml.XmlCharCheckingReader.Read()
at System.Xml.XsdValidatingReader.Read()
at System.Deployment.Application.ManifestReader.FromDocument(String localPath, ManifestType manifestType, Uri sourceUri)

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
No transaction information is available.

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