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What is the "sig=" value in the Spock API. It doesn't appear to be documented in the API docs.
There is a sig= value in the API call but it does not appear to be documented. How do you determine that value?
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Inappropriate?The sig value is only used in the example API call. You don't need to include it when you use the API. -
Inappropriate?Thanks for the help. I am obviously still doing something wrong. Here is the output from curl
curl http://www.spock.com/api/1/person.xml...
curl http://www.spock.com/api/1/person.xml...
[2] Done blurb=1
[3] Done gender=1
[4] Done id=sam%2Cwayne
[5] Done names=3
[6] Done pictures=3
[7] Done picture_sizes=small_width
[8] Done location=1
[9] Done websites=3
My-Computer:~ ComputerUser$ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response>
<error>No ID specified.</error>
</response>
Yes - my api key is working. I replaced it here for security reasons. The call count keeps getting incremented.
Any suggestions on problems with the call?
I’m frustrated
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Inappropriate?You need to quote the URL before passing it to curl. For example, here's your command with double-quotes around the URL:
curl "http://www.spock.com/api/1/person.xml?api_key=MyAPIKeyGoesinHere&blurb=1&gender=1&id=sam%2Cwayne&names=3&pictures=3&picture_sizes=small_width&location=1&websites=3&tags=10"
If you don't have the quotes, your shell rather than curl processes the ampersand characters (&) so it runs 9 different commands instead of 1. That's why you're seeing the [2], [3], [4], ... [9].
The first command that gets run ends up being:
curl http://www.spock.com/api/1/person.xml...
and Spock is then understandably confused since it doesn't see an "id" parameter so it gives you the "No ID specified" error.
Long story short, use double-quotes when you use URLs at the command line. :) Hope that helps!
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