Topic: Unknown issue with "create post" feature of API

Posted under e621 Tools and Applications

SpruceMarten

Member

As the title says, I'm having problems uploading images to esix using the API at https://e621.net/uploads.json, and the error messages aren't giving me much help.

The parameters I'm sending in look something like this (shortened down):

{
  "login": "SpruceMarten",
  "api_key": "************************",
  "tag_string": "smile :3 english_text 2020 ...",
  "rating": "s",
  "direct_url": "https://d.facdn.net/art/ ... .png",
  "source": "https://www.furaffinity.net/ ...",
  "description": "lorem ipsum \ndolor sit \namet"
}

(I'm also defining a User-Agent of "Image Uploader (by SpruceMarten)")

The message I get in response is this:

{
  "success": false,
  "message": "An unexpected error occurred.",
  "code": "352b0f98-d2a0-443d-9b2d-b415d3ac0cce"
}

Anyone who can see what I'm doing wrong?

SpruceMarten

Member

@AoBird Oh yeah, that's true. I've altered the parameters to look like this instead:

{
  "login": "SpruceMarten",
  "api_key": "************************",
  "upload": {
    "tag_string": "smile :3 english_text 2020 ...",
    "rating": "s",
    "direct_url": "https://d.facdn.net/art/ ... .png",
    "source": "https://www.furaffinity.net/ ...",
    "description": "lorem ipsum \ndolor sit \namet"
  }
}

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to have changed much. I still get the same "An unexpected error occurred." message.
I'm really confused now. I'm providing all the necessary information, and your change makes it correctly formatted. I should at least be getting some more helpful errors...

AoBird

Member 
{
  "login": "SpruceMarten",
  "api_key": "************************",
  "upload[tag_string]": "smile :3 english_text 2020 ...",
  "upload[rating]": "s",
  "upload[direct_url]": "https://d.facdn.net/art/ ... .png",
  "upload[source]": "https://www.furaffinity.net/ ...",
  "upload[description]": "lorem ipsum \ndolor sit \namet"
}

Like that.

SpruceMarten

Member

aobird said:

{
  "login": "SpruceMarten",
  "api_key": "************************",
  "upload[tag_string]": "smile :3 english_text 2020 ...",
  "upload[rating]": "s",
  "upload[direct_url]": "https://d.facdn.net/art/ ... .png",
  "upload[source]": "https://www.furaffinity.net/ ...",
  "upload[description]": "lorem ipsum \ndolor sit \namet"
}

Like that.

Yup, that fixed it!

{
  "success": true,
  "location": "/posts/2325820",
  "post_id": 2325820
}

I gotta be honest though, that's some pretty weird syntax. The docs could probably do a better job explaining that the brackets represent literal bracket characters.
Either way, thank you very much!

AoBird

Member

sprucemarten said:

I gotta be honest though, that's some pretty weird syntax. The docs could probably do a better job explaining that the brackets represent literal bracket characters.
Either way, thank you very much!

They do say field upload[rating], which means "upload[rating]"

{"upload[rating]":"s"}

is not the same as 

{"upload":["rating":"s"]}

You're the first one to have that problem D:

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