review.show behaving strangely

[David]

Using the review.show API used to (for the past several months) return an HTTP failure code if a review didn't exist. Now it returns success and a web page (rather than an XML data response) - it looks like the user's book list page is being returned. Was this an intentional change? Is that API now broken in general or only for failed requests?

[Michael]

Sadly there was an issue with that api affecting the live site. We might need to rename it. Details coming soon.

[David]

Do you have an ETA for a fix or rename?

[Ben]

David, this will be fixed in the next release.

[Steve]

Is this still broken? If I try to hit the review/show_by_user_and_book URL with the browser, I get XML back, but if I try to hit it with cURL, I get a web page. Different results with the same URL. Other calls are working fine for me, with same PHP code.

[Michael]

steve: this is a different issue, we deprecated a api method about a month ago.

Can you send me a private message with the url thats not working? (so you don't leak your developer key to the forums).

[Michael]

In case anyone else is wondering, there is an issue, and we're working on it.

[Ben]

This will be fixed in the next release.

[Jeremiah]

I'm trying to get a book's reviews on a website. It this still broken, or am I doing it wrong.

I used this:


true
YOUR_KEY
api_book_url


Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, Book 1)
0812550706

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37...





but with my key in place of "YOUR_KEY"