A validator is available which attempts to consume an RPDE feed and check for common errors.
Things to check to ensure the feed is implemented correctly.
Misreading the query in the specification is the single most common cause of incorrect implementation. Please read it carefully and ensure that brackets and comparators are used correctly. >
not >=
for example.
Please ensure that you have implemented this query correctly:
--include WHERE clause only if @afterTimestamp and @afterId providedWHERE (modified = @afterTimestampAND id > @afterId)OR (modified > @afterTimestamp)ORDER BY modified,id
Does the next
url work as expected and return a valid page - it should never result in a 500 error.
If afterTimestamp
is used, and "modified" is an integer, afterTimestamp
must also be an integer.
If afterChangeNumber is used it must be an integer and "modified" must be an integer.
Does the afterTimestamp
or afterChangeNumber
of the next url always increase with each new page - if not the query has likely been badly implemented. Most feeds should use integer for this, so you can check they increase numerically afterTimestamp (for integer "modified") or lexicographically (for string "modified").
There should be "deleted
" items in the feed. If these are missing, it is likely the feed has not been implemented correctly.
The next
URL should be an absolute not relative URL.
Are all responses returned with header Content-Type: application/json
Check for duplicate IDs: items should not appear more than once in the feed if the source data is unchanging.
Pages should contain at least 500 items (this is a warning rather than an error).
Are the next URL parameters urlencoded?
Is the next
URL present on the last page? The next
URL on the last page should match the URL of the current page.
Check that the items array of the last page is empty
To quickly access the last page:
afterTimestamp: If "modified" is an integer, put a high integer in for afterTimestamp to return the last page. (N.B. the spec currently allows for strings to be used for "modified", but a future spec will likely make integers a must here).
afterChangeNumber: Put a high integer in for afterChangeNumber to return last page
Does the feed include all historical data from the beginning of time and not just data in the future or from today's date?
Does the endpoint without any parameters return the first page (from the beginning of time)?
Does each page contain a "license" key?