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Geocoding API giving backend fetch errors

I can't seem to get the geocoding API to work today. Every request results in a backend fetch error 404 or (now) backend fetch error 302.

It worked for a second in the middle of it all, then back to not working. Worked all day yesterday. I did update the format of my URL (was api.local.yahoo.com) but only after I started getting the errors - was thinking perhaps the old format was defunct. Also tried two different API keys - same result.

Here's a typical request - anything wrong with this?

http://local.yahooapis.com/MapsService/V1/geocode?appid=[my yahoo api id]&street=1+Post+Street&city=San+Francisco&state=CA&zip=94104

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  • Actually even Yahoo's own example from their geocoding page is failing for me:

    http://local.yahooapis.com/MapsService/V1/...le&state=CA
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  • QUOTE (cultivatedesign1 @ May 10 2010, 07:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Actually even Yahoo's own example from their geocoding page is failing for me:

    http://local.yahooapis.com/MapsService/V1/...le&state=CA



    I'm getting the same errors. I use this on a clients site. Does it happen often?
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  • I hope not - this is going to be a fairly key element of a paid location-based matching service.

    Wonder if there are other, more robust options out there. I'd definitely be willing to pay for reliability.
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  • HI all ,I am getting the "backend fetch error 302" ehile using traffic YDN REST API, so please provide the solutions for this
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  • Seems to be back up for me now. But disturbing, disturbing...

    It's the not-so-hidden risk with these free and/or open-source solutions: no real support, nobody to get on the phone to fix it when it breaks.
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  • How long was it up for at 9:72? It is no longer up.

    I have just developed a new page for a client and was presenting it today. Not having the maps is a problem... The designer of the Flash Maps product replied this was the first time that this has happened to them. They have written to Yahoo, but I don't know how much weight that would carry.

    How many folks might depend on Geocode mapping for their webpages? Does it number in the hundreds or thousands? I am trying to get an idea of whether I should rebuild the whole thing again from scratch with another mapping program or just wait a little. If Yahoo is not interested in maintaining the mapping section of their developer network due to lack of users then I may have to do that.
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  • I'm just having a problem with my Flash API maps in general. My application was working fine for months, and all of a sudden this week it just died. I changed nothing on my end.
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