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API down or not operational? #265

Closed sigven closed 5 months ago

sigven commented 5 months ago

Hi,

I am struggling to query the API currently (here using R):

ot_tumor_types_tree <-  jsonlite::fromJSON("http://oncotree.mskcc.org/api/tumorTypes/tree")
Error in open.connection(con, "rb") : 
  cannot open the connection to 'http://oncotree.mskcc.org/api/tumorTypes/tree'
In addition: Warning message:
In open.connection(con, "rb") :
  cannot open URL 'http://oncotree.mskcc.org/api/tumorTypes/tree': HTTP status was '403 Forbidden'

This usually works nicely.

kind regards, Sigve

sheridancbio commented 5 months ago

@sigven I just tried hitting http://oncotree.mskcc.org/api/tumorTypes/tree and it worked fine for me.

However, if anyone is having trouble with this URL I suggest you switch to the canonical host name for oncotree, which was changed to "oncotree.info" several years back.

The name "oncotree.mskcc.org" may still be supported, but the legacy rules in our proxy / ingress / loadbalancer sometimes break down and it may take time for us to look into it. It would probably be better for us to announce a date after which "oncotree.mskcc.org" will no longer function. But I would suggest to anyone still using "oncotree.mskcc.org" to consider that host name as no longer supported.

If switching to "oncotree.info" helps you @sigven, please post back to this issue. Thanks

sigven commented 5 months ago

Hi @sheridancbio,

Thanks a lot for your comment. I was not aware of the oncotree.info URL; that made it work right away. I've had the same URL for several years, which is now outdated, thanks updating me on this.

All works fine now, the JSON can be parsed instantly. I'll close this issue as resolved.

Thanks!

best, Sigve

sheridancbio commented 5 months ago

That's great ... I'm glad that solved your difficulty, and thank you for letting us know that it worked. 👍