new release (V1_B1) has an empty rest_api.pl file and current cif perl client broken

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Original issue reported on code.google.com by jbab...@gmail.com on 3 May 2012 at 9:11

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browser issue there sorry 

Issue 1 - rest_api.pl is empty 
using the perl client or the web interface returns no data (though a 200 OK 
from the REST client). 
Example: perl cif -q domains 
Apache Access Log (Error log empty): 127.0.0.1 - - [03/May/2012:16:54:52 -0700] 
"GET /api/domain?apikey=12345 HTTP/1.1" 200 1717 "-" "REST::Client/245"
Output from Client (modified to show details): 
SERVER RESPONSE 200
SERVER DATA
SERVER END

This appears to be because the file "rest_api.pl" is blank except for the loop 
for checking library locations. 

Issue 2: the shipped cif perl client is broken 

Perform the same example query as above and the output appears to be related to 
an error in the configuration file. 
Example: 
 perl /opt/cif/bin/cif -q domain
DEBUG CONFIG [/home/cif/.cif ]
DEBUG QUERY [domain]
DEBUG NOLOG [0]
DEBUG NOMAP [0]
DEBUG CONFIDENCE [0]
DEBUG LIMIT [500]
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at 
/opt/cif/bin/../lib/CIF/Client/REST.pm line 57.
Use of uninitialized value $ret in concatenation (.) or string at 
/opt/cif/bin/cif line 192.
DEBUG RET []
DEBUG ERR [400 URL must be absolute]
400 URL must be absolute at /opt/cif/bin/cif line 195.

Between the client documentation inside of the perl library and the 
documentation here on the site its a little confusing what should be in the 
config file and in what order. With the V1_B1 code this seems to work. 

   [client]
    apikey = 12345
    driver = 'REST'
    host = https://localhost:443/api
    verify_tls = 0
    # driver = 'ZeroMQ'

    # table_nowarning = 1
    # csv_noseperator = 1

    [client_rest]
    host = https://localhost:443/api
    timeout = 60
    # add this if you have a self signed cert
    verify_tls = 0

    # proxy = https://localhost:5555

    #[client_zeromq]
    #host = tcp://127.0.0.1:5555

Original comment by jbab...@gmail.com on 3 May 2012 at 9:17

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the rest_api.pl is just a path loader for apache, the real magic is in 
/opt/cif/lib/CIF/Router/REST.pm

see:

http://code.google.com/p/collective-intelligence-framework/wiki/ServerInstall_v1

and 

http://code.google.com/p/collective-intelligence-framework/wiki/ServerInstall_v1
#Initial_Data_Load

for your other issues; we're not supporting domain queries in this, just 
testing stuff out. You'll have to dig into the database manually a bit to get 
some good test query data.

if you're testing this instead of running 0.01, you should be using 0.01. My 
guess is that you're looking at two different pages of doc and should stay away 
from ServerInstall_v1 and stick with:

http://code.google.com/p/collective-intelligence-framework/wiki/ServerInstall

that being said, you've highlighted a few doc issues with _v1 that i'll clean 
up in the next day or so.

Original comment by saxjazm...@gmail.com on 3 May 2012 at 9:39

• Changed state: Invalid

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fyi:

https://github.com/collectiveintel/cif-client-perl/issues/7

Original comment by saxjazm...@gmail.com on 4 May 2012 at 11:49