smartchicago / chicagoworksforyou

A citywide dashboard with ward-by-ward views of service delivery in Chicago. Includes complete API. Built using Chicago Open311 data.
http://www.chicagoworksforyou.com
MIT License
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Better errors #282

Closed cgansen closed 11 years ago

cgansen commented 11 years ago

This change introduces more robust error handling in the API. Where appropriate, a meaningful error message will be returned on incorrect queries. When there's a backend error, the client will receive a formatted JSON message to that effect.