Wiki.Api

Should Wiki.api break and return an error when nothing is found? For instance:
wiki.api(uri.build(page.api,"comments",{limit:15,sortby:"-date.posted",depth:"infinity"}))
will return this error when no comments are found:
/content/body/pre, function 'wiki.api' failed (click for details)
MindTouch.Deki.Script.DekiScriptInvokeException: function 'wiki.api' failed ---> System.Exception: (unable to fetch text document from uri [status: 500 (InternalError)])
at MindTouch.Deki.DekiWikiService.WikiApi (MindTouch.Dream.XUri source) [0x00000]
at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Reflection.MonoMethod:InternalInvoke (object,object[],System.Exception&)
at System.Reflection.MonoMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00000]
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at MindTouch.Deki.Script.DekiScriptRuntime+<Invoke>d__0.MoveNext () [0x00000]
at MindTouch.Dream.Coroutine.Iterate_Helper (IEnumerator`1 coroutine, MindTouch.Dream.TaskBehavior behavior) [0x00000]
at System.VoidClosure`2[System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerator`1[MindTouch.Dream.IYield],MindTouch.Dream.TaskBehavior].Closure () [0x00000]
at MindTouch.Dream.Task.Execute (System.VoidHandler handler, MindTouch.Dream.TaskBehavior behavior) [0x00000]

Bug filed: http://bugs.developer.mindtouch.com/view.php?id=6755 edited 18:51, 2 Jul 2009

@blakeh thanks for filing that. I already assigned it to myself. Will get addressed by Minneopa release.

Ok, the issue is that URI that was built was causing an internal server error (see [status: 500 (InternalError)]). So the problem wasn't with wiki.api itself, but with the API it was invoking. Either way, I just checked in a fix for it.

I'm getting the following error in my search results. I have a private wiki which I'm guessing is why it isn't working correctly. Should this be a bug?

/content/body/pre, function 'wiki.api' failed (click for details)MindTouch.Deki.Script.DekiScriptInvokeException: function 'wiki.api' failed Server stack trace: at MindTouch.Deki.Script.DekiScriptRuntime+<Invoke>d__0.MoveNext () [0x00000] at MindTouch.Dream.Coroutine.Iterate (IEnumerator`1 coroutine, MindTouch.Tasking.TaskEnv env, System.Action`1 completion) [0x00000] Exception rethrown at [0]: ---> System.Exception: (unable to fetch text document from uri [status: 401 (Unauthorized)]

@chlupa the only situation where I can see that happen is if you're trying to fetch a document for User A that is not accessible to User A. By default, wiki.api passes in the credentials of the current user. So even if your site is private, wiki.api will still work. However, if the resource you're trying to access is indeed not available to the current user, then you will end up with an error message (and not a nice one at that!). I'm going to file a bug report on this. It should be possible to gracefully handle it.