Hacker News API doesn't obey RFC 4627

2 points

12 years ago

Normally, I would post this on the github issue tracker, but it does not exist. See https://github.com/HackerNews/API.

The API returns "null" when an "Item" doesn't exist.

Example: https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/1607092358902384905.json?print=pretty

RFC 4627 specifies that the returned JSON must be either an object or an array. This is neither. Please help. Thank you.

Suggestion: Instead of "null", can you make it"{ \"item\" : null }" ?

Warmest Regards

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