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I currently am getting an the following error when using httparty on heroku.

HTTParty works for the first 11 times but on the 12th time it shows this error.

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I am trying to seed data into my database.

When I go to the URL via my browser, it works. I ran the same code in development and it works. I am unsure what to do. Please help!

Gagan Gami
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cghil
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You pass invalid URI -

"https://maps.googlemaps.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=San Fransisco"

address has space in URI.

So, wherever you pass params, Do -

uri_path = https://maps.googlemaps.com/maps/api/geocode/json
params = {address: "San Fransisco",...............}

"#{uri_path}?#{params.to_param}"
Amit Suroliya
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  • How is the URI invalid? It works URL works in browser and in development? – cghil Jun 26 '15 at 05:50
  • parameter with space are not recognised by browser. Browser uses space by "+ or %20" like `https://maps.googlemaps.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=San%20Fransisco`. rails `to_params` method do that. – Amit Suroliya Jun 26 '15 at 05:53
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Amit Suroliya was correct. I was using HTTParty as well and it was working through Curl and Development but would crash in production. Because the HTTParty parameter is the literal URL (as a string), it has to be a flawless URL/URI (meaning no spaces). My bad URI was as follows:

HTTParty.get("http://api.blahblahblah.com/v1/Boards/Search?&limit=79&query=#{query}&filter_date_from=1423353600")

Notice the interpolation query=#{query}"

So if query='Michelle Obama', notice space between Michelle and Obama. Because of interpolation, the HTTParty.get('string') it is incorrect.

Solution:

Replace all whitespaces within your string with +, or you could use %20.

I used query.gsub!(' ', '+')

For more info on whitespace in the URL check it out here: Spaces in URLs?

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