API Explorer broken on donations and people search endpoints

As per my previous two posts concerning these matters, the people and search endpoints return a 400 when provided with unexpected URL parameters. The API Explorer provides them with one of these, __proto__. This should be removed so that the API Explorer actually works on these endpoints. https://nationbuilder.com/jeremyunite/bad_request_on_people_search_endpoint https://nationbuilder.com/jeremyunite/bad_request_on_donations_search_endpoint

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Official response from Farz Sokhansanj

Thanks for noting this Jeremy. We have flagged it with our product and engineering team. There is no set timeline on when this change will go into effect but we will update this posting when it does.

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Jeremy Roundill

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Jeremy Roundill commented
@Andy I agree that it should be fixed, but it’s worth noting this is more of an issue with the API than with the Explorer. It looks like the Search endpoints are much more strict than the other endpoints, and so any extra url parameters you pass will cause errors rather than just being ignored like the other endpoints. The fix I suggest here is just the quick-and-dirty method of fixing it.

This being said, if you’re using the search endpoint, I suggest using PostMan or something to test it; and being aware that 400 errors can be caused by accidentally misspelt parameters, or additional parameters which are not in the endpoint’s spec.
posted 2018-07-03 14:41:58 -0700
Andy Zwerin

Andy Zwerin commented
It has been over 3 months. You must fix this issue as your API Explorer is broken.
posted 2018-07-03 13:11:21 -0700
Andy Zwerin

Andy Zwerin tagged this with Important

posted 2018-07-03 13:11:20 -0700
Farz Sokhansanj

NationBuilder employee

Farz Sokhansanj responded with considering

posted 2018-03-19 11:36:16 -0700