Just wondering if it is not worth a notice ?
On Jul 24, 7:28 pm, Samyak Bhuta <samyak.bh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Everybody, > > I was trying to accessDigg'ssearch API with $.getJSONas well as > with Twitter and Identica. > > Although, the twitter and identica search api are working fine, I have > found trouble when it come to accessingDiggAPI. > > The case in point URL > :http://services.digg.com/search/stories?query=geeko&appkey=http%3A%2F... > > This URL, when provided in location bar of the browser gives back the > result successfully. Now change the "someFunction" with "?" to access > ( for JSONP approach in $.getJSON) the JSON data provided by thisDiggAPI URL > in a jQuery code and sadly it will give return error > message saying "Unrecognized argument". > > The script element generated is following. > ------- > <script src="http://services.digg.com/search/stories? > query=geeko&appkey=http%3A%2F > %2Filovejquery.org&type=javascript&count=15&callback=jsonp1248445717722&_=1248445717771"> > ------ > > This is due to the additional argument provided when replacing "?" in > the implementation ofgetJSONmethod . That additional argument has > "_" as name and some timestamp as value. > > I commented out line 3453 in the latest jquery-1.3.2.js file meant to > be used while in development and things are working fine. Note that, I > don't see any change of behaviour for the Twitter as well as Identica > call. It looks they are ignoring the additional arguments while theDiggis not. > > I don't know why the additional parameter is added while replacing "?" > ingetJSONrequest, but it is definately not acceptable to one of the > popular webservice. > > Hope this brings any compatibility issue to the notice. > > Thanks & Best Regards > > Samyak
