Platform (Android, iOS, Website): Website (API version 2)
Browser, if a website issue (Firefox, Chrome, etc) : Chrome
URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages: Multiple
Screenshots of what you are seeing (instructions for taking a screenshot on computers and mobile devices: https://www.take-a-screenshot.org/):
Description of problem (please provide a set of steps we can use to replicate the issue, and make as many as you need.):
When I attempt to add an ID to an observation, it gives me the failed to save the record pop up. It’s happened a few times over the past few weeks, but usually resolves with a few refreshes or a logout/log back in, but it doesn’t seem to be resolving this time. I’ve tried:
Typing the identification manually
Clicking “Agree”
Using an incognito tab to try to add identifications
Logging out and logging back in
Restarting chrome
I’ll give it more time to resolve and try again, but I figured I’d report just in case anyone else is having this issue since I’m testing the API version 2 as well and I’m not sure if it could be a related issue. It does not seem to happen when I’m in the identification pane, but does seem to happen when I’m on the observation pane directly. It does seem to happen regardless of whether I’ve previously added an identification. Does not seem to happen when adding a comment.
When I try to “Agree” with an ID I get the following error: “Failed to save record. Please try again later.” In the console it says “POST https://api.inaturalist.org/v2/identifications 400 (Bad Request)”. This is with MacOS Chrome on the website.
Just had an API v 2 error on this obs. OS: Linux, Browser: Firefox (all up to date). Tried to save a determination with comment and got a popup: “Failed to save record. Please try again later” (and the comment and det were lost). Tried again with just the determination (no comment). Same error. Switched back to API v1 and the comment and det were saved.
Chrome Version 103.0.5060.134 browser,
Mac OS Monterey 12.3.1
I keep receiving “Failed to save record. Please try again later.” when attempting to comment or suggest ID on other people’s observations OR revise my own in the observation page.
I tried to add the ID Libellula to observation 133974018. I got the message “Failed to save record. Please try again later.” This happened when I selected the suggestion “We’re pretty sure it is in this genus” and also when I entered the genus without the suggestion. When I changed back to API V1 it saved normally.
Hi all - some of the issues raised here for the observations page such as not being able to submit IDs or comments, lack of profile icons, and inability to mark favorites should be fixed now. We also just rolled out opt-in API v2 trials for taxa and collection/umbrella project pages. There is a single API v2 opt-in toggle at the bottom of all 3 pages (observations, taxa, projects) and opting-in affects all 3. I’ve renamed this thread to reflect more generally issues with API v2 in any of these pages, so when adding feedback please specify which page you’re giving feedback on. URLs are always helpful for quickly replicating reported problems. Thanks for the help testing the new API!
I just noticed that I don’t get all the flags displayed when I navigate to a species via the taxon tree. If I follow a link directly in my dashboard, the flags appear.
When trying to add photos to a taxon using API v2, if I choose Observations as the source, I don’t see the one (non-RG) observation of this taxon: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1421885-Mastigostyla-potosina. I also get no photos returned if I specify the ID of that one observation: 104824149.
Both operations return the correct image under v1 (I found out how to switch now).
