Error: A server with the specified hostname could not be found

[jastuccio]

Error: A server with the specified hostname could not be found

[lukePeavey]

I am looking into this... will respond shortly

[jastuccio]

Luke,

Both demos and the url are working for me today. I tested with the VPN also no issues.

Good job!

• https://api.quotable.io/random
• codesandbox demo
• codepen demo

[noonasGit]

A while back - I started to safeguard for a quote server outage.
I saved the quote each time I called it, so that I could read a "cached version" should internet be down or service not accessible. I also use this as an option not to overload the quote severs.

have a look here: https://github.com/noonasGit/quote_client

[lukePeavey]

It seems that the API server is not accessible from certain networks or while using VPN.

I found that when I connect to VPN on my local machine (using NordVPN), I get a DNS error (unable to resolve host) 100% of the time. Once I disconnect from VPN, the API works normally. This is also true over certain wifi networks.

There are different variations of this error, depending on how you are calling the API.

For example, if you make an API request in Chrome, you will see the following error on screen.

This site can’t be reached

api.quotable.io’s server IP address could not be found.
DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN

Unfortunately I am traveling right now I will not really have much time to work on this in the next few days.

[jastuccio]

Thanks Luke. I'd like to help whoever diagnoses this. Have you posted on dev.to or someplace to find someone?

• I am on MacOS 10.15.2
• disabled privacy badger for chrome
• turned VPN off and on
• tried Opera

Here is a screenshot of the error from the codepen sample. The lines of code mentioned in the error are visible.

Its after 10pm here and I am out of brainpower for the night. 😊

[lukePeavey]

@jastuccio

There was an issue with the DNS configuration for the quotable.io domain which was preventing it from resolving with DNSSEC-aware resolvers.

Fixing that seems to have solved the problem. The API now works from any network/device and while connected to VPN. Please let me know if its working on your end :)

[lukePeavey]

Also, these sites are no longer showing api.quotable.io as down...

https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/api.quotable.io.html

https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/api.quotable.io

[pea-nut-z]

@lukePeavey I am experiencing the following error message when connected to a particular network. Just like what @jastuccio had.

GET https://api.quotable.io/random net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED

Please let me know if you need other info.

[noonasGit]

same here:
nslookup api.quotable.io
Server: 192.168.86.1
Address: 192.168.86.1#53

** server can't find api.quotable.io: SERVFAIL
I have tried a few different DNS servers, none if them can resolve it.