Error while requesting data

[SarvagyaVaish]

Error while requesting data

[ryanj]

Hi Sarvagya,
Thanks for filing this issue, and including a stack trace.

It looks like there is a problem with the format of the API's JSON data, or possibly a bug in 'psych'.
I don't think I can patch this issue from within this codebase, since this project is not responsible for generating or parsing any of the JSON data.

I couldn't reproduce this issue in my local dev environment either. I would recommend trying a different JSON parser, or reporting this issue to Eventbrite's API team (api @ eventbrite.com).

[nickgrim]

I had this same problem, with a similar test file. The bug appears to be in Psych, and I fixed it by adding:

YAML::ENGINE.yamler = 'syck'

near the top of my program.

(Inspiration from: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4980877/rails-error-couldnt-parse-yaml)

[ryanj]

I never ran into this issue because I was using HTTParty+crack to handle the JSON.
http://railstips.org/blog/archives/2009/04/01/crack-the-easiest-way-to-parse-xml-and-json/

It sounds like the Psych YAML parser might get the job done as well, but only when configured to use the older (unmaintained) 'syck' YAML engine. :(

@nickgrim Thanks for the suggestion and the link!

[ryanj]

I've updated the requirements to include HTTParty 0.8+, which should fix this issue for everyone - no additional config required.