ISSN's that don't exist

[sckott]

Whenever an ISSN is not found/doesn't exist, the same result returns. For example:

http://api.crossref.org/journals/asdfasfaslfjsajaslfasjjksladf

gives a result, where the ISSN value is "".

Is this by design? I would think that asdfasfaslfjsajaslfasjjksladf would return a 404 maybe?

[sckott]

hmmm, I get the same problem with the /works endpoint, e.g., http://api.crossref.org/works/23094829048209249208424 in which DOI=""

[kjw]

Definitely not by design. There's practically no input validation and the code that tries to normalize ISSNs and DOIs is somehow making something out of the strings you are providing rather than causing things to error.

Fix coming in the input validation work.

[sckott]

@kjw Thanks! I realize that something like asdfasfaslfjsajaslfasjjksladf is not a proper ISSN, DOI, etc. but I'm trying to account for the various things users could pass to parameters

[kjw]

Now results in 404.

[sckott]

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