Type inconsistency for the /podcasts/bytag endpoint

[pluto-dev]

I made the following comment on issue #39, but I don't know if people will see it on a closed issue, so I opened this one instead.

Hey, this issue still seems to exist for following API endpoint:

https://api.podcastindex.org/api/1.0/podcasts/bytag

There a bunch of feeds with "categories": [ ]

Originally posted by @pluto-dev in #39 (comment)

To be precise, the schema describes it as follows:

An array of categories, where the index is the Category ID and the value is the Category Name.

All Category numbers and names are returned by the categories/list endpoint.

The response we get from the API endpoint and the example both show that we receive an object, except when the collection is empty, in which case we receive and empty array. This is inconsistent with the schema's description, which states that we should receive an array of categories
As a result, we cannot rely on the API to provide us with accurate data regarding the /podcasts/bytag endpoint.

[daveajones]

I’ll check it out.

[stevencrader]

They now seem to be returning null instead of []. Can you double check and let us know if it still happens and with which feed.

Thanks

[pluto-dev]

They now seem to be returning null instead of []. Can you double check and let us know if it still happens and with which feed.

Thanks

Seems fine for me now. On 4843 objects i couldn't find any where categories is returning an array. 👍

[daveajones]

Thanks guys.