** (Jason.DecodeError) unexpected end of input at position 0

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This error cropped up after successfully polling an API nine times. What is it trying to communicate? Why did it come up after so many successful polls? How do I remedy this issue?

Thanks for tackling these questions :slight_smile:

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I think the API returned invalid json, probably an empty string in this case

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Interesting! Looks like a Genserver with robust error-handling is in order. Or is there a better approach?

Thanks again for being so helpful! :slight_smile:

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I think it will be hard fo us to give you more guidance without knowing more about the problem you are trying to solve.

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Well, right now this error just crashes the entire application. So what I need is for it to be able to automatically re-poll the API after an error like this comes up, makes sense?

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How are you running your application? Is this polling process part of a application supervision tree?

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It’s still in development so I’ve been using IEX to test its components.

Nope.

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Then I think you should start to look into OTP applications and supervisors, it can feel a bit daunting at first but it is well invested time :slight_smile:

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You are very likely receiving an empty string from that API. Without any details given, we can’t help more than that.

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Excellent, will do! If you’ve got any resources for noobs they’d be greatly appreciated :slight_smile:

Thanks again! :slight_smile: