what happened to discogs.com?

[Johnsonbl4]

I'd better post it here for others to seee - it could be useful for somebody else.

So - I try to download info about album "Relict" by a band called "Mind Eclipse" from Discogs.com. Dearch goes OK, the release is found at once. Then I try to download the info - I wait for a couple of minutes and get timeout error and a log:

Connecting to api.discogs.com

Nothing else.

Then I try it again and after some time I get timeout error and the log goes like this:

Connecting to api.discogs.com
>| GET /releases/3347648 HTTP/1.1
>| Accept-Encoding: gzip
>| User-Agent: OrangeCD 6.4
>| Host: api.discogs.com
>| Connection: Keep-Alive
>|
<| HTTP/1.1 200 OK
<| Reproxy-Status: yes
<| Content-Type: application/json
<| Content-Length: 2414
<| Connection: close
<| Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:48:10 GMT
<| Server: lighttpd
<|
<| {"status": "Accepted", "genres": ["Rock"], "labels": [{"name": "Coyote Records (5)", "entity_type": "1", "catno": "COY 42-07", "resource_url": "http://api.discogs.com/labels/142649", "id": 142649, "entity_type_name": "Label"}], "thumb": "http://api.discogs.com/image/R-150-3347648-1326783606.jpeg", "extraartists": [{"join": "", "name": "Xarfax", "anv": "", "tracks": "", "role": "Bass", "resource_url": "http://api.discogs.com/artists/1652284", "id": 1652284}, {"join": "", "name": "Battlefield", "anv": "", "tracks": "", "role": "Drums", "resource_url": "http://api.discogs.com/artists/205340", "id": 205340}, {"join": "", "name": "Dino", "anv": "", "tracks": "", "role": "Guitar", "resource_url": "http://api.discogs.com/artists/31340", "id": 31340}, {"join": "", "name": "Master M.", "anv": "", "tracks": "", "role": "Guitar", "resource_url": "http://api.discogs.com/artists/1652281", "id": 1652281}, {"join": "", "name": "Teufel Bloodhorn", "anv": "", "tracks": "", "role": "Vocals", "resource_url": "http://api.discogs.com/artists/2581429", "id": 2581429}], "title": "Relict", "series": [], "country": "Russia", "notes": "Total playing time 37:24", "artists": [{"join": "", "name": "Mind Eclipse", "anv": "", "tracks": "", "role": "", "resource_url": "http://api.discogs.com/artists/1268849", "id": 1268849}], "companies": [], "uri": "http://www.discogs.com/Mind-Eclipse-Relict/release/3347648", "released": "2007", "released_formatted": "2007", "formats": [{"descriptions": ["Album"], "name": "CD", "qty": "1"}], "year": 2007, "images": [{"uri": "http://api.discogs.com/image/R-3347648-1326783606.jpeg", "height": 405, "width": 400, "resource_url": "http://api.discogs.com/image/R-3347648-1326783606.jpeg", "type": "secondary", "uri150": "http://api.discogs.com/image/R-150-3347648-1326783606.jpeg"}], "resource_url": "http://api.discogs.com/releases/3347648", "tracklist": [{"duration": "", "position": "1", "title": "Relict"}, {"duration": "", "position": "2", "title": "We Are Burning"}, {"duration": "", "position": "3", "title": "Dissention"}, {"duration": "", "position": "4", "title": "True Sight Heresy"}, {"duration": "", "position": "5", "title": "Path Of A Damned"}, {"duration": "", "position": "6", "title": "Beyond"}, {"duration": "", "position": "7", "title": "Create To Destroy"}, {"duration": "", "position": "8", "title": "Abyss Of The Soul"}], "id": 3347648, "data_quality": "Needs Vote"}Connecting to api.discogs.com

Another example with another release:

Connecting to api.discogs.com
>| GET /releases/3345660 HTTP/1.1
>| Accept-Encoding: gzip
>| User-Agent: OrangeCD 6.4
>| Host: api.discogs.com
>| Connection: Keep-Alive
>|
<| HTTP/1.1 200 OK
<| Reproxy-Status: yes
<| Content-Type: application/json
<| Content-Length: 2024
<| Connection: close
<| Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:51:18 GMT
<| Server: lighttpd
<|
<| {"styles": ["Death Metal"], "series": [], "labels": [{"name": "Coyote Records (5)", "entity_type": "1", "catno": "COY 15-05", "resource_url": "http://api.discogs.com/labels/142649", "id": 142649, "entity_type_name": "Label"}], "year": 2005, "artists": [{"join": "", "name": "Exventer", "anv": "", "tracks": "", "role": "", "resource_url": "http://api.discogs.com/artists/2579800", "id": 2579800}], "images": [{"uri": "http://api.discogs.com/image/R-3345660-1326708696.jpeg", "height": 292, "width": 300, "resource_url": "http://api.discogs.com/image/R-3345660-1326708696.jpeg", "type": "secondary", "uri150": "http://api.discogs.com/image/R-150-3345660-1326708696.jpeg"}], "id": 3345660, "genres": ["Rock"], "thumb": "http://api.discogs.com/image/R-150-3345660-1326708696.jpeg", "extraartists": [], "title": "Procederum Finic", "tracklist": [{"duration": "3:37", "position": "1", "title": "Stuffed Carrion"}, {"duration": "3:44", "position": "2", "title": "Necrodeflorator"}, {"duration": "2:10", "position": "3", "title": "Christening With Gangrene Juices"}, {"duration": "3:40", "position": "4", "title": "Exventer"}, {"duration": "0:27", "position": "5", "title": "Anthropophagia"}, {"duration": "3:23", "position": "6", "title": "Haemorrhoids Suffocation"}, {"duration": "3:48", "position": "7", "title": "Maniacal Satisfaction"}, {"duration": "1:36", "position": "8", "title": "Brutal Holyday"}, {"duration": "4:20", "position": "9", "title": "An.Tract"}, {"duration": "", "position": "", "title": "Video bonus:"}, {"duration": "", "position": "Video", "title": "Bioconveyer Of Instincts"}], "status": "Accepted", "released_formatted": "2005", "released": "2005", "country": "Russia", "notes": "CD contains a video for the song \"Bioconveyer of Instincts\"", "companies": [], "uri": "http://www.discogs.com/Exventer-Procederum-Finic/release/3345660", "formats": [{"descriptions": ["Album", "Enhanced"], "name": "CD", "qty": "1"}], "resource_url": "http://api.discogs.com/releases/3345660", "data_quality": "Needs Vote"}Connecting to api.discogs.com


That's it. Any ideas?

[Johnsonbl4]

Another thing that could be of interest - up to the January 15th everything worked fine with an old version of OrangeCD. Now it doesn't with neither old nor the old version...

[andrei_c]

That's it. Any ideas?

According to the log, there was a connection error while fetching artwork image. I don't have any trouble getting that image.

Are you using any antivirus or any software that can block network access? I'd try disabling it for a moment and see if it fixes the problem.

[Johnsonbl4]

Sorry, but that doesn't work.

I tired to turn my NOD32 off but it didn't help. In case something changes - here's the log with antivirus turned off:

Connecting to api.discogs.com
>| GET /releases/2525907 HTTP/1.1
>| Accept-Encoding: gzip
>| User-Agent: OrangeCD 6.4
>| Host: api.discogs.com
>| Connection: Keep-Alive
>|
<| HTTP/1.1 200 OK
<| Reproxy-Status: yes
<| Content-Type: application/json
<| Content-Length: 3266
<| Connection: close
<| Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:32:19 GMT
<| Server: lighttpd
<|
<| {"status": "Accepted", "styles": ["Grindcore", "Death Metal", "Hardcore"], "genres": ["Rock"], "labels": [{"id": 183145, "resource_url": "http://api.discogs.com/labels/183145", "catno": "MCR01", "name": "Mind Corrosion Records", "entity_type": ""}], "thumb": "http://api.discogs.com/image/R-150-2525907-1288787136.jpeg", "extraartists": [], "title": "Experimentacions Septicoporcines", "series": [], "country": "Spain", "released_formatted": "2009", "artists": [{"join": "+", "name": "Pesta Porcina", "anv": "", "tracks": "", "role": "", "resource_url": "http://api.discogs.com/artists/1548033", "id": 1548033}, {"join": "", "name": "Crani S\u00e8ptic", "anv": "", "tracks": "", "role": "", "resource_url": "http://api.discogs.com/artists/1904742", "id": 1904742}], "companies": [], "uri": "http://www.discogs.com/Pesta-Porcina-Crani-S\u00e8ptic-Experimentacions-Septicoporcines/release/2525907", "released": "2009", "formats": [{"descriptions": ["EP"], "name": "CD", "qty": "1"}], "year": 2009, "images": [{"uri": "http://api.discogs.com/image/R-2525907-1288787136.jpeg", "height": 400, "width": 400, "resource_url": "http://api.discogs.com/image/R-2525907-1288787136.jpeg", "type": "secondary", "uri150": "http://api.discogs.com/image/R-150-2525907-1288787136.jpeg"}], "resource_url": "http://api.discogs.com/releases/2525907", "tracklist": [{"duration": "1:18", "position": "01", "title": "Punt De No Retorn Ejaculatori", "artists": [{"join": "", "name": "Pesta Porcina", "anv": "", "tracks": "", "role": "", "resource_url": "http://api.discogs.com/artists/1548033", "id": 1548033}]}, {"duration": "1:32", "position": "02", "title": "Plat De Cigrons", "artists": [{"join": "", "name": "Pesta Porcina", "anv": "", "tracks": "", "role": "", "resource_url": "http://api.discogs.com/artists/1548033", "id": 1548033}]}, {"duration": "3:11", "position": "03", "title": "Vull Menjar Fems", "artists": [{"join": "", "name": "Pesta Porcina", "anv": "", "tracks": "", "role": "", "resource_url": "http://api.discogs.com/artists/1548033", "id": 1548033}]}, {"duration": "1:11", "position": "04", "title": "Cateter Per La Femoral", "artists": [{"join": "", "name": "Crani S\u00e8ptic", "anv": "", "tracks": "", "role": "", "resource_url": "http://api.discogs.com/artists/1904742", "id": 1904742}]}, {"duration": "0:51", "position": "05", "title": "F.A.B.", "artists": [{"join": "", "name": "Crani S\u00e8ptic", "anv": "", "tracks": "", "role": "", "resource_url": "http://api.discogs.com/artists/1904742", "id": 1904742}]}, {"duration": "1:19", "position": "06", "title": "Fetge Negre", "artists": [{"join": "", "name": "Crani S\u00e8ptic", "anv": "", "tracks": "", "role": "", "resource_url": "http://api.discogs.com/artists/1904742", "id": 1904742}]}, {"duration": "0:14", "position": "07", "title": "Truja En Zel", "artists": [{"join": "", "name": "Crani S\u00e8ptic", "anv": "", "tracks": "", "role": "", "resource_url": "http://api.discogs.com/artists/1904742", "id": 1904742}]}, {"duration": "0:56", "position": "08", "title": "Danses Perist\u00e0ltiques", "artists": [{"join": "", "name": "Crani S\u00e8ptic", "anv": "", "tracks": "", "role": "", "resource_url": "http://api.discogs.com/artists/1904742", "id": 1904742}]}], "id": 2525907, "data_quality": "Needs Vote"}Connecting to api.discogs.com

Full reinstall didn't help either

BTW, import from FreeDB and Amazon.com works fine - with or without images.