Kevin Powell - Community•2w ago

API returning error and also CORS error

I am trying to use this API, which I found on the website https://random-word-api.herokuapp.com/. The objective is to return a random word for my wordle game. The problem is that it is not returning the grid anymore, when I try to click in any of the options it returns some errors on the console, as shown in the image below. I spotted that the undefined error happens probably because there is no word to generate the grids. I found it weird that it is returning a CORS error, for being backend stuff, and tried to look into the API's website and entering in the https://random-word-api.herokuapp.com/word to see what happens, and it is returning a java error

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Pi (I'll eat who dont correct me•2w ago

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class play.api.libs.json.Writes$
    at Main$.getWord(Main.scala:129)
    at Main$.$anonfun$new$18(Main.scala:99)
    at cask.router.Result$Success.map(Result.scala:21)
    at cask.router.Result$Success.map(Result.scala:20)
    at Main$.$anonfun$new$10(Main.scala:99)
    at cask.router.EntryPoint.invoke(EntryPoint.scala:46)
    at cask.router.Decorator$.$anonfun$invoke$2(Decorators.scala:58)
    at cask.endpoints.WebEndpoint.wrapFunction(WebEndpoints.scala:14)
    at cask.endpoints.WebEndpoint.wrapFunction$(WebEndpoints.scala:12)
    at cask.endpoints.get.wrapFunction(WebEndpoints.scala:31)
    at cask.router.Decorator$.invoke(Decorators.scala:52)
    at cask.main.Main$DefaultHandler.handleRequest(Main.scala:99)
    at io.undertow.server.Connectors.executeRootHandler(Connectors.java:360)
    at io.undertow.server.HttpServerExchange$1.run(HttpServerExchange.java:830)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:750)

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class play.api.libs.json.Writes$
    at Main$.getWord(Main.scala:129)
    at Main$.$anonfun$new$18(Main.scala:99)
    at cask.router.Result$Success.map(Result.scala:21)
    at cask.router.Result$Success.map(Result.scala:20)
    at Main$.$anonfun$new$10(Main.scala:99)
    at cask.router.EntryPoint.invoke(EntryPoint.scala:46)
    at cask.router.Decorator$.$anonfun$invoke$2(Decorators.scala:58)
    at cask.endpoints.WebEndpoint.wrapFunction(WebEndpoints.scala:14)
    at cask.endpoints.WebEndpoint.wrapFunction$(WebEndpoints.scala:12)
    at cask.endpoints.get.wrapFunction(WebEndpoints.scala:31)
    at cask.router.Decorator$.invoke(Decorators.scala:52)
    at cask.main.Main$DefaultHandler.handleRequest(Main.scala:99)
    at io.undertow.server.Connectors.executeRootHandler(Connectors.java:360)
    at io.undertow.server.HttpServerExchange$1.run(HttpServerExchange.java:830)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:750)

Pi (I'll eat who dont correct me•2w ago

here is the repo: https://github.com/LeonCelestino/Wordle-Game

GitHub

GitHub - LeonCelestino/Wordle-Game: A wordle game.

A wordle game. Contribute to LeonCelestino/Wordle-Game development by creating an account on GitHub.

Jochem•2w ago

like I said in #chit-chat, this is not something you can fix or that you did wrong. You will have to find a different API to use

Pi (I'll eat who dont correct me•2w ago

that is it then? so sad the API died :(

Jochem•2w ago

the CORS error is honestly probably caused by the same

Pi (I'll eat who dont correct me•2w ago

tbh I'm thinking in learning backend to make my own api for this game

Jochem•2w ago

not a bad idea. This kind of API is an excellent beginner project for learning how to build APIs

Pi (I'll eat who dont correct me•2w ago

I found a new API. bug fixed https://random-word.ryanrk.com/api/en/word/random/?length=6

Jochem•2w ago

nice!

Pi (I'll eat who dont correct me•2w ago

Now I am having a trouble with deployment on vercel where do I ask? ;-; nvm I fixed it too

Jochem•2w ago

#os-and-tools has a hosting tag

Pi (I'll eat who dont correct me•2w ago

thx

clevermissfox•2w ago

You can also try to contact the api peeps(if they’re active) and let them know there’s a Cors error . I had to do that with a Stephan king api last month and they fixed it

glutonium•2w ago

why do u want the api to return a grid?

Pi (I'll eat who dont correct me•2w ago

it is not the api that returns a grid

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