[Inactive] Network Error With Curl Request To Google Places Api

[vitae]

Hello!

 

I am a new user of the Stevie server. I am setting up a script which has worked on other server (and still works elsewhere). The script attempts to access the Google Places API by sending a CURL request. However, most of the time the PHP script will error out on the Stevie server. Occasionally it will work but not typically. This script works 100% on a different server that I am migrating from. Here is the relevant code:

 

$placeName = 'XXX';

$lat = '37';

$lon = '-122';

$radius = '10000'; //Meters

$dataType = 'json'; //json or xml

$url = 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/nearbysearch/';

$url .= $dataType;

$url .= '?key='.$Google_Maps_API_Key; //Stored in envoirnment.php

$url .= '&location='.$lat.','.$lon;

$url .= '&radius='.$radius;

$url .= '&name='.$placeName;

 

$curl = curl_init($url);

 

curl_setopt($curl, CURLINFO_HEADER_OUT, true);

curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);

curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE);

curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_DNS_USE_GLOBAL_CACHE, false );

curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_DNS_CACHE_TIMEOUT, 2 );

 

echo curl_exec($curl);

 

As I said, once in a while the script will execute and the JSON will be returned. Most of the time I get an error. If I print the CURL error I get this:

 

7: Failed to connect to 2607:f8b0:400e:c03::5f: Network is unreachable

 

Other times, if I am not error checking in my code, the script will simply timeout and give HelioHosts Internal Server Error 500 page

 

If I print $url before the CURL and copy/paste the url into my browser, I get the JSON form google fine so I know it is not a malformed URL.

 

Could there by a network issue btwn Helio Host and Google?

 

Thank you for taking the time to read my post.

 

Here is the script:

 

http://vitaecafe.tk/vitae/actions.php?a=4

[wolstech]

Odds are cURL is to blame, not our network. It worked on 7 of the 8 I tried, the eighth gave a 500 error because of cURL. In addition, cURL is an easy way to get suspended for load. It uses a lot more resources than methods like file_get_contents (which will happily retrieve content over HTTP).

 

I'd recommend rewriting the script to not use cURL and see if it keeps acting up.

[vitae]

Thank you for reviewing my post and providing me with a quick response.

 

I have rewritten the code using file_get_contents and am getting similar results (although file_get_contents doesn't throw a 500). It seems to work for a few minutes and then it tanks (returns nothing).

 

Here is the relevant code:

 

$placeName = 'XXXX';

$lat = '37';

$lon = '-122';

$radius = '10000'; //Meters

$dataType = 'json'; //json or xml

$url = 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/nearbysearch/';

$url .= $dataType;

$url .= '?key='.$Google_Maps_API_Key; //Stored in envoirnment.php

$url .= '&location='.$lat.','.$lon;

$url .= '&radius='.$radius;

$url .= '&name='.$placeName;

 

$retval = file_get_contents($url);

echo $retval;

 

 

And here is the script:

http://vitaecafe.tk/vitae/actions.php?a=5

 

Thanks!

[wolstech]

That's odd...Krydos might know more then. I see cURL issues quite a bit, but there really should be no reason file_get_contents doesn't work reliably.

 

I'll escalate it for you, though it may take some time for Krydos to get back to you on this.

[Krydos]

Here's the error I get:

{ "error_message" : "This IP, site or mobile application is not authorized to use this API key. Request received from IP address 65.19.143.2, with empty referer", "html_attributions" : [], "results" : [], "status" : "REQUEST_DENIED" } { "error_message" : "This IP, site or mobile application is not authorized to use this API key. Request received from IP address 65.19.143.2, with empty referer", "html_attributions" : [], "results" : [], "status" : "REQUEST_DENIED" }

My guess is that you might have to add Stevie's IP to a safe list of some sort to use that API.