Ref	iStockphoto API issue	Status
DM-2	Image upload terminates with status=failed Effect on DeepMeta: Images appear to upload normally, but at the end of the upload, DeepMeta reports: "ERROR: Upload error. Empty reply received from iStockphoto". This happens intermittently, some users seem more affected than others.	Fixed 2010 JUL 20
DM-7	Unjustified Error 4002: "method requires authentication" or "invalid login" Effect on DeepMeta: Some actions, such as fetching statistics or sending updated file data to iStockphoto, report the error above. This happens intermittently.	Fixed 2010 JUL 19
DM-3	Error 4004: Denied: You do not have the correct access level to use this class Effect on DeepMeta: Some actions, such as fetching statistics or sending updated file data to iStockphoto, report the error above. This happens intermittently, and seems to come in combination with issue DM-4.	Fixed 2010 MAY 05
DM-4	Error (500): Internal site error. Effect on DeepMeta: When fetching statistics, the first call made to iStockphoto is fetch of the member account info. This action can fail with the (500) error. This happens intermittently, and seems to come in combination with issue DM-3.	Fixed 2010 MAY 05
DM-5	Login fails because of invalid response from API Effect on DeepMeta: If you have entered valid credentials, sometimes the "Test" button in the Options/Preferences window will return an unjustified "Invalid credentials". This can also happen at startup of DeepMeta, but this error is not reported to the user. This happens intermittently.	Fixed 2010 MAY 05

What is the iStockphoto API ?

• Every external (3rd party) application that exchanges information with the iStockphoto servers, needs to use a special service, called the iStockphoto API. This API is provided by iStockphoto, using a number of specialized servers, dedicated to communication with other computers. These servers don't host any web pages, but serve structured information for external applications.
• Once again, iStockphoto proves to be pioneer not only in microstock bus also in Web 2.0, as it debuted its API in 2007, which was already a second and improved version of its first API.
• DeepMeta makes extensive use of the iStockphoto API, and entirely relies on it. If you're having problems with DeepMeta, this is almost always caused by some (temporary) malfunctioning of the iStockphoto API. That's the reason why this API status section was created in the DeepMeta web site.
• With this section we hope to provide up-to-date status info about the API, providing DeepMeta users to understand and follow-up on any ongoing API issues, as well as provide iStockphoto Developers with detailed reports on what exactly is going wrong, when it started, and how often the problems occur.