searching packages with api returns "Application Error"

[UziTech]

Searching for packages in Atom is broken.

Settings-View trys to search atom.io with the query:
https://atom.io/api/packages/search?q={query}&filter=package

but it always responds with {"message":"Application error"}

Searching for the package on https://atom.io/packages and clicking the Install button still works

[UziTech]

Looks like the same issue is happening again. atom/atom#21131

[UziTech]

Same thing is happening again atom/atom#21155

[yecril71pl]

Something has gone wrong (500)

[ryanolsonx]

Are you guys gonna fix this?!

[ddaza]

I get the feeling that the prioritization of Atom has been put in the Extinguish backlog.

[chriswhite199]

@darangi - Can you re-open this issue, seeing as it's still ongoing?

[chriswhite199]

You can, if you know the package name, still install a package via apm.

A google search with the site: keyword can help here, for example:

site:atom.io/packages file icons will have this result: https://atom.io/packages/file-icons, which can then be installed:

apm install file-icons

[UziTech]

You can also search for the package on https://atom.io/packages and click the Install button

[yecril71pl]

I do not know the package name.

[chriswhite199]

@yecril71pl - So use google search by keywords related to the package you want, for example say you wanted anything docker related:

• https://www.google.com/search?q=site:atom.io/packages%20docker

(I'm not advocating for this to be the 'fix', just a work around until the site maintainers can look into the cause)

[chriswhite199]

Well it's all working again, so someone fixed something

[ivan006]

its happening again