[Article Search API] Data inconsistency

[fische]

Hi !

I was trying to access to the Article Search API but when I tried to parse the response, I encountered some inconsistency in the data :

{
  "response": {
    "docs": [
      {
        "web_url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/15/t-magazine/fashion/duro-olowu-dress-ritual.html",
        "byline": {
          "person": [
            {
              "organization": "",
              "role": "reported",
              "firstname": "Aimee",
              "rank": 1,
              "lastname": "FARRELL"
            }
          ],
          "original": "By AIMEE FARRELL"
        },
        "type_of_material": "News",
        "_id": "5761930938f0d81a0f68f3e0",
        ....
      },
      {
        "web_url": "http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2016/07/10/travel/exploring-the-alsace-region-of-europe.html",
        "byline": [],
        "type_of_material": "Slideshow",
        "_id": "577d07ea38f0d849682ddd8d",
        ....
      },
      ....
    ]
  }
}

As you can see, in the first article, the byline field is an object, while it's an array in the second one. Is that an actual issue ? Or is it done on purpose ?

[nyt-hughmandeville]

Looks like byline is consistent now.

articlesearch.json?sort=newest&begin_date=20160605&end_date=20160605&fl=byline&page=3