The following query using the Yahoo API started to return a result of 'null' since yesterday. (in fact all my queries against the geo.placefinder) return result: null.
Is anyone aware of an update / work that yahoo is doing? I have tried using their developer console but that returns null result as well. This query is a crucial part of my application that now is dysfunctional.
I have encountered the same problem, as I understand the placefinder was meant to be shutdown on Nov 17, 2012 and we were meant to use the paid service Boss Geo.
see:
https://developer.yahoo.com/blogs/ydn/introducing-boss-geo-next-chapter-boss-53654.html#more-id2
YQL tables for development If you are looking to continue experimenting with the standalone PlaceFinder and PlaceMaker services, we are excited to continue supporting you through our YQL tables. These tables will be limited to 2,000 queries per day and are meant for non-commercial usage. We intend to shut down the current free versions of PlaceFinder and PlaceMaker on November 17, 2012.
Workaround:
For a direct replace of the current url you can use a combination or YQL and gws2.maps.yahoo.com. For example, to get the location of the random co-ordinates below the url will be the following:
var url = https://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=select%20*%20from%20xml%20where%20url%20%3D%20%27http%3A%2F%2Fgws2.maps.yahoo.com%2Ffindlocation%3Fpf%3D1%26locale%3Den_US%26offset%3D15%26flags%3D%26gflags%3DR%26q%3D52.01%2C4.82%27&format=json&env=store%3A%2F%2Fdatatables.org%2Falltableswithkeys
to execute it with ajax it would be something like the following:
$.ajax(
{
url: url,
type: "GET",
headers: { "Accept": "application/json; odata=verbose" },
success: getWeatherForLocation,
error: appErrorHandler
});