API Error from LightRoom

richardleonard · 2018-09-12 21:21:53

Upgraded from Backlight 1 to 2, followed upgrade instructions. Installed new LR plugin. Check authentication of API URL & get the message: "It appears that the API URL does not point to the publisher API. Ensure that the URL finishes with 'publisher/'."
I changed nothing from Backlight 1 which worked fine & the URL is exactly right, ending with 'publisher/'. However, as per instructions, I removed the publisher directory from within the backlight directory while installing version 2, so now there is no publisher directory in the backlight folder at all... is this correct & how do I fix?

Ben · 2018-09-12 21:23:55

Hi Richard, have you copied the file .htaccess from within the backlight/ folder of the extracted Installer zip file to within the backlight/ folder on your server? If you have and it's still not working can you share your API URL?

richardleonard · 2018-09-13 06:04:03

There is only one file: htaccess (not .htaccess) in the extracted installer folder - it's inside the skeleton folder. There is no .htaccess in the backlight folder on the server. There are different .htaccess files in different sub-folders of the backlight folder on the server...?

Ben · 2018-09-13 06:13:57

It sounds like you can’t see the files because they start with a period and are deemed ‘hidden’ by your FTP program. Can you see whether your app has an option to show hidden files?

richardleonard · 2018-09-13 07:43:32

No, you misunderstand. I can see the files starting with a period. But the situation is exactly as I described...

Ben · 2018-09-13 08:13:49

Who are you hosting with? Please provide me with FTP access via email so that I can look into this.

Ben · 2018-09-13 08:28:58

richardleonard wrote:

There is only one file: htaccess (not .htaccess) in the extracted installer folder - it's inside the skeleton folder. There is no .htaccess in the backlight folder on the server. There are different .htaccess files in different sub-folders of the backlight folder on the server...?

As above. If that is the case then you are *not* seeing the .htaccess files that start with a period.

The unzipped file should include the following .htaccess files:

./backlight/installer/.htaccess
./backlight/custom/phplugins/.htaccess
./backlight/data/.htaccess
./backlight/.htaccess
./.htaccess

All of those, especially the last two, need to be uploaded to the corresponding locations on your server. If the only one you can see is htaccess without a period, then you need to find a way of seeing the files with periods and uploading them.

richardleonard · 2018-09-13 08:33:36

OK, understood. I can see . files on the server, but maybe I can't see them in the Finder on the Mac. I have sent you ftp access, but I'll look into how I can see .files on the Mac as well.

Daniel Leu · 2018-09-13 08:39:22

https://ianlunn.co.uk/articles/quickly- … mavericks/

richardleonard · 2018-09-13 08:44:43

Found how to reveal, found the right file, copied it over & authentication works... I assume gallery creation etc will work as well Thanks for your help - much appreciated!

Ben · 2018-09-13 09:40:17

That's great! I'm glad to hear that.

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API Error from LightRoom

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