Most Popular API : incoherent type when empty value

[MickaelHrndz]

Hello,

In the Most Popular API, the media element of an article is an empty string instead of an empty array. This causes type issues when parsing.

[MickaelHrndz]

This issue seems to have been solved as I don't get empty media elements anymore.

[MickaelHrndz]

This is happening again. To bring an exemple, this is an article with an empty media attribute, copied from a Most Popular API response : {"url":"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2017\/10\/04\/opinion\/thoughts-prayers-nra-funding-senators.html","adx_keywords":"","column":"","section":"Opinion","byline":"By DAVID LEONHARDT, IAN PRASAD PHILBRICK and STUART A. THOMPSON","type":"Interactive","title":"The Congress Members Receiving the Most N.R.A. Funding","abstract":"Thoughts and prayers and the N.R.A.: Here are the top career recipients of N.R.A. campaign money.","published_date":"2017-10-04","source":"The New York Times","id":100000005478110,"asset_id":100000005478110,"views":3,"des_facet":["GUN CONTROL"],"org_facet":["NATIONAL RIFLE ASSN","SENATE","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"],"per_facet":"","geo_facet":"","media":""}

[RayanZahab]

This is happening again ! http://api.nytimes.com/svc/mostpopular/v2/mostviewed/all-sections/7.json?apikey=XYZ

{
"url":"https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/17/style/royal-wedding-time-date.html", "adx_keywords":"Royal Wedding;Weddings and Engagements;Time;Harry, Prince of Wales;Markle, Meghan", "column":null, "section":"Style", "byline":"By THE NEW YORK TIMES", "type":"Article", "title":"What Time Was the Royal Wedding in My Time Zone?", "abstract":"Interesting news: The royal wedding is now in the past. ", "published_date":"2018-05-17", "source":"The New York Times", "id":100000005904642, "asset_id":100000005904642, "views":4, "des_facet":[
"WEDDINGS AND ENGAGEMENTS", "TIME" ], "org_facet":"", "per_facet":[
"HARRY, PRINCE OF WALES", "MARKLE, MEGHAN" ], "geo_facet":"", "media":"" },

[nyt-hughmandeville]

It is a moving 24 hour window that is updated every 20 minutes. So currently window is 8:40pm Saturday to 8:40pm Sunday. In 20 minutes it will calculate the window 9pm yesterday to 9pm today.