HTTP error 404 from APOD API

[Rick30024]

I keep on getting this message "NASA apod extension error network error HTTP status code 404" when I try to refresh and get an image

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[marcfj]

I was getting the same error, investigated by calling the API directly and got the full error message

code | 404
msg | "No data available for date: 2020-08-27"

APOD API supports a date parameter, which defaults to today if not passed.
Today for me is in the future as I'm UTC +10, however the API is expecting UTC+0 hence the error.
The same API call works fine if I add &date=2020-08-26

[Elinvention]

@marcfj I checked the code and the date parameter gets passed only if you have a pinned background, in which case we are sure the date is correct because the image was already downloaded.

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[jwzedd]

Hello, I have used your extension on my older pc and really liked seeing the images and learning something new each day. I have a relatively new System 76 pc and loaded the NASA APOD extension.Unfortunately, I am also getting the error message "NASA apod extension error network error HTTP status code 404" when I try to refresh. The extension updated twice and now it does not. I am using PopOS, based upon Ubuntu 20.04. My Gnome shell is version 3.36.4.
The Gnome log is attached. Any help is appreciated.

2020.09.26_NASA_APOD_Gnome_log.txt

[jwzedd]

Hello, I have used your extension on my older pc and really liked seeing the images and learning something new each day. I have a relatively new System 76 pc and loaded the NASA APOD extension.Unfortunately, I am also getting the error message "NASA apod extension error network error HTTP status code 404" when I try to refresh. The extension updated twice and now it does not. I am using PopOS, based upon Ubuntu 20.04. My Gnome shell is version 3.36.4.
The Gnome log is attached. Any help is appreciated.

2020.09.26_NASA_APOD_Gnome_log.txt

Seems to be working now.

[TastyPi]

This happens when requesting the image for the current date, but the current date's image is not available yet.

For example, right now the current image displayed at https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ is for 27th October, however if I call the API without setting the date it uses 2020-10-28, as can be seen in the 404 response:

{"code":404,"msg":"No data available for date: 2020-10-28","service_version":"v1"}

See this issue nasa/apod-api#48 which mentions a couple of workarounds.