Title: INVALID DOCUMENT Errors – Invalid URL and Null / Empty Text String Last modified: September 1, 2016 --- # INVALID DOCUMENT Errors – Invalid URL and Null / Empty Text String * Resolved [devitor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devitor/) * (@devitor) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-document-errors-invalid-url-and-null-empty-text-string/) * Two of my articles are throwing invalid document errors. I’ll report on the first one here, then reply on the second one since I have to do full JSON dumps. I can’t use News Preview since it’s only available on MacOS: * [http://us4palin.com/palin-trump-highlights-june-3-2016/](http://us4palin.com/palin-trump-highlights-june-3-2016/) * _[ redacted ]_ * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/publish-to-apple-news/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/publish-to-apple-news/) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 22 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-document-errors-invalid-url-and-null-empty-text-string/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-document-errors-invalid-url-and-null-empty-text-string/page/2/?output_format=md) * Thread Starter [devitor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devitor/) * (@devitor) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-document-errors-invalid-url-and-null-empty-text-string/#post-7567379) * Second article is throwing four Invalid Document Errors. How do you identify a specific component – i.e. Components 28 and 30 which are referenced in the debug? * [http://us4palin.com/palin-trump-highlights-june-24-2016/](http://us4palin.com/palin-trump-highlights-june-24-2016/) * _[ redacted ]_ * Plugin Author [Bradford Campeau-Laurion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/potatomaster/) * (@potatomaster) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-document-errors-invalid-url-and-null-empty-text-string/#post-7567501) * Components are numbered in order. * Thread Starter [devitor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devitor/) * (@devitor) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-document-errors-invalid-url-and-null-empty-text-string/#post-7567511) * So, component 1 is the first component that appears in the JSON and 28 is the 28th one down the stack? * Plugin Author [Bradford Campeau-Laurion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/potatomaster/) * (@potatomaster) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-document-errors-invalid-url-and-null-empty-text-string/#post-7567513) * Yes it should be. * Thread Starter [devitor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devitor/) * (@devitor) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-document-errors-invalid-url-and-null-empty-text-string/#post-7567516) * Using the first JSON… * Component 1 is the header image? 2 is container, 3 is title … And so on? * Plugin Author [Bradford Campeau-Laurion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/potatomaster/) * (@potatomaster) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-document-errors-invalid-url-and-null-empty-text-string/#post-7567571) * Yes should be the case. * Thread Starter [devitor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devitor/) * (@devitor) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-document-errors-invalid-url-and-null-empty-text-string/#post-7567572) * Good morning Bradford, * The first JSON – components 1 and 15. If 1 is the header image, it loads and displays without issue. I also tested every URL in both the web published story and the JSON. All URLs open. * I failed to mention – these two stories were loaded with the version of the plugin just prior to the most recent one. * Moving to the null text JSON which affects components 1, 28, and 30… Also a header image – which loads fine. * What the two header/featured images have in common is that they are portrait type images, not a 16:9 aspect ratio. * Could the image aspect be causing the errors? I really don’t know what else to conclude. The URLs are good; I have no strange / non-standard characters; I got rid of emojis in both articles. * Plugin Author [Bradford Campeau-Laurion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/potatomaster/) * (@potatomaster) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-document-errors-invalid-url-and-null-empty-text-string/#post-7567573) * I ran your JSON through the News Preview tool and this is your issue: * ``` Error: Unable to process URI [http://us4palin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/memory-of-the-fallen.jpg]. Server returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL: http://us4palin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/memory-of-the-fallen.jpg Error: Unable to process URI [http://us4palin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/trump-train-new.jpg]. Server returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL: http://us4palin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/trump-train-new.jpg Error: Unable to process URI [http://us4palin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sarah-palin-san-diego-1-ce2.jpg]. Server returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL: http://us4palin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sarah-palin-san-diego-1-ce2.jpg Error: Unable to process URI [http://us4palin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/willow-palin-5-29-2016.jpg]. Server returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL: http://us4palin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/willow-palin-5-29-2016.jpg Error: Unable to process URI [http://us4palin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/5822.jpg]. Server returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL: http://us4palin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/5822.jpg Error: Unable to process URI [http://us4palin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sarah_palin_r900x493.jpg]. Server returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL: http://us4palin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sarah_palin_r900x493.jpg Error: Unable to process URI [http://us4palin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dakota-bristol-6-3-2016.jpg]. Server returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL: http://us4palin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dakota-bristol-6-3-2016.jpg Error: Unable to process URI [http://us4palin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/bristol-dakota-6-3-2016.jpg]. Server returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL: http://us4palin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/bristol-dakota-6-3-2016.jpg Error: Unable to process URI [http://us4palin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/politicon-2016-palin.jpg]. Server returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL: http://us4palin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/politicon-2016-palin.jpg Error: Unable to process URI [http://us4palin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/0526-sarah-palin-court-judge-fun-art-getty-4.jpg]. Server returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL: http://us4palin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/0526-sarah-palin-court-judge-fun-art-getty-4.jpg ``` * Your web host is returning 403s instead of 200s when Apple News tries to retrieve the images. If you can get that fixed, you should be all set. * Thanks. * Thread Starter [devitor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devitor/) * (@devitor) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-document-errors-invalid-url-and-null-empty-text-string/#post-7567575) * 403 – authorization. Would that be a permissions issue? * Thread Starter [devitor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devitor/) * (@devitor) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-document-errors-invalid-url-and-null-empty-text-string/#post-7567579) * All the images – including in the working posts are set 0644. All these are publicly readable – all open. Why would they cause a 403? * I don’t know if this affects anything, but in your readme you say, * > ” If you encounter errors, you may need to modify the permissions of both > the “./apple-export/workspace” and the “./apple-export/workspace/tmp” directories. > In most cases, setting permissions for these two directories to “775” will > enable plugins to function properly.” * Those directories don’t exist at all inside the plugin. The closest I have is: * ./publish-to-apple-news/includes/apple-exporter * then two directories – builders and components – hang off it. * The directories are 0755 – content 0644 * Thread Starter [devitor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devitor/) * (@devitor) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-document-errors-invalid-url-and-null-empty-text-string/#post-7567593) * Bradford, * `Error: Unable to process URI [http://us4palin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ sarah-palin-san-diego-1-ce2.jpg]. Server returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL: http://us4palin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sarah-palin-san-diego-1-ce2. jpg` * Look at the URL in brackets….. * `Error: Unable to process URI [http://us4palin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ sarah-palin-san-diego-1-ce2.jpg].` * That closing bracket is part of the hyperlink. That’s causing a page not found. * The actual URL is fine. * Looking at the JSON file again – I don’t see evidence of the ] being included as part of the URL. * I hope Apple releases that preview tool for other OSs soon. * Plugin Author [Bradford Campeau-Laurion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/potatomaster/) * (@potatomaster) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-document-errors-invalid-url-and-null-empty-text-string/#post-7567622) * The bracket isn’t part of the hyperlink that the API is using. * Have you tried turning off remote images to see if that works better for you? * Thread Starter [devitor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devitor/) * (@devitor) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-document-errors-invalid-url-and-null-empty-text-string/#post-7567624) * Good afternoon Bradford. * Yes I tried remote images on and off. No difference. * What I’ll do when I get back later is copy the first post to a text editor, then remove all the image HTML from the live post and set a new featured image. Then I’ll attempt to publish. If that works, then I’ll re-insert one image via WordPress( not my hand-coded HTML) and update. If that works, I’ll re-insert the remainder via WordPress and update – purging cache and CDN of course each time. * Then I’ll swing to the second post and do the same if that works out on the first one. * Thread Starter [devitor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devitor/) * (@devitor) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-document-errors-invalid-url-and-null-empty-text-string/#post-7567626) * Re-setting the featured image and removing all the post images got rid of one error, leaving 14… * ``` [body] => {"errors":[{"code":"INVALID_DOCUMENT","keyPath":["components",1,"components",14],"value":"","message":"Invalid URL: "}]} ``` * Here is the current JSON for the June 3 story. If I remove all the links, and it still fails, the story ID is probably shot and I’ll have to let it go. * _[ redacted ]_ * Thread Starter [devitor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devitor/) * (@devitor) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-document-errors-invalid-url-and-null-empty-text-string/#post-7567627) * The June 24 JSON is repaired and correct. Replacing the hand-codes and loading a new featured image resolved the problem with that file. * If you can run the June 3 JSON above through News Preview – that with a new featured image and no post images and see what errors are thrown, I’d appreciate much. 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