The Tutorial on Import and Publish your first API using Petstore fails every 2nd call

Question

Hi - your sample API for Petstore - used on importing tutorial https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-management/import-and-publish can be a frustrating experience.

I'm not sure who hosts https://petstore3.swagger.io but every 2nd request/call fails with

curl : {"code":500,"message":"There was an error processing your request. It has been logged (ID: 35c0e25944c59a85)"}

Try it yourself more than once - every 2nd call failing - it's frustrating to test in a sample tutorial because you think it's gone wrong and it's hard to prove your first import has worked

curl "https://petstore3.swagger.io/api/v3/store/inventory"

Answer 1

Hello,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A,

petstore3.swagger.io is an open-source repository https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-petstore

And the issue is already reported https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-petstore/issues/99.

You can use a petstore mock server yourself (e.g., using Docker). That gives you a more reliable API surface. Or use a stable alternative sample.

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