Title: API server down
Last modified: March 19, 2020

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# API server down

 *  Resolved [theodeurne1976](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theodeurne1976/)
 * (@theodeurne1976)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-server-down/)
 * Hello,
 * I see a API/web error.
 * > The API server may be down, please check your firewall settings and try again
   > later.

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 *  Plugin Author [Duke Yin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/freeduke/)
 * (@freeduke)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-server-down/#post-12561364)
 * [@theodeurne1976](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theodeurne1976/)
    Thanks
   for using this plugin, you saw that error message means you can’t get the api
   data.
 * And I saw your post on github:
    [https://github.com/Laeyoung/COVID-19-API/issues/12](https://github.com/Laeyoung/COVID-19-API/issues/12)
 * when you try to get the api data directly on your browser you also get I quote:
 * >  DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN
 * The reason for DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN is typically due to a misconfiguration
   or problem with your DNS. DNS is short for Domain Name System, which helps direct
   traffic on the internet by connecting domain names with actual web servers. Essentially,
   it takes a human-friendly request – a domain name like api.com – and translates
   it into a computer-friendly server IP address – like 216.3.128.12.
 * So the problem is your device can not read the API domain, so you can’t get any
   feedback from API.
 * Since I don’t know witch operating system you are using, thus I suggest you google
   for “DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN”, there are alot of solutions for this issue,
   when you fix the DNS problem, go:
    `https://wuhan-coronavirus-api.laeyoung.endpoint.
   ainize.ai/jhu-edu/brief` on your browser again to test if the problem is solved.
 * Good luck 🙂
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by [Duke Yin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/freeduke/).
 *  [buzzworkers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/buzzworkers/)
 * (@buzzworkers)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-server-down/#post-12570730)
 * More API [https://github.com/Bost/coronavirus-tracker-api](https://github.com/Bost/coronavirus-tracker-api)
 *  Plugin Author [Duke Yin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/freeduke/)
 * (@freeduke)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-server-down/#post-12580608)
 * [@buzzworkers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/buzzworkers/) [@theodeurne1976](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theodeurne1976/)
   
   With a new API, this plugin is back online. Thank you for using.

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 * Last reply from: [Duke Yin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/freeduke/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-server-down/#post-12580608)
 * Status: resolved