Visual Coding Neuropixels server status

Technical
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I have been trying to download .nwb files using the allensdk package, but keep getting the following errror:

.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/requests/models.py", line 978, in json
    raise RequestsJSONDecodeError(e.msg, e.doc, e.pos)
requests.exceptions.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

Using a link directly also just gives me a 504 error:

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I’m assuming the server might be down, but would like to have confirmation!

2

I just tried that link and was able to download the file successfully.

Have you been able to access these NWB files previously, or is this your first time trying? Is it possible your network settings are blocking access to the file, given that’s it’s not secure (http vs. https)?

3

I had downloaded the NWB files before.
It was a temporary thing though, from noon today I was again able to get them.

I tried from two completely different networks (and devices), I really don’t think the issue was on my end…

Thanks in any case!
I appreciate it isn’t easy to provide these services.