Most Popular API : incoherent type when empty value

[MickaelHrndz]

Hello,

In the Most Popular API, the media element of an article is an empty string instead of an empty array. This causes type issues when parsing.

[MickaelHrndz]

This issue seems to have been solved as I don't get empty media elements anymore.

[MickaelHrndz]

This is happening again. To bring an exemple, this is an article with an empty media attribute, copied from a Most Popular API response :
{"url":"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2017\/10\/04\/opinion\/thoughts-prayers-nra-funding-senators.html","adx_keywords":"","column":"","section":"Opinion","byline":"By DAVID LEONHARDT, IAN PRASAD PHILBRICK and STUART A. THOMPSON","type":"Interactive","title":"The Congress Members Receiving the Most N.R.A. Funding","abstract":"Thoughts and prayers and the N.R.A.: Here are the top career recipients of N.R.A. campaign money.","published_date":"2017-10-04","source":"The New York Times","id":100000005478110,"asset_id":100000005478110,"views":3,"des_facet":["GUN CONTROL"],"org_facet":["NATIONAL RIFLE ASSN","SENATE","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"],"per_facet":"","geo_facet":"","media":""}

[RayanZahab]

This is happening again !
http://api.nytimes.com/svc/mostpopular/v2/mostviewed/all-sections/7.json?apikey=XYZ

{
"url":"https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/17/style/royal-wedding-time-date.html",
"adx_keywords":"Royal Wedding;Weddings and Engagements;Time;Harry, Prince of Wales;Markle, Meghan",
"column":null,
"section":"Style",
"byline":"By THE NEW YORK TIMES",
"type":"Article",
"title":"What Time Was the Royal Wedding in My Time Zone?",
"abstract":"Interesting news: The royal wedding is now in the past. ",
"published_date":"2018-05-17",
"source":"The New York Times",
"id":100000005904642,
"asset_id":100000005904642,
"views":4,
"des_facet":[
"WEDDINGS AND ENGAGEMENTS",
"TIME"
],
"org_facet":"",
"per_facet":[
"HARRY, PRINCE OF WALES",
"MARKLE, MEGHAN"
],
"geo_facet":"",
"media":""
},

[nyt-hughmandeville]

It is a moving 24 hour window that is updated every 20 minutes.
So currently window is 8:40pm Saturday to 8:40pm Sunday.
In 20 minutes it will calculate the window 9pm yesterday to 9pm today.