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Exa Answer API: intermittent 500 on structured output with large-volume queries
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # Exa Answer API - Intermittent 500 INTERNAL_ERROR on structured output queries | |
| # Usage: EXA_API_KEY=your-key bash exa_repro.sh | |
| # Requires: jq | |
| PAYLOAD=$(cat << 'JSON' | |
| { | |
| "query": "Are there any mainstream news articles with controversies, scandals, lawsuits, legal settlements, or major fines involving Goldman Sachs (goldmansachs.com) OR companies owned by Goldman Sachs?", | |
| "systemPrompt": "Research: Goldman Sachs (goldmansachs.com) and its portfolio companies. Extract reputation issues from news journalism ONLY. Required sources: news articles from established journalism outlets (Reuters, Bloomberg, WSJ, FT, etc.).", | |
| "outputSchema": { |
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