VATSIM-API - wrong (controler) rating (0 missing, min. 1)

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Does anyone have any idea why the VATSIM API has recently been outputting at least a 1 (i.e. S1 rating) and no longer 0 (i.e. OBS) in the member data for the (controller) rating?

See here (the user definitely does NOT have an S1 rating):
https://api.vatsim.net/v2/members/1167724/

The same also happens with the old API (V1).

However, in the stats page, the OBS rating is still correct:
https://stats.vatsim.net/stats/1167724

Did someone accidentally enter an S1 for all users when changing the new AFIS rating?
Or is the new S1 now the old OBS (and there’s no real S1 anymore)?
At least the higher ratings are not affected and will continue to be displayed correctly.

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@1461215 @1475625 no?

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The ID of the OBS rating is 1, my guess is you have the wrong ID’s for the ratings.
See this output which is part of the datafeed.

"ratings": [
        {
            "id": -1,
            "short": "INAC",
            "long": "Inactive"
        },
        {
            "id": 0,
            "short": "SUS",
            "long": "Suspended"
        },
        {
            "id": 1,
            "short": "OBS",
            "long": "Observer"
        },
        {
            "id": 2,
            "short": "S1",
            "long": "Tower Trainee"
        },
        {
            "id": 3,
            "short": "S2",
            "long": "Tower Controller"
        },
        {
            "id": 4,
            "short": "S3",
            "long": "Senior Student"
        },
        {
            "id": 5,
            "short": "C1",
            "long": "Enroute Controller"
        },
        {
            "id": 6,
            "short": "C2",
            "long": "Controller 2 (not in use)"
        },
        {
            "id": 7,
            "short": "C3",
            "long": "Senior Controller"
        },
        {
            "id": 8,
            "short": "I1",
            "long": "Instructor"
        },
        {
            "id": 9,
            "short": "I2",
            "long": "Instructor 2 (not in use)"
        },
        {
            "id": 10,
            "short": "I3",
            "long": "Senior Instructor"
        },
        {
            "id": 11,
            "short": "SUP",
            "long": "Supervisor"
        },
        {
            "id": 12,
            "short": "ADM",
            "long": "Administrator"
        }
    ],
4

Yes, I misinterpreted the numbers. Thanks for the information.

5

It’s also possible that the VATSIM community or development team has released updates or announcements regarding changes to the b2b API integration or any known issues. By consulting official channels, you should be able to get the most accurate and timely information about the current status of the VATSIM API and any adjustments made to it.

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Thanks, we have already established that the allocation of ratings had changed some time ago. We could already see the exact assignment in the API itself in the header.

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