"The request cannot be fulfiled (sic) due to bad syntax"

[camner]

Lightroom Version

12.3

Operating System

1. macOS 12 Monterey

When (re)publishing modified photos, a specific set of four images fail to republish with the error message The request cannot be fulfiled due to bad syntax (the misspelled word is in the error message). I have never received this message before, and cannot find anything about it through either a Google search or search of this forum.

 

[johnrellis]

Which publishing service?

 

[camner]

SmugMug. Perhaps I should open a ticket with them. They are usually pretty responsive. Though given the error message, it isn't clear if the issue is with LR, their plugin, or something else.

 

[johnrellis]

I’m pretty sure the error is from the Smugmug plug-in. If you post a screen shot of the error and the surrounding LR window, that will help verify.

 

[johnrellis]

There error is definitely common from the Smugmug plugin. It's contained in one of its files:

$ strings SmCommon.lua | grep -i fulfiled
$$$/SmugMug/Error/Service/BadRequest/Info=The request cannot be fulfiled due to bad syntax.

 

[camner]

Sorry for the delay; I was out of town for a few days. I think you are right about the error message coming from the SmugMug plug-in (too bad the error message doesn't disclose that fact... it would've saved a lot of time hunting around). After reading your message I created a new gallery at SmugMug and uploaded all of the pictures from the old gallery, including the four images that were causing the headache. All uploaded successfully. I then deleted the old gallery, and I think I'm good to go.

Thanks very much, as always, for your help.