Has something changed with the Ancestry sharing link lately?

Question

If often use Ancestry.co.uk for sources, because of the sharing link to the original document; and use Rob Pavey's WikiTree Sourcer to generate the citation. A recent citation {{Ancestry Sharing|2695817|7b22746f6b656e223a226e42695465514c565a636c345951462f64653930624969444b444857716b377a785534555a674e3835476b3d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d}} generates Error 897 - parameter too long. The template works, and when I follow the link back to the Ancestry source and view the sharing link directly from there, the link is https://www.ancestry.co.uk/sharing/2824555?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a2253306e566c61392f453231627858786755715a2f597968545a4a587a4247344e4a79695249436d5252766f3d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d

It seems Ancestry have reformatted their links yet again??

Answer 1

It looks like it changed some time in the last month. A sharing link I created on 5 March ended in "b84c1332a6d90f2ea99a5f027ea922a3faa95bce6f88a7d938cbe4d2f76e230f", but one I created on 2 April ended in "7b22746f6b656e223a226f474a52724753737635556b624f62587a5646552b2b6c69372f6a586c6a597233333474574678486735303d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d".

The test in the suggestion probably needs to be updated to allow for the new longer parameter.

Comments

See my comment here and Rob's reply.

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Just to confirm: does the template need to be updated or is it OK as is?

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The template itself is fine and works with the new longer parameter, it's just the test that Aleš does to create the suggestion that needs to be updated.

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Has this been raised to Ales to correct the test?

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I already corrected the length of the parametr to allow 154 characters. Those suggestions should be gone next week.