EVE Technology Lab

When I query for Contracts, the XML returns a list of contracts:

https://api.eveonline.com/char/Contracts.xml.aspx?keyID=[KEY_ID]&vCode=[V_CODE]&characterID=[CHAR_ID]

Each of the contracts returned has a key of "contractID". This works fine.

Then, I try to query for Contract Items:

https://api.eveonline.com/char/ContractItems.xml.aspx?keyID=[KEY_ID]&vCode=[V_CODE]&characterID=[CHAR_ID]&contractID=[CONTRACT_ID]

Strangely though, although many of the Contract IDs work, SOME of the listed Contract IDs return an error:

[eveapi version="2"]
[currentTime]2015-05-21 06:38:39[/currentTime]
[error code="134"]Invalid or missing contractID.[/error]
[cachedUntil]2015-05-21 18:38:39[/cachedUntil]
[/eveapi]

Any idea what could be causing this error?

The contact ID is present, and is applicable to the character & API key (and the key has permissions), and the value was just given to me in the XML list of contracts, so I can't understand how it could be invalid, especially as some of the IDs work.

This is a known bug. I spoke to Foxfur about it a year or so ago.

I can't remember the exact specifics offhand, but it's something along the lines of being unable to find the contracts that are available to you properly - the list is fine, but the detail is not. I think it can't see contractIDs that are in your corp, or it might be ones that are in your alliance and available to you - but not according to the detail page.

It's frustrating as it prevents making website tools that details contracts nicely.

I tried engaging CSM members about it to, but they always run and hide.