# Check the arguments are sane
raise OSM::APIBadUserInput.new("No lat was given") unless params[:lat]
raise OSM::APIBadUserInput.new("No lon was given") unless params[:lon]
- raise OSM::APIBadUserInput.new("No text was given") unless params[:text]
+ raise OSM::APIBadUserInput.new("No text was given") if params[:text].blank?
# Extract the arguments
lon = params[:lon].to_f