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While using the API function civicrm_contact_relationship_get, I noticed that if it doesn't find relationships of the requested type it returns the string 'Invalid Data'.

Certainly I can test for this particular string, but I'm wondering:

Is this a standard response for this kind of outcome when using an API function? If so, there's nothing that needs changing.

It might make more sense to return an empty string, or some other string such as 'No relationships found'. The current message made me think I submitted invalid input data.

To see what I'm talking about, do a call to the function with a valid contact_id (change to something that makes sense for your db) for a contact that has no employer, e.g.:

$params = array(
'contact_id' => 145,
);

$result = &civicrm_contact_relationship_get($params, array(), array('Employee of'));