What's the big deal in checking if each version works? Sounds like you just need to ignore the errors you get when testing the API version, e.g. wrap a try/cat

What's the big deal in checking if each version works? Sounds like you just need to ignore the errors you get when testing the API version, e.g. wrap a try/catch block around the request. If that's your big gripe with the API, you have it pretty good!