DIYgod/RSSHub · error

Unknown type: ${item.type}

Error message

Unknown type: ${item.type}

What it means

The official-endpoint counterpart of error 672: the `default` arm of the item-type switch in `zhihu/zhuanlan.ts`. It handles the known `item.type` values (including `zvideo`) and throws for anything else, reporting the type. A single unhandled item aborts the whole zhuanlan feed.

Source

Thrown at lib/routes/zhihu/zhuanlan.ts:118

                link = item.url;
                author = item.author.name;
                pubDate = parseDate(item.created * 1000);

                break;

            case 'zvideo':
                // 如果类型是zvideo，id即为视频地址参数
                title = item.title;
                link = `https://www.zhihu.com/zvideo/${item.id}`;
                author = item.author.name;
                pubDate = parseDate(item.created_at * 1000);
                // 判断是否存在视频简介
                description = item.description ? `${item.description} <br> <br> <a href="${link}">视频内容请跳转至原页面观看</a>` : `<a href="${link}">视频内容请跳转至原页面观看</a>`;

                break;

            default:
                throw new Error(`Unknown type: ${item.type}`);
        }
        return {
            title,
            link,
            description,
            pubDate,
            author,
        };
    });

    return {
        description,
        item,
        title: `知乎专栏-${title}`,
        link: url,
    };
}

View on GitHub (pinned to bed535e087)

Solutions

1. Add a `case` for the reported `item.type` mapping it to the standard feed fields (title/link/description/author/pubDate).
2. Make `default` skip the unknown item instead of throwing so the rest of the column renders.
3. Mirror any new case into the xhu `zhuanlan.ts` route (error 672) to keep both in sync.

Example fix

// before
default:
    throw new Error(`Unknown type: ${item.type}`);
// after — skip unknown items
default:
    return null;

const HANDLED_ZHUANLAN_TYPES = new Set(['article', 'zvideo']); // extend with full known set
function filterZhuanlanItems(items) {
    return items.filter((item) => HANDLED_ZHUANLAN_TYPES.has(item.type));
}

type HandledZhuanlanType = 'article' | 'zvideo';
function isHandledZhuanlanType(item: { type: string }): item is { type: HandledZhuanlanType } {
    return new Set<HandledZhuanlanType>(['article','zvideo']).has(item.type as HandledZhuanlanType);
}

const items = rawItems.filter(isHandledZhuanlanType).map(/* existing mapping */);

When it happens

Trigger: The official Zhihu column/zhuanlan API returns an item whose `type` is not in the handled set — Zhihu added a new content kind surfaced in a column, or renamed a type string.

Common situations: Zhihu ships a new content type inside zhuanlan feeds; a column mixes `article` with an unhandled kind; a type-string rename. The throw fails the entire feed rather than just the unsupported entry.

Related errors

• Unknown type: ${contentItem.type}
• Unknown type: ${contentItem.type}
• Unknown type: ${item.type}
• Unknown type: ${item.type}
• Unhandled thirdparty on ${link}: ${elem.attr('alias')}

AI-assisted analysis of DIYgod/RSSHub@bed535e087 (2026-08-12). Data as JSON: /api/errors/8bcbb3f32078a919. Report an issue: GitHub.