[XiaoHongShuLogin.begin]I nvalid Login Type Currently only s

Error message

[XiaoHongShuLogin.begin]I nvalid Login Type Currently only supported qrcode or phone or cookies ...

What it means

ValueError raised by XiaoHongShuLogin.begin when config.LOGIN_TYPE is not 'qrcode', 'phone', or 'cookies' (note: xhs uses 'cookies' with an s, unlike weibo/zhihu). Thrown before login starts; purely a config-validation failure.

Source

Thrown at media_platform/xhs/login.py:97

        
        # If web_session has changed, consider the login successful
        if current_web_session and current_web_session != no_logged_in_session:
            utils.logger.info("[XiaoHongShuLogin.check_login_state] Login status confirmed by Cookie (web_session changed).")
            return True

        return False

    async def begin(self):
        """Start login xiaohongshu"""
        utils.logger.info("[XiaoHongShuLogin.begin] Begin login xiaohongshu ...")
        if config.LOGIN_TYPE == "qrcode":
            await self.login_by_qrcode()
        elif config.LOGIN_TYPE == "phone":
            await self.login_by_mobile()
        elif config.LOGIN_TYPE == "cookie":
            await self.login_by_cookies()
        else:
            raise ValueError("[XiaoHongShuLogin.begin]I nvalid Login Type Currently only supported qrcode or phone or cookies ...")

    async def login_by_mobile(self):
        """Login xiaohongshu by mobile"""
        utils.logger.info("[XiaoHongShuLogin.login_by_mobile] Begin login xiaohongshu by mobile ...")
        await asyncio.sleep(1)
        try:
            # After entering Xiaohongshu homepage, the login dialog may not pop up automatically, need to manually click login button
            login_button_ele = await self.context_page.wait_for_selector(
                selector="xpath=//*[@id='app']/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/ul/div[1]/button",
                timeout=5000
            )
            await login_button_ele.click()
            # The login dialog has two forms: one shows phone number and verification code directly
            # The other requires clicking to switch to phone login
            element = await self.context_page.wait_for_selector(
                selector='xpath=//div[@class="login-container"]//div[@class="other-method"]/div[1]',
                timeout=5000
            )

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Solutions

Set LOGIN_TYPE to exactly 'qrcode', 'phone', or 'cookies' in the xhs config.
Double-check the plural 'cookies' spelling - the most common trap coming from weibo/zhihu configs.
Check the value passed with --lt on the command line.

Example fix

# before
LOGIN_TYPE = "cookie"   # works for weibo, fails for xhs
# after
LOGIN_TYPE = "cookies"

Defensive patterns

Strategy: validation

Validate before calling

import config
assert config.LOGIN_TYPE in {"qrcode", "phone", "cookies"}, f"bad LOGIN_TYPE: {config.LOGIN_TYPE!r}"

Type guard

def is_valid_xhs_login_type(value: str) -> bool:
    return isinstance(value, str) and value in {"qrcode", "phone", "cookies"}

Prevention

Remember xhs accepts 'cookies' (plural), unlike weibo's 'cookie'.
Validate LOGIN_TYPE once at startup against a per-platform allowlist.
Avoid hand-editing config late at night - this error is almost always a typo.

When it happens

Trigger: LOGIN_TYPE misspelled or set to an unsupported value (e.g. 'cookie' for xhs where the accepted literal is 'cookies', 'scan', 'sms'), or config copied from the weibo section.

Common situations: Cross-platform config reuse where the user assumes 'cookie' works everywhere; typo in --lt CLI argument; trailing whitespace or wrong case.

Related errors

AI-assisted analysis of NanmiCoder/MediaCrawler@d6f7c5bb90 (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/d4d27fee109cf36c. Report an issue: GitHub.