chenhg5/cc-connect · error

create request: %w

Error message

create request: %w

What it means

http.NewRequestWithContext failed while constructing the POST to BaseURL + '/audio/transcriptions'. NewRequestWithContext returns an error for an unparseable/invalid URL or an unsupported method, so this points at a malformed BaseURL configured on the OpenAIWhisper instance.

Source

Thrown at core/speech.go:79

	part, err := writer.CreateFormFile("file", "audio."+ext)
	if err != nil {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("create form file: %w", err)
	}
	if _, err := part.Write(audio); err != nil {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("write audio: %w", err)
	}
	_ = writer.WriteField("model", w.Model)
	_ = writer.WriteField("response_format", "text")
	if lang != "" {
		_ = writer.WriteField("language", lang)
	}
	writer.Close()

	url := w.BaseURL + "/audio/transcriptions"
	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost, url, &buf)
	if err != nil {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("create request: %w", err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+w.APIKey)
	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", writer.FormDataContentType())

	resp, err := w.Client.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("whisper request: %w", err)
	}
	defer resp.Body.Close()

	body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	if err != nil {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("read response: %w", err)
	}

	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("whisper API %d: %s", resp.StatusCode, string(body))
	}

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Solutions

1. Check BaseURL for missing scheme — it must start with http:// or https://
2. Trim whitespace/newlines from the configured base_url value
3. Validate the URL with url.Parse before constructing OpenAIWhisper
4. Fall back to the default https://api.openai.com/v1 (NewOpenAIWhisper does this only when BaseURL is empty, not invalid)

Example fix

// before (config.toml)
base_url = "api.openai.com/v1"
// after
base_url = "https://api.openai.com/v1"

u, err := url.Parse(cfg.BaseURL)
if err != nil || u.Scheme == "" || u.Host == "" {
    return fmt.Errorf("invalid whisper base_url %q: %w", cfg.BaseURL, err)
}

text, err := stt.Transcribe(ctx, audio, format, lang)
if err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "create request") {
    slog.Error("whisper base_url is malformed", "err", err)
    return ""
}

When it happens

Trigger: Transcribe called with OpenAIWhisper.BaseURL containing invalid URL syntax (spaces, control characters, missing scheme such as 'api.openai.com/v1' without https://).

Common situations: Typo or bad paste in config.toml for the whisper base_url; missing scheme; trailing whitespace or newline in an env-provided URL; misconfigured self-hosted proxy URL.

Understand the failure class

Background: "Invalid URL" / "URL cannot be empty": fix the malformed or missing URL behind request-construction failures — this error's family across 50 libraries.

Related errors

• reasonix: create request: %w
• gemini stt: create request: %w
• yuanbao: create request: %w
• url is required for type=http
• providerproxy: parse target: %w

AI-assisted analysis of chenhg5/cc-connect@4000b2338a (2026-09-06). Data as JSON: /api/errors/c56882469918216d. Report an issue: GitHub.