jackwener/OpenCLI · error · CommandExecutionError

Bilibili ${label} API returned malformed replies

Error message

Bilibili ${label} API returned malformed replies

What it means

CommandExecutionError thrown by requireReplies when data.replies exists and is not null but is not an array. Bilibili's contract is replies: Reply[] | null; any other type is treated as a malformed response.

Source

Thrown at clis/bilibili/comments.js:61

            throw new AuthRequiredError('bilibili.com', `Bilibili ${label} API requires login or permission: ${message} (${payload.code})`);
        }
        throw new CommandExecutionError(`Bilibili ${label} API failed: ${message} (${payload.code})`);
    }
    return payload.data;
}

function requireReplies(data, label) {
    if (!data || typeof data !== 'object' || Array.isArray(data)) {
        throw new CommandExecutionError(`Bilibili ${label} API returned malformed data`);
    }
    if (!Object.hasOwn(data, 'replies')) {
        throw new CommandExecutionError(`Bilibili ${label} API did not return replies`);
    }
    if (data.replies === null) {
        return [];
    }
    if (!Array.isArray(data.replies)) {
        throw new CommandExecutionError(`Bilibili ${label} API returned malformed replies`);
    }
    return data.replies;
}

function requireTopReplies(data, label) {
    if (!data || typeof data !== 'object' || Array.isArray(data)) {
        throw new CommandExecutionError(`Bilibili ${label} API returned malformed data`);
    }
    if (!Object.hasOwn(data, 'top_replies')) {
        throw new CommandExecutionError(`Bilibili ${label} API did not return top_replies`);
    }
    if (!Array.isArray(data.top_replies)) {
        throw new CommandExecutionError(`Bilibili ${label} API returned malformed top_replies`);
    }
    return data.top_replies;
}

function formatReplyRow(reply, index) {

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Solutions

1. Retry to rule out a transient corruption
2. Disable proxies/extensions that might rewrite the response
3. Update the library if Bilibili changed the field type

Example fix

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function isRepliesArray(d) { return !!d && (d.replies === null || Array.isArray(d.replies)); }

try { const rows = await run(['bilibili','comments',bvid]); } catch (e) { if (/malformed replies/.test(e.message)) return retryWithBackoff(fn, 2); throw e; }

When it happens

Trigger: API returns data.replies as an object, string, or number — typically due to a response-shape change or an intermediary rewriting the JSON.

Common situations: API version drift; corrupted/proxied responses; custom middleware or browser extensions modifying response bodies.

Understand the failure class

• Parsing and encoding errors: unexpected token, malformed input — why parsers reject input and how to find the real culprit.

Related errors

• Bilibili ${label} API returned malformed data
• Bilibili ${label} API did not return replies
• Bilibili ${label} API returned a malformed payload
• Bilibili ${label} API failed: ${message} (${payload.code})
• Bilibili ${label} API did not return top_replies

AI-assisted analysis of jackwener/OpenCLI@49907e53dc (2026-08-29). Data as JSON: /api/errors/cf811d95c51535ad. Report an issue: GitHub.