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PARSE_ERROR

PARSE_ERROR

Error message

Bloomberg page did not expose article story data (${result.errorCode})

What it means

Thrown when the loaded Bloomberg page does not expose the expected story data and reports a page-side errorCode other than ROBOT_PAGE. The library only supports standard story/article pages that expose __NEXT_DATA__; anything else fails as PARSE_ERROR. It indicates the URL or page type is unsupported rather than a network failure.

Source

Thrown at clis/bloomberg/news.js:88

          lede: story.lede || null,
          ledeImageUrl: story.ledeImageUrl || null,
          socialImageUrl: story.socialImageUrl || null,
          imageAttachments: story.imageAttachments || {},
          videoAttachments: story.videoAttachments || {},
        }
      };
    })()`);
        let result = await loadStory();
        // Retry once — Bloomberg pages sometimes hydrate slowly.
        if (result?.errorCode === 'NO_NEXT_DATA' || result?.errorCode === 'NO_STORY') {
            await page.wait(4);
            result = await loadStory();
        }
        if (result?.errorCode === 'ROBOT_PAGE') {
            throw new CliError('FETCH_ERROR', 'Bloomberg served the bot-protection page instead of article content', 'Try again later or open the article in a regular Chrome session first, then rerun the command. This command uses your current Bloomberg access and does not bypass paywall or entitlement checks.');
        }
        if (result?.errorCode) {
            throw new CliError('PARSE_ERROR', `Bloomberg page did not expose article story data (${result.errorCode})`, 'This command currently works on standard Bloomberg story/article pages that expose __NEXT_DATA__. Audio, video, newsletter, or other non-standard/blocked pages may not work. Access still depends on your current Bloomberg session.');
        }
        const story = result?.story;
        if (!story) {
            throw new CliError('PARSE_ERROR', 'Failed to extract Bloomberg story data', 'Bloomberg may have changed the page structure.');
        }
        const content = renderStoryBody(story.body);
        if (!content) {
            throw new CliError('PARSE_ERROR', 'Bloomberg article body was empty after parsing', 'Bloomberg may have changed the story-body format, the URL may not point to a standard article page, or the page may not be accessible in your current Bloomberg session.');
        }
        return [{
                title: story.headline || '',
                summary: story.summary || '',
                link: story.url || url,
                mediaLinks: extractStoryMediaLinks(story),
                content,
            }];
    },
});

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Solutions

1. Confirm the URL points to a standard bloomberg.com news/story article page
2. Retry once — the command already retries slow-hydrating pages automatically
3. Check that your Bloomberg session allows access to the article (no entitlement wall)
4. Update the library if Bloomberg changed its page template/next-data shape

Example fix

// before
await news.getArticle('https://www.bloomberg.com/audio/episode-123');
// after
const url = 'https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-01/story-slug'; // standard article URL
const story = await news.getArticle(url);

function isStandardArticleUrl(url) {
  try {
    const u = new URL(url);
    return /(^|\.)bloomberg\.com$/.test(u.hostname)
      && u.pathname.startsWith('/news/articles/');
  } catch { return false; }
}

null

try {
  const story = await news.getArticle(url);
} catch (e) {
  if (e.code === 'PARSE_ERROR' && /did not expose article story data/.test(e.message)) {
    // unsupported page type; skip or surface message to user
  }
}

When it happens

Trigger: Calling a Bloomberg news command with a URL that resolves to a non-standard page (audio, video, newsletter, live blog) or one whose __NEXT_DATA__ is missing/unparseable — result.errorCode set to values like NO_NEXT_DATA persisting after retry.

Common situations: Passing a Bloomberg audio/podcast or video page URL; Bloomberg serving a new page template without __NEXT_DATA__; a redirect to a hub/index page instead of an article.

Related errors

• Barchart greeks returned an unreadable options payload${data
• PARSE_ERROR
• NOT_FOUND
• FETCH_ERROR
• ${command} parser returned an unexpected shape

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