jackwener/OpenCLI · error · ArgumentError

'${rawInput}' does not look like an autohome series id (a nu

Error message

'${rawInput}' does not look like an autohome series id (a number, or a k.autohome.com.cn/<id> URL)

What it means

normalizeSeriesId() throws this ArgumentError when the input is non-empty but matches neither an autohome URL pattern nor a bare/s-prefixed number. The library cannot extract a numeric series id from it.

Source

Thrown at clis/autohome/utils.js:88

    if (!raw) throw new ArgumentError('brand must be a non-empty value');
    // single A-Z letter passes through (advanced: fetch a whole letter page)
    if (/^[A-Za-z]$/.test(raw)) return raw.toUpperCase();
    const key = raw.replace(/[·\s]/g, '');
    if (BRAND_INITIAL[key]) return BRAND_INITIAL[key];
    if (BRAND_INITIAL[raw]) return BRAND_INITIAL[raw];
    throw new ArgumentError(
        'brand',
        `unknown brand '${brandArg}'. Pass a known Chinese brand name (e.g. 宝马 / 比亚迪 / 理想) or a single A-Z catalog letter.`,
    );
}

/** Normalize a series id: a bare number or an autohome URL containing it. */
export function normalizeSeriesId(rawInput) {
    const raw = String(rawInput || '').trim();
    if (!raw) throw new ArgumentError('series_id must be a non-empty value');
    const m = raw.match(/\/(?:s)?(\d+)(?:\/|$|\.)/) || raw.match(/^s?(\d+)$/);
    if (!m) {
        throw new ArgumentError(`'${rawInput}' does not look like an autohome series id (a number, or a k.autohome.com.cn/<id> URL)`);
    }
    return m[1];
}

export function clean(s) {
    return String(s == null ? '' : s).replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim();
}

export function requireLimit(value, def, max) {
    const raw = value == null || value === '' ? def : value;
    const n = typeof raw === 'number' ? raw : Number(String(raw).trim());
    if (!Number.isInteger(n) || n < 1 || n > max) {
        throw new ArgumentError(`limit must be an integer between 1 and ${max}`);
    }
    return n;
}

export function requireStableId(value, label) {

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Solutions

1. Pass a bare numeric id (e.g. '585') or a URL of the form k.autohome.com.cn/<id>
2. Extract the id manually (e.g. from the URL path) and pass just the number
3. Trim surrounding labels/whitespace; verify the URL actually contains the numeric series id in its path

Example fix

// before
seriesId('https://k.autohome.com.cn/585.html?utm=x')
// after
seriesId('585')

function looksLikeSeriesId(v) {
  const s = String(v ?? '').trim();
  return /^s?\d+$/.test(s) || /\/(?:s)?\d+(?:\/|$|\.)/.test(s);
}
if (!looksLikeSeriesId(raw)) throw new Error('Pass a number or k.autohome.com.cn/<id> URL');

function isSeriesIdInput(v) {
  const s = String(v ?? '').trim();
  return /^s?\d+$/.test(s) || /\/(?:s)?\d+(?:\/|$|\.)/.test(s);
}

try {
  const id = seriesId(raw);
} catch (err) {
  if (err instanceof ArgumentError && /does not look like/.test(err.message)) {
    console.error('Expected a numeric id or k.autohome.com.cn/<id> URL, got:', raw);
  } else throw err;
}

When it happens

Trigger: seriesId('foo'), seriesId('https://k.autohome.com.cn/spec/123.html?x=1') (query/hash or non-matching URL shape), or values with letters/punctuation like 'series 585'.

Common situations: Pasting a full URL from a different autohome domain or page type; including protocol, query string, or surrounding text; passing a series name instead of its numeric id.

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