jackwener/OpenCLI · error · ArgumentError

weibo delete: URL must be a weibo.com or weibo.cn post URL

Error message

weibo delete: URL must be a weibo.com or weibo.cn post URL

What it means

When the id argument looks like a URL, its hostname must match WEIBO_HOST_RE, i.e. end with weibo.com or weibo.cn. URLs from other domains are rejected with ArgumentError so the command never deletes based on ids scraped from unrelated sites.

Source

Thrown at clis/weibo/delete.js:24

import { requireObjectEvaluateResult, unwrapEvaluateResult } from './utils.js';

const WEIBO_HOST_RE = /(^|\.)weibo\.(com|cn)$/i;
const POST_ID_RE = /^[A-Za-z0-9]{4,32}$/;

function normalizePostId(raw) {
    const input = String(raw ?? '').trim();
    if (!input) {
        throw new ArgumentError('weibo delete: id cannot be empty');
    }

    let candidate = input;
    try {
        const url = new URL(input);
        if (url.protocol !== 'http:' && url.protocol !== 'https:') {
            throw new ArgumentError('weibo delete: URL must use http or https');
        }
        if (!WEIBO_HOST_RE.test(url.hostname)) {
            throw new ArgumentError('weibo delete: URL must be a weibo.com or weibo.cn post URL');
        }
        const parts = url.pathname.split('/').filter(Boolean);
        if (url.hostname.toLowerCase().endsWith('weibo.cn') && parts[0] === 'status') {
            candidate = parts[1] ?? '';
        } else {
            candidate = parts.at(-1) ?? '';
        }
    } catch (error) {
        if (error instanceof ArgumentError) throw error;
    }

    candidate = String(candidate ?? '').trim();
    if (!POST_ID_RE.test(candidate)) {
        throw new ArgumentError('weibo delete: id must be a numeric idstr, mblogid, or Weibo post URL');
    }
    return candidate;
}

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Solutions

1. Open the short link in a browser and copy the final weibo.com/weibo.cn URL it redirects to
2. Use the id directly from `weibo me`/`weibo post` output instead of a URL
3. Ensure the domain is exactly weibo.com or weibo.cn (subdomains like www are fine; other brands are not)

Example fix

// before
weibo delete --id 'https://t.cn/A6bCdEf'
// after
weibo delete --id 'https://weibo.com/1234567890/AbCdEfGhI'

function isWeiboPostUrl(u) {
  try { const url = new URL(u); return /(^|\.)weibo\.(com|cn)$/i.test(url.hostname); }
  catch { return false; }
}

function isWeiboHost(hostname) {
  return /(^|\.)weibo\.(com|cn)$/i.test(hostname);
}

try {
  await cliDelete({ id: input });
} catch (err) {
  if (err instanceof ArgumentError && /weibo\.com or weibo\.cn post URL/.test(err.message)) {
    throw new Error('Resolve short links (t.cn) to the final weibo.com URL first');
  } else throw err;
}

When it happens

Trigger: Passing a shortener link (t.cn, bit.ly), a mirror/aggregator URL, or a m.weibo.cn-adjacent domain not covered by the regex, or pasting the wrong link entirely (e.g. a Twitter/X URL).

Common situations: Users copying share links from third-party Weibo clients or shorteners, or confusing the post's t.cn short link (used in tweets) with the canonical weibo.com URL.

Related errors

• ${label} must point to linkedin.com
• ${label} must be an exact https://www.linkedin.com/messaging
• weibo delete: id cannot be empty
• weibo delete: URL must use http or https
• weibo delete: id must be a numeric idstr, mblogid, or Weibo

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