tonhowtf/omniget · error

Failed to parse content

Error message

Failed to parse content: {}

What it means

After URL classification succeeds, api_engine_download() calls parser::parse(&client, &kind) to fetch and parse the bilibili content (video metadata, streams). If parsing fails, the error is wrapped with its i18n key. This covers API-level failures: bad API responses, rate limits, auth failures, or deleted content.

Solutions

1. Configure an active bilibili account (cookies) and retry, especially for members-only content.
2. Check the video URL in a browser — if it 404s or shows a region/audit notice, the content is unavailable.
3. Retry after a delay if rate-limited; avoid hammering anonymous requests.
4. Inspect parser::parse to confirm it matches the current bilibili API response schema.

Example fix

// before
let parsed = parser::parse(&client, &kind).await.map_err(|e| anyhow!("Failed to parse content: {}", e.i18n_key()))?;
// after
let parsed = parser::parse(&client, &kind).await.with_context(||
    format!("bilibili content parse failed for {} (check login/account or content availability)", effective_url))?;

// pre-flight: verify the content is fetchable
if let Err(e) = quick_check_video_exists(url).await { return Err(anyhow!("content unavailable: {}", e)); }

match download(url).await {
    Err(e) if e.to_string().contains("Failed to parse content") => {
        if is_rate_limit(&e) { backoff_and_retry(url, 3).await } else { report(e) }
    }
    other => other,
}

When it happens

Trigger: download() -> api_engine_download() where parser::parse returns Err — bilibili API returned an error (deleted video, region lock, missing cookies, rate limit) or an unexpected response body.

Common situations: Video removed or under review; members-only content fetched without an account cookie; bilibili API rate-limiting anonymous requests; bilibili changed an API endpoint/field and the parser no longer matches.

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

• Failed to parse content
• não reconheci um vídeo do Bilibili em
• No URL available
• YouTube não retornou URL
• HTTP

AI-assisted analysis of tonhowtf/omniget@8600b91f42 (2026-09-12). Data as JSON: /api/errors/bdc8552fa9f2ae45. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at src-tauri/omniget-core/src/platforms/bilibili/mod.rs:247

    if url.is_empty() {
        return Err(anyhow!("No URL available"));
    }

    let slug = active_account_slug();
    let client = build_api_client(slug.as_deref(), opts.user_agent.as_deref())?;

    let mut effective_url = url.to_string();
    if url_kind::is_b23_short(&effective_url) {
        if let Ok(resolved) = url_kind::resolve_b23(&client, &effective_url).await {
            effective_url = resolved;
        }
    }

    let kind = url_kind::detect(&effective_url)
        .map_err(|e| anyhow!("Failed to detect URL kind: {}", e.i18n_key()))?;
    let parsed = parser::parse(&client, &kind)
        .await
        .map_err(|e| anyhow!("Failed to parse content: {}", e.i18n_key()))?;

    let settings = runtime_settings();
    let container = mux::container_from_setting(&settings.download.bilibili_container);
    let danmaku_format = danmaku_format_from_setting(&settings.download.bilibili_danmaku_format);
    let cover_format = cover::CoverFormat::from_str(&settings.download.bilibili_cover_format);
    let template_set = naming::TemplateSet {
        video: settings.download.bilibili_naming_video.clone(),
        multi_part: settings.download.bilibili_naming_multi_part.clone(),
        bangumi: settings.download.bilibili_naming_bangumi.clone(),
        cheese: settings.download.bilibili_naming_cheese.clone(),
        collection: settings.download.bilibili_naming_collection.clone(),
    };
    let first_item_owned = parsed.items.first().cloned().unwrap_or_default();
    let naming_kind = naming::classify(&kind, &first_item_owned);
    let naming_inputs = naming::NamingInputs {
        item: &first_item_owned,
        metadata: &parsed.metadata,
        parsed_title: &parsed.title,

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