tonhowtf/omniget · error

No media found in post

Error message

No media found in post

What it means

The post data was fetched successfully, but parse_media returned None — the post's JSON contains no recognized media (no reddit_video, no crosspost_parent video, no gallery, no image preview). native_get_media_info treats media-less posts as an error.

Solutions

1. Check the post in a browser — if it is a text/link/poll post, there is nothing to download; inform the user.
2. Inspect the post JSON's media, secure_media, is_gallery and crosspost_parent fields to see what parse_media missed.
3. Extend parse_media to handle crosspost_parent media extraction if crossposts fail.
4. Handle this as a 'no downloadable media' result rather than a hard error in the UI.

Example fix

// before
let media = Self::parse_media(&data).ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("No media found in post"))?;
// after: try crossposts before failing
let media = Self::parse_media(&data)
    .or_else(|| Self::parse_crosspost_media(&data))
    .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("No media found in post"))?;

fn has_downloadable_media(post_json: &serde_json::Value) -> bool {
    let p = post_json.pointer("/data/children/0/data");
    p.map(|d| {
        d.get("media").map(|m| !m.is_null()).unwrap_or(false)
            || d.get("is_gallery").and_then(|g| g.as_bool()).unwrap_or(false)
            || d.get("crosspost_parent_list").map(|c| !c.as_array().map_or(true, |a| a.is_empty())).unwrap_or(false)
    }).unwrap_or(false)
}

match native_get_media_info(url).await {
    Err(e) if e.to_string() == "No media found in post" => {
        show_user("This post contains no downloadable media (text/link post?)");
    }
    other => other,
}

When it happens

Trigger: fetch_post_data succeeds but the post is a text post, link post, poll, or has only embedded third-party media that parse_media does not recognize.

Common situations: Users paste URLs to text/self posts, external-link posts, or polls; crossposts where parse_media doesn't traverse crosspost_parent; new Reddit media types added after this code was written.

Related errors

• resposta inesperada do Reddit (não é a lista de dois…
• o post não veio na resposta (removido, privado ou apagado?)
• Could not extract post ID
• No video URL
• Nenhum URL GIF

AI-assisted analysis of tonhowtf/omniget@8600b91f42 (2026-09-12). Data as JSON: /api/errors/8d5100c99bff1d67. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at src-tauri/omniget-core/src/platforms/reddit.rs:421

impl RedditDownloader {
    async fn fallback_ytdlp(&self, url: &str) -> anyhow::Result<MediaInfo> {
        let ytdlp_path = crate::core::ytdlp::ensure_ytdlp().await?;
        let json = crate::core::ytdlp::get_video_info(&ytdlp_path, url, &[]).await?;
        crate::platforms::generic_ytdlp::GenericYtdlpDownloader::parse_video_info(&json)
    }

    async fn native_get_media_info(&self, url: &str) -> anyhow::Result<MediaInfo> {
        let canonical = self.resolve_to_canonical(url).await?;

        let post_id = Self::extract_post_id(&canonical)
            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("Could not extract post ID"))?;

        let subreddit = Self::extract_subreddit(&canonical).unwrap_or_default();

        let data = self.fetch_post_data(&post_id).await?;

        let media = Self::parse_media(&data).ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("No media found in post"))?;

        let source_id = if subreddit.is_empty() {
            post_id.clone()
        } else {
            format!("{}_{}", subreddit.to_lowercase(), post_id)
        };

        let title = format!("reddit_{}", source_id);

        match media {
            RedditMedia::Video {
                video_url,
                duration,
            } => {
                let audio = self.find_audio_url(&video_url).await;
                let mut qualities = vec![VideoQuality {
                    label: "video".to_string(),
                    width: 0,

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