What causes "No media URL available" in tonhowtf/omniget?

Re-run get_media_info to get fresh MediaInfo before downloading

No media URL available

Error message

No media URL available

What it means

download() takes the first entry of MediaInfo.available_qualities as the media URL to stream. If that list is empty, there is no URL to download and this error is raised. It usually means get_media_info parsed the pin's HTML but found no media assets.

Solutions

Re-run get_media_info to get fresh MediaInfo before downloading
Check the pin in a browser — if it has no direct media, the error is expected
Update/extend the video/image extraction logic to match current Pinterest HTML
Reject the pin earlier with a clearer error in get_media_info when no assets are found

Example fix

// before
let quality = info.available_qualities.first()
    .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("No media URL available"))?;
// after
let quality = info.available_qualities.first().with_context(||
    format!("no media URL available for pin (qualities: {:?})", info.available_qualities.len()))?;

Defensive patterns

Strategy: validation

Validate before calling

fn has_media(info: &MediaInfo) -> bool {
    !info.available_qualities.is_empty()
}

Try / catch

if !has_media(&info) {
    return Err(anyhow!("pin has no downloadable media — check it in a browser"));
}
platform.download(opts).await?;

Prevention

Call get_media_info immediately before download; never reuse stale MediaInfo
Verify the pin actually contains media before attempting download
Keep extractors updated against current Pinterest markup
Surface empty quality lists earlier with a clearer error at get_media_info time

When it happens

Trigger: Downloading a pin whose available_qualities is empty — e.g. the HTML contained no extractable video/image URL, extraction regexes missed the current Pinterest page format, or the pin is an idea/story pin type not handled.

Common situations: Pinterest changes its HTML/JSON embed format breaking extractors; pin contains only external links; private or age-restricted media that renders an empty page for the scraper; stale cached MediaInfo.

Understand the failure class

Background: EmptyResultError / "no results found": when an API or scraper succeeds but returns zero rows — this error's family across 9 libraries.

Related errors

AI-assisted analysis of tonhowtf/omniget@8600b91f42 (2026-09-12). Data as JSON: /api/errors/b317145676f779d3. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at src-tauri/omniget-core/src/platforms/pinterest.rs:235

                    opts.filename_template.as_deref(),
                    opts.referer
                        .as_deref()
                        .or(Some("https://www.pinterest.com/")),
                    opts.cancel_token.clone(),
                    None,
                    opts.concurrent_fragments,
                    false,
                    &[],
                    opts.audio_format.as_deref(),
                )
                .await;
            }
        }

        let quality = info
            .available_qualities
            .first()
            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("No media URL available"))?;

        let extension = &quality.format;
        let filename = format!("{}.{}", info.title, extension);
        let safe_filename = sanitize_filename::sanitize(&filename);
        let output_path = opts.output_dir.join(&safe_filename);

        let total_bytes = direct_downloader::download_direct(
            &self.client,
            &quality.url,
            &output_path,
            progress,
            Some(&opts.cancel_token),
        )
        .await?;

        Ok(DownloadResult {
            file_path: output_path,
            file_size_bytes: total_bytes,

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