tonhowtf/omniget · error

Post not found

Error message

Post not found

What it means

After a successful HTTP status, fetch_post_data expects Reddit's JSON listing response to be an array. If the body is valid JSON but not an array (e.g. an error object like {"message": "Not Found"} or an HTML page mis-reported), it throws "Post not found" because no post listing can be extracted.

Solutions

1. Check the post URL in a browser; if the post was deleted/removed, it cannot be fetched.
2. Log the raw response body when this occurs to see Reddit's actual error message.
3. Add a distinguishing message based on the JSON content (e.g. detect {"error": 404}) to tell users the post was removed.
4. Retry the request in case Reddit served a transient malformed body.

match native_get_media_info(url).await {
    Err(e) if e.to_string() == "Post not found" => mark_post_unavailable(url),
    Err(e) => propagate(e),
    Ok(info) => use(info),
}

When it happens

Trigger: Reddit returns HTTP 200 but the parsed serde_json::Value is not an array — typically an error object body for a deleted/removed post or blocked request.

Common situations: Posts deleted by moderators or users, shadow-removed posts that still return 200, or Reddit returning a JSON error payload instead of the listing array.

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AI-assisted analysis of tonhowtf/omniget@8600b91f42 (2026-09-12). Data as JSON: /api/errors/f44956cb348e55a6. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at src-tauri/omniget-core/src/platforms/reddit.rs:137

    async fn fetch_post_data(&self, post_id: &str) -> anyhow::Result<serde_json::Value> {
        let url = format!("https://www.reddit.com/comments/{}.json", post_id);

        let response = self
            .client
            .get(&url)
            .header("Accept", "application/json")
            .send()
            .await?;

        if !response.status().is_success() {
            return Err(anyhow!("Reddit retornou HTTP {}", response.status()));
        }

        let json: serde_json::Value = response.json().await?;

        if !json.is_array() {
            return Err(anyhow!("Post not found"));
        }

        json.as_array()
            .and_then(|arr| arr.first())
            .and_then(|listing| listing.pointer("/data/children/0/data"))
            .cloned()
            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("Post not found"))
    }

    fn construct_audio_url(fallback_url: &str) -> Vec<String> {
        let video = fallback_url.split('?').next().unwrap_or(fallback_url);
        let mut candidates = Vec::new();

        if video.contains(".mp4") {
            if let Some(base) = video.split('_').next() {
                candidates.push(format!("{}_audio.mp4", base));
                candidates.push(format!("{}_AUDIO_128.mp4", base));
            }

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