What causes "post ou perfil privado" in tonhowtf/omniget?

Inform the user the content is private and cannot be fetched via FxTwitter.

post ou perfil privado

Error message

post ou perfil privado

What it means

FxTwitter's API responded with code 401 (or the HTTP status was 401): the requested X/Twitter post or profile is private, so the mirror cannot fetch it without authentication. Raised in get(), which backs every X-related entry point (status, thread, conversation, profile lookups).

Solutions

Inform the user the content is private and cannot be fetched via FxTwitter.
Use an authenticated X session (the native XClient path) if credentials for an authorized follower exist.
Verify whether the account is protected before making repeated attempts.
Do not retry — 401 is deterministic for the public API.

Example fix

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Defensive patterns

Strategy: try-catch

Try / catch

match fx::profile(&handle).await {
    Ok(u) => u,
    Err(e) if e.to_string().contains("post ou perfil privado") => {
        eprintln!("{handle} e protegido; necessario credenciais autorizadas");
        return Ok(None);
    }
    Err(e) => return Err(e),
}

Prevention

Skip known-protected accounts before batch runs
Never retry on this error — it is deterministic for the public API
Route private targets to an authenticated session client when available
Surface a clear 'content is private' message to end users instead of a generic failure

When it happens

Trigger: Requesting a protected (private-locked) account's profile or profile_statuses, or a tweet from a protected account / a limited-audience reply via get()-backed endpoints.

Common situations: Trying to read posts from a private X account; fetching a reply visible only to followers; a formerly public account was set to protected; age-restricted content.

Understand the failure class

Background: Permission denied / not authorized / 403 Forbidden: access-control rejections when the caller lacks the required role, grant, or ownership — this error's family across 18 libraries.

Related errors

AI-assisted analysis of tonhowtf/omniget@8600b91f42 (2026-09-12). Data as JSON: /api/errors/cea6d02d465cf709. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at src-tauri/omniget-core/src/core/tools/x/fx.rs:55

        .collect();
    if !q.is_empty() {
        req = req.query(&q);
    }
    let resp = req.send().await?;
    let status = resp.status();
    let body: Value = resp
        .json()
        .await
        .map_err(|e| anyhow!("FxTwitter: resposta invalida ({})", e))?;
    let code = body
        .get("code")
        .and_then(|c| c.as_u64())
        .unwrap_or(status.as_u16() as u64);
    if code == 404 {
        return Err(anyhow!("nao encontrado no X (ou o post e privado)"));
    }
    if code == 401 {
        return Err(anyhow!("post ou perfil privado"));
    }
    if code == 429 {
        return Err(anyhow!(
            "FxTwitter: limite de requisicoes atingido, tente de novo em instantes"
        ));
    }
    if code >= 400 {
        let msg = body
            .get("message")
            .and_then(|m| m.as_str())
            .unwrap_or("erro");
        return Err(anyhow!("FxTwitter: {} ({})", msg, code));
    }
    Ok(body)
}

fn s(v: &Value, k: &str) -> String {
    v.get(k).and_then(|x| x.as_str()).unwrap_or("").to_string()

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