[BUG] - KeyError: 'challengeInfo'

[DiegoMORENO-DS]

Hi,

I was trying to scrap a hashtag but now is not possible. I've had been many problems and the process is not successful. I did in the past and worked well. I'd like to understand why the changes?. Thnaks

code:
from TikTokApi import TikTokApi
api = TikTokApi()
hashtag = 'pasta'
hash1 = api.byHashtag(hashtag, count=10000, language='en', proxy=None)

Error message:

hash1 = api.byHashtag(hashtag, count=10000, language='en', proxy=None)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "C:\Users\diego\Desktop\TikTok2\TikTok-Api-master\TikTokApi\tiktok.py", line 545, in byHashtag
id = self.getHashtagObject(hashtag)['challengeInfo']['challenge']['id']
KeyError: 'challengeInfo'

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[davidteather]

Please provide your OS and TikTokApi version.

If you're not on TikTokApi 3.5.0 or higher please upgrade with the following

pip install TikTokApi --upgrade

If you still run into issues, you may be sending too many requests. The code below will allow you to delay your requests automatically.

from TikTokApi import TikTokApi
request_delay_seconds = 1 # throttling requests 
api = TikTokApi(request_delay=request_delay_seconds)
hashtag = 'pasta'
hash1 = api.byHashtag(hashtag, count=10000, language='en', proxy=None)

[davidteather]

I think I fixed this in a recent update

[Etanial]

I used the API a lot in the last 24 hours, doing similar queries for hashtags as DiegoMORENO-DS. As of this morning, I am getting the challenge error above. I suspect it is related to number of requests over a given period. Adding the delay to the request did not help.

The API version is up to date. Here is the error:

`
~/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/TikTokApi/tiktok.py in byHashtag(self, hashtag, count, **kwargs)
545 """
546 region, language, proxy, minCursor, maxCursor, maxCount = self.process_kwargs(kwargs)
--> 547 id = self.getHashtagObject(hashtag)['challengeInfo']['challenge']['id']
548 response = []
549

KeyError: 'challengeInfo'
`