Search is again stop working

[rsutariy]

• Operating System:MacOS 12.4 and Amazon Linux 2
• Node version:16.16.0
• google-play-scraper version:9.1.1

Description:

Search is not working properly. It throws an error more than corrected result for same keyword.
keywords examples : Facebook, Walmart etc..

Example code:

gplay.search({
    term: "facebook",
    num: 2
  }).then(console.log, console.log);

Error message:

Error TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'map')

[ansoncen]

It works for a 40% chance. I suggest u use a try-catch and loop the search until you get the results.

[Djip]

Having the same issue with some calls, but yea, workaround seems to loop until it works, just not really efficient.

[rsutariy]

Adding loop will definitely work but Is there any long term solution?

[Djip]

Depends in anyone finds a solution to the problem. @facundoolano

[Djip]

main...Djip:google-play-scraper:main#diff-5fa3e79ff4f9f5b6d3a08d3abab2c8db53823a6b1e36d9ecd723792890870aaf

I've made these changes in my local fork, and it seems to work fine, but haven't had too much time to test it in different scenarios.

Note:
Looping only seemed to work for a little bit of time. Perhaps cause some of the servers being hit still were on the old patch, but now most of them is on the "new"

[CyrilCermak]

@Djip, how about opening a PR with your change? :)

[Djip]

@Djip, how about opening a PR with your change? :)

As mentioned, i'm not 100% sure this works every time

[rsutariy]

@facundoolano Any update?

[insungson]

I have a same issue. and fix that with try catch loop until it works.

[CyrilCermak]

@Djip, I am happy to give it a test drive if you open a PR with the change. :)

[CyrilCermak]

I opened a PR with your change @Djip, it works perfectly fine for me. @facundoolano, can you please look into it? Thanks a lot!
#600

[jbigman]

Fixed with PR #645

This part was incorrect :
return R.is(String, sectionTitle) && (R.isEmpty(sectionTitle)

The string could be empty or "Apps" (lang : en), "Applications" (lang : fr)...

In PR#645, i changed the code with
return R.is(String, sectionTitle) && (R.isEmpty(sectionTitle)

It seems to work perfectly