Error requesting networks

[tsolid]

I have been running 0.15 for over a week now and no issues, but yesterday it started to error on self.get_networks()

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "scripts/grab-photo.py", line 9, in <module>
    blink.start()
  File "/var/services/homes/admin/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/blinkpy/blinkpy.py", line 135, in start
    self.get_auth_token()
  File "/var/services/homes/admin/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/blinkpy/blinkpy.py", line 176, in get_auth_token
    self.setup_params(self.login_response)
  File "/var/services/homes/admin/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/blinkpy/blinkpy.py", line 189, in setup_params
    self.networks = self.get_networks()
  File "/var/services/homes/admin/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/blinkpy/blinkpy.py", line 195, in get_networks
    response = api.request_networks(self)
  File "/var/services/homes/admin/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/blinkpy/api.py", line 82, in request_networks
    return http_get(blink, url)
  File "/var/services/homes/admin/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/blinkpy/api.py", line 301, in http_get
    is_retry=is_retry,
  File "/var/services/homes/admin/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/blinkpy/helpers/util.py", line 104, in http_req
    if json_resp and "code" in response.json():
  File "/var/services/homes/admin/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/requests/models.py", line 898, in json
    return complexjson.loads(self.text, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/python3/lib/python3.7/json/__init__.py", line 348, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "/usr/local/python3/lib/python3.7/json/decoder.py", line 337, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "/usr/local/python3/lib/python3.7/json/decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
    raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

I thought it might be the version, so I updated to the latest dev build. I had to enter in a new code but now i'm still getting a similar error:

Expected json response from https://rest-u003.immedia-semi.com/api/v3/accounts/XXXXX/homescreen, but received: 403: Forbidden
Enter code sent to XXXX@gmail.com: XXXXXX
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "scripts/grab-photo2.py", line 13, in <module>
    blink.start()
  File "/var/services/homes/admin/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/blinkpy/blinkpy.py", line 114, in start
    self.setup_prompt_2fa()
  File "/var/services/homes/admin/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/blinkpy/blinkpy.py", line 121, in setup_prompt_2fa
    result = self.auth.send_auth_key(self, pin)
  File "/var/services/homes/admin/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/blinkpy/auth.py", line 207, in send_auth_key
    json_resp = response.json()
  File "/var/services/homes/admin/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/requests/models.py", line 898, in json
    return complexjson.loads(self.text, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/python3/lib/python3.7/json/__init__.py", line 348, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "/usr/local/python3/lib/python3.7/json/decoder.py", line 337, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "/usr/local/python3/lib/python3.7/json/decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
    raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

[locvez]

I think the API has been disabled / changed. I also get a 403 forbidden with another blink video download script. Everything was working fine until yesterday aftenoon

[alistairwatts]

I'm also getting the first traceback.

On further investigation I've found that when the library is POSTing to https://rest-prod.immedia-semi.com/api/v4/login it is resulting in a an HTTP 404 error.

[apepelis]

madshall/node-blink-security#52

there are some comments in the nodejs version about errors. mine stopped working yesterday at 5:17pm est.

[anonymous-one]

The end points have moved from rest.___ to rest-____.

I was able to fix the nodejs version I am running in the above link.

[fronzbot]

@anonymous-one that change happened almost a year ago. This library has been using that updated endpoint since then. The only endpoint currently working is login (at least based on my testing).

[apepelis]

so the code already connects to:
https://rest-prod.immedia-semi.com/api/v3/login
to log in and then when it calls those:
str: https://rest-u020.immedia-semi.com/networks
it gets back JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

[apepelis]

yeah, the log in one is the only one that looks like it works to me.

[alistairwatts]

My earlier debugging was off (it was late) - https://rest-prod.immedia-semi.com/api/v4/login is giving a 404, but https://rest-prod.immedia-semi.com/api/v3/login is giving a 200.

Once login has worked, GETting https://rest-prde.immedia-semi.com/networks is returning a 403.

[anonymous-one]

ah. i apologize, looks like the nodejs api handler was using the old end points... which worked fine until yesterday.

perhaps a coincidence but its strange that on the same day the rest.___ end points stop working this python handler starts having issues...

regardless, using the nodejs version everything is working fine for me.

@anonymous-one that change happened almost a year ago. This library has been using that updated endpoint since then. The only endpoint currently working is login (at least based on my testing).

[tsolid]

I was following @anonymous-one in the node-js api thread and he has found a fix!

Remove / comment out all instances of "Host: ..." for each of the request.post blocks.

I was able to do this in the dev build (v0.16.0-rc11) by editing auth.py:

Change Line 56 from:
return {"Host": self.host, "TOKEN_AUTH": self.token}
to:
return {"TOKEN_AUTH": self.token}

and it worked!!

I can submit a PR later tonight but need to get back to stuff I promised my wife would get done :)

[alistairwatts]

I've just made the same change locally and it seems to be working. Thanks.

[locvez]

thanks for that info tsolid. I have also applied a fixed pull request to nayrk/Blink to fix the powershell version.