On deploy_challenge "IndexError: list index out of range"

[aijanai]

When I try to renew a certificate, the following happens:

Processing vpn.staging-wanderio.com

• Checking domain name(s) of existing cert... unchanged.
• Checking expire date of existing cert...
• Valid till Jan 10 15:19:00 2017 GMT (Less than 30 days). Renewing!
• Signing domains...
• Generating private key...
• Generating signing request...
• Requesting challenge for vpn.staging-wanderio.com...
• CloudFlare hook executing: deploy_challenge
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "cloudflare_hook/hook.py", line 196, in
  main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "cloudflare_hook/hook.py", line 192, in main
  opsargv[0]
  File "cloudflare_hook/hook.py", line 165, in create_all_txt_records
  create_txt_record(args[i:i+X])
  File "cloudflare_hook/hook.py", line 103, in create_txt_record
  zone_id = _get_zone_id(domain)
  File "cloudflare_hook/hook.py", line 81, in _get_zone_id
  return r.json()['result'][0]['id']
  IndexError: list index out of range

This has worked in the past, but all of a sudden in broke (a change in CF API?).

CF_EMAIL and CF_KEY are exported in the environment in which the script runs

[aijanai]

Ok, after manually replaying the request with PostMan I got it: the domain was actually not in CloudFlare, but still on Route53.
Maybe a more detailed error handling message would help.

[kappataumu]

Agreed, I'll push an update in the coming days.

[niieani]

Yup, encountered the same bug, was scratching my head for a better while.

[gwillem]

  File "hooks/cloudflare/hook.py", line 84, in _get_zone_id
    return r.json()['result'][0]['id']
IndexError: list index out of range

Same. Resulting json from CF is:

{
  "messages": [],
  "result_info": {
    "page": 1,
    "count": 0,
    "per_page": 20,
    "total_pages": 0,
    "total_count": 0
  },
  "errors": [],
  "success": true,
  "result": []
}

[aijanai]

Is this still an unaddressed issue @kappataumu ?

[13223qweesadk]

Ran into this issue on Ubuntu 18.04.
Installing python 2 requirements resolved it for me even though the system uses python2 and 3 (and I think requirements.txt downgraded two python packages).

[thoraxe]

Appears to be related to #53

[thoraxe]

Looks like cloudflare deleted my site :(

[sonywork]

Because the get_tld changed:

tld = get_tld('http://' + domain)

res = get_tld('http://' + domain, as_object=True)
sub_domain, tld = res.subdomain, res.fld

[dynek]

I have the same problem and I confirm that what @kuleyang says is correct. It fixes the problem.
Thanks!

[YasharF]

Try https://github.com/SeattleDevs/letsencrypt-cloudflare-hook to see if that has resolved an issue. That fork is actively maintained and PRs are welcome.

[rafiks]

Try https://github.com/walcony/letsencrypt-cloudflare-hook to see if that has resolved an issue. That fork is actively maintained and PRs are welcome.

this other fork works for me