No results for certain short search terms

[accesstechnology-mike]

Describe the bug On a UK located server, the search term 'duggee' doesn't pull through any results. (same issue for many other terms, lego, cats, 'kids toys play' )

note: safesearch is enabled through the header options: { Cookie: "PREF=f2=8000000" }

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. On UK server, search 'duggee'
2. No returned results available

Expected behavior Duggee should pull through the 20 results listed here: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=duggee

Screenshots

Versions:

• Package: 0.2.6
• Node: 12.20.1

Additional context 'duggee' results pull through on a machine located in Pakistan.

[DrKain]

Package: 0.2.6

I assume you mean 2.0.6. Update the package to 2.0.9 and see if the problem persists, there have been several updates that could be related

[accesstechnology-mike]

Package: 0.2.6

I assume you mean 2.0.6. Update the package to 2.0.9 and see if the problem persists, there have been several updates that could be related

Not a typo! Didn't realise is was so out of date. Will update app to latest version and report back.

[accesstechnology-mike]

updated to latest v2.0.9. Problem still persists unfortunately.

For reference, most other searches are working fine:

'duggee' never works, 'lego' is intermittent

[DrKain]

Alright thanks for reporting. I ran a few tests on a server I have in London and wasn't able to reproduce the issue you're having.
I'll need to dig around more during the weekend. If you could provide a sample of the code (showing how you're using the package, filtering the results ect) that would be helpful.

[accesstechnology-mike]

I'm sorry. I'm not used to node and forgot to actually re-build the app once it was updated.

It does seem to fine now on latest version. Thanks for helping me out.

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Alright thanks for reporting. I ran a few tests on a server I have in London and wasn't able to reproduce the issue you're having. I'll need to dig around more during the weekend. If you could provide a sample of the code (showing how you're using the package, filtering the results ect) that would be helpful.

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[accesstechnology-mike]

Hi, this is happening again on 2.0.9:

[accesstechnology-mike]

Code here:

const express = require("express");
const { default: youtube } = require("scrape-youtube");

const cache = require("../helpers/cache");

const Router = express.Router();

Router.get("/search", async (req, res) => {
  try {
    let { q, cached } = req.query;
    const allowCached = cached !== "false";
    if (!q) return res.send({ error: "Invalid query!" });
    q = q.trim();
    if (allowCached) {
      const cachedResults = await cache.getResults(q);
      if (cachedResults && cachedResults.length !== 0) {
        return res.send({ results: cachedResults, cached: true });
      }
    }
    let freshResults = await youtube.search(
      q,
      { safeSearch: true },
      { safeSearch: true, headers: { Cookie: "PREF=f2=8000000" } }
    );
    freshResults = freshResults.videos.map((video) => ({
      id: video.id,
      title: video.title,
    }));
    res.send({ results: freshResults, length: freshResults.length });
    if (freshResults.length > 0) await cache.saveResults(q, freshResults);
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(error);
    res.send({ error: "Backend error." });
  }
});

module.exports = Router;

[accesstechnology-mike]

cats / lego and both intermittent too