SerpApiClient.get_search_archive fails with format='html'

[gblazq]

SerpApiClient.get_search_archive assumes all results must be loaded as a JSON, so it fails when using format='html'

GoogleSearchResults({}).get_search_archive(search_id='5df0db57ab3f5837994cd5a1', format='html')

---------------------------------------------------------------------------                                                                                                                                   JSONDecodeError                           Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-8-b6d24cb47bf7> in <module>
----> 1 GoogleSearchResults({}).get_search_archive(search_id='5df0db57ab3f5837994cd5a1', format='html')

C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\serpapi\serp_api_client.py in get_search_archive(self, search_id, format)
78             dict|string: search result from the archive
79         """
---> 80         return json.loads(self.get_results("/searches/{0}.{1}".format(search_id, format)))
81
82     def get_account(self):

C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\json\__init__.py in loads(s, encoding, cls, object_hook, parse_float, parse_int, parse_constant, object_pairs_hook, **kw)
352             parse_int is None and parse_float is None and
353             parse_constant is None and object_pairs_hook is None and not kw):
--> 354         return _default_decoder.decode(s)
355     if cls is None:
356         cls = JSONDecoder

C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\json\decoder.py in decode(self, s, _w)
337
338         """
--> 339         obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
340         end = _w(s, end).end()
341         if end != len(s):

C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\json\decoder.py in raw_decode(self, s, idx)
355             obj, end = self.scan_once(s, idx)
356         except StopIteration as err:
--> 357             raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
358         return obj, end

JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

[jvmvik]

Sorry for the delay. I finally merge your commit. I'll be releasing tomorrow a 1.8.1 including your fix.

[jvmvik]

Release 1.8.1 is out it includes your fix. thanks again.