[Walmart Product API] Returns empty results or errors for specific product IDs

aliayar commented 2 years ago

Walmart Product API returns empty results. Checked twice, those products return results but more than occasional hiccups preventing user completing their task.

Product ID: 913713226

Inspect: https://serpapi.com/searches/622117892236e2bcc473de66/inspect

{
  "search_metadata": {
    "id": "622117892236e2bcc473de66",
    "status": "Error",
    "json_endpoint": "https://serpapi.com/searches/d802734da53bc2d7/622117892236e2bcc473de66.json",
    "created_at": "2022-03-03 19:31:21 UTC",
    "processed_at": "2022-03-03 19:31:21 UTC",
    "walmart_product_url": "https://www.walmart.com/ip/913713226?selected=true",
    "total_time_taken": 450.98
  },
  "search_parameters": {
    "product_id": "913713226",
    "engine": "walmart_product",
    "device": "desktop"
  },
  "error": "We couldn't get valid results for this search. Please try again later. Set the no_cache parameter to true in order to force a retry."
}

The screenshot:

The Playground: https://serpapi.com/playground?engine=walmart_product&product_id=913713226

User also stated that they had problem with 994807896 but Playground seems fine:

https://serpapi.com/playground?engine=walmart_product&product_id=994807896

next.

tanys123 commented 2 years ago

@ilyazub @aciddjus Is there a way for me to review the detail proxy log for this search? https://serpapi.com/searches/622117892236e2bcc473de66/inspect

ilyazub commented 2 years ago

@ilyazub @aciddjus Is there a way for me to review the detail proxy log for this search? https://serpapi.com/searches/622117892236e2bcc473de66/inspect

@tanys123 Not a detailed log but there's an error_breakdown:

It seems to be a Blocked page like this: https://www.walmart.com/blocked

HTML of the blocked page

```html Robot or human?

```

tanys123 commented 2 years ago

No longer able to reproduce this. Closing this for now. Feel free to re-open if similar issue occurs again.

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