[BUG] "AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get'" when trying to get Twitch chats

[miminashii]

Basic information

• Program version: 0.2.7
• Python version: 3.11.4
• Operating system: Windows 11 Home

Describe the bug

"AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get'" occurs when trying to get Twitch chats. I tried running the command below several times, and got the same AttributeError at different chats.

Command/Code used

If running from the command line, provide the following:

1. The command used (including the verbose tag, -v):

   python -m chat_downloader "https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1860464348" -v --output "./1860464348.json"

2. Output from the above command:

   2:41:40 | ドスケベ番長: アクセル踏みすぎたな！！
   2:41:40 | (3-Month Subscriber, cheer 1) もーやおーらんど: 綺麗に落ちた
   2:41:41 | (Prime Gaming) s_rio__ekus: なんだやろなぁ？？？
   2:41:42 | (2-Month Subscriber, cheer 100) haanzooou: tomeruBURNING tomeruBURNING tomeruBURNING tomeruBURNING
   [DEBUG] Total number of messages: 5211
   [DEBUG] https://gql.twitch.tv:443 "POST /gql HTTP/1.1" 200 214
   [DEBUG] Session closed.
   Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
   File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code
   File "C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.11_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python311\site-packages\chat_downloader\__main__.py", line 4, in <module>
   main()
   File "C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.11_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python311\site-packages\chat_downloader\cli.py", line 194, in main
   run(**args.__dict__)
   File "C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.11_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python311\site-packages\chat_downloader\chat_downloader.py", line 360, in run
   for message in chat:
   File "C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.11_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python311\site-packages\chat_downloader\sites\common.py", line 283, in __next__
   item = next(self.chat)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   File "C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.11_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python311\site-packages\chat_downloader\sites\twitch.py", line 1172, in _get_chat_messages_by_vod_id
   comments = info.get('comments')
              ^^^^^^^^
   AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get'

   If the output is too long, you can attach a text file or remove output which does not constitute to the problem.

[miminashii]

I just ran that command again and it worked without error. This may have been a temporary problem.