Gwibber sometimes fails to update streams

[Ben Bromley]

Sometimes Gwibber will refuse to update one out of two of my twitter steams. When I run "gwibber-service -d -o", I get this message:

bsbrom@shadeball:~$ gwibber-service -d -o
Updating...
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG Setting up monitors
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG Monitors are up
Gwibber Dispatcher: INFO Gwibber Service is reloading account credentials
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG Refresh interval is set to 2
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG ** Starting Refresh - Tue Jun 29 16:50:40 2010 **
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <twitter:private> Performing operation
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <twitter:receive> Performing operation
Gwibber Dispatcher: ERROR <twitter:private> Operation failed
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG Traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/dispatcher.py", line 81, in perform_operation
    message_data = PROTOCOLS[account["protocol"]].Client(account)(opname, **args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 144, in __call__
    return getattr(self, opname)(**args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 156, in private
    return self._get("direct_messages.json", "private", count=count, since_id=since)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 135, in _get
    if parse: return [getattr(self, "_%s" % parse)(m) for m in data]
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 103, in _private
    m = self._message(data)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 78, in _message
    m = self._common(data)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 60, in _common
    m["id"] = str(data["id"])
TypeError: string indices must be integers

Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <twitter:receive> Performing operation
Gwibber Dispatcher: ERROR <twitter:receive> Operation failed
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG Traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/dispatcher.py", line 81, in perform_operation
    message_data = PROTOCOLS[account["protocol"]].Client(account)(opname, **args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 144, in __call__
    return getattr(self, opname)(**args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 147, in receive
    return self._get("statuses/home_timeline.json", count=count, since_id=since)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 135, in _get
    if parse: return [getattr(self, "_%s" % parse)(m) for m in data]
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 78, in _message
    m = self._common(data)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 60, in _common
    m["id"] = str(data["id"])
TypeError: string indices must be integers

Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <twitter:responses> Performing operation
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <twitter:receive> Finished operation
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <twitter:responses> Performing operation
Gwibber Dispatcher: ERROR <twitter:responses> Operation failed
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG Traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/dispatcher.py", line 81, in perform_operation
    message_data = PROTOCOLS[account["protocol"]].Client(account)(opname, **args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 144, in __call__
    return getattr(self, opname)(**args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 153, in responses
    return self._get("statuses/mentions.json", count=count, since_id=since)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 135, in _get
    if parse: return [getattr(self, "_%s" % parse)(m) for m in data]
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 78, in _message
    m = self._common(data)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 60, in _common
    m["id"] = str(data["id"])
TypeError: string indices must be integers

Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <twitter:receive> Performing operation
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <twitter:responses> Finished operation
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <twitter:private> Performing operation
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <twitter:receive> Finished operation
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <twitter:responses> Performing operation
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <twitter:private> Finished operation
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <twitter:private> Performing operation
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <twitter:responses> Finished operation
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <twitter:private> Finished operation
Gwibber Dispatcher: INFO Loading complete: 1 - ['Failure', 'Failure', 'Failure', 'Success', 'Success', 'Success', 'Success', 'Success', 'Success']

[Ben Bromley (benuski)]

Also, this is in the daily Gwibber PPA using Ubuntu Lucid 10.04.

[Benjamin-Timm Broich (b-broich)]

I get this error again today, it was gone for some days and now its back.

Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG Traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/dispatcher.py", line 81, in perform_operation
    message_data = PROTOCOLS[account["protocol"]].Client(account)(opname, **args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 147, in __call__
    return getattr(self, opname)(**args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 150, in receive
    return self._get("statuses/home_timeline.json", count=count, since_id=since)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 138, in _get
    if parse: return [getattr(self, "_%s" % parse)(m) for m in data]
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 78, in _message
    m = self._common(data)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 60, in _common
    m["id"] = str(data["id"])
TypeError: string indices must be integers, not str

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

it think this is just noise not a real error. gwibber-service should give
better logs

On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Benjamin-Timm Broich <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> I get this error again today, it was gone for some days and now its
> back.
>
>
> Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG Traceback:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/dispatcher.py",
> line 81, in perform_operation
> message_data = PROTOCOLS[account["protocol"]].Client(account)(opname,
> **args)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py",
> line 147, in __call__
> return getattr(self, opname)(**args)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py",
> line 150, in receive
> return self._get("statuses/home_timeline.json", count=count,
> since_id=since)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py",
> line 138, in _get
> if parse: return [getattr(self, "_%s" % parse)(m) for m in data]
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line
> 78, in _message
> m = self._common(data)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line
> 60, in _common
> m["id"] = str(data["id"])
> TypeError: string indices must be integers, not str
>
> --
> Gwibber sometimes fails to update streams
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/600058
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> Status in Gwibber: New
>
> Bug description:
> Sometimes Gwibber will refuse to update one out of two of my twitter
> steams. When I run "gwibber-service -d -o", I get this message:
>
> bsbrom@shadeball:~$ gwibber-service -d -o
> Updating...
> Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG Setting up monitors
> Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG Monitors are up
> Gwibber Dispatcher: INFO Gwibber Service is reloading account
> credentials
> Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG Refresh interval is set to 2
> Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG ** Starting Refresh - Tue Jun 29 16:50:40 2010
> **
> Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <twitter:private> Performing operation
> Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <twitter:receive> Performing operation
> Gwibber Dispatcher: ERROR <twitter:private> Operation failed
> Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG Traceback:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/dispatcher.py",
> line 81, in perform_operation
> message_data = PROTOCOLS[account["protocol"]].Client(account)(opname,
> **args)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line
> 144, in __call__
> return getattr(self, opname)(**args)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line
> 156, in private
> return self._get("direct_messages.json", "private", count=count,
> since_id=since)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line
> 135, in _get
> if parse: return [getattr(self, "_%s" % parse)(m) for m in data]
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line
> 103, in _private
> m = self._message(data)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibb...

[Miroslav Zadravec (miro-miroz)]

I had the same error so I did some debugging:

In file "microblog/twitter.py", function "_get(...)", after line 130 "data = network.Download(...)" I've inserted this code:
"print "Data: ", data"
This returned:
Data: {u'errors': [{u'message': u'This account is locked due to too many failed login attempts -- try again in 2216 seconds', u'code': 27}]}

Now I finally see what is the problem (although I'm not sure who generated too many login attempts). Anyway, next line checks for errors but it doesn't catch it:
"if isinstance(data, dict) and data.get("error", 0):"
It won't catch this because key "error" doesn't exist in "data", it's "errors" in my case. "errors" contains list of messages and such case is not handled at all. That's why there is only noise in log.

[Miroslav Zadravec (miro-miroz)]

Now, after 2216 second passed, I'm getting different data:
Data: {u'errors': [{u'message': u'Could not authenticate you', u'code': 32}]}

I suppose that all those messages should be returned to user (searching returned data for "authenticate" string doesn't seam like a good idea).

[Bilal Shahid (s9iper1)]

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* now Is this reproducible?
if so than which version are you using ?

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