Qobuz: API returns 404 when release is available

[ROpdebee]

Even before the script supported Qobuz I noticed that for a few releases the API returns 404 even though the release is still visible in the shop at least in the linked locale.
Another fresh example from the forum

https://community.metabrainz.org/t/ropdebees-userscripts-support-thread/551947/44?u=ropdebee

I should at least investigate and see if I can figure something out, perhaps do a workaround in case it's frequent. IIRC we don't strictly need the Qobuz API except for goodies, and we still have the ID-based cover URL constructor from the original implementation, so we may as well put it to use. Or perhaps we're already using it as a backup, I can't remember 🙂

[tigerman325]

Is this related? I just tried to grab the image from the following Qobuz release. It returns "Failed to grab images: Failed to construct 'URL': Invalid URL" even though it's a valid URL & I was able to just right click on Qobuz page and grab via image URL that way. However, this release also has a booklet I was hoping to grab. Maybe that's causing the issue? See if we can get the booklet: https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/the-endless-river-pink-floyd/fy3ginyk9q1wa. Release: https://musicbrainz.org/release/dfcd5b88-a028-49e0-bc2a-08fbb866c97b/add-cover-art

[ROpdebee]

The API returns a 404 for me for that release, so it might be related. Unsure why it complains of a broken URL though… Does it "work" with the newest version? It might have something to do with the availability of streaming in different regions, since https://open.qobuz.com/album/fy3ginyk9q1wa redirects to the home page for me (because the API returns a 404).

[kellnerd]

Failed to grab images: URL constructor: null is not a valid URL.

... is the error message I get using both v2022.1.2 and v2022.1.24. It happens during the goodie extraction:

mb-userscripts/src/mb_enhanced_cover_art_uploads/providers/qobuz.ts

Line 84 in 0caf10c

url: new URL(goodie.original_url),

The extracted goodie seems to be the video, not the booklet:

{
  "id": 111507,
  "file_format_id": 52,
  "name": "Clip vidéo",
  "description": "Anisina",
  "url": null,
  "original_url": null
}

[ROpdebee]

@kellnerd does the open.qobuz.com link work for you? I VPN'ed to the US and now it loads (but for some reason the script still doesn't want to load the release, perhaps because of some caching)

[kellnerd]

does the open.qobuz.com link work for you?

Nope, it also redirects me to the home page.

[ROpdebee]

OK, the goodies in the response include video clips which don't have a URL, so those need to be filtered out:

[
  {
    "id": 111507,
    "file_format_id": 52,
    "name": "Clip vidéo",
    "description": "Anisina",
    "url": null,
    "original_url": null
  },
  {
    "id": 111508,
    "file_format_id": 52,
    "name": "Clip vidéo",
    "description": "Untitled",
    "url": null,
    "original_url": null
  },
  {
    "id": 111509,
    "file_format_id": 52,
    "name": "Clip vidéo",
    "description": "Evrika (A)",
    "url": null,
    "original_url": null
  },
  {
    "id": 111510,
    "file_format_id": 52,
    "name": "Clip vidéo",
    "description": "Nervana",
    "url": null,
    "original_url": null
  },
  {
    "id": 111511,
    "file_format_id": 52,
    "name": "Clip vidéo",
    "description": "Allons-y",
    "url": null,
    "original_url": null
  },
  {
    "id": 111512,
    "file_format_id": 52,
    "name": "Clip vidéo",
    "description": "Evrika (B)",
    "url": null,
    "original_url": null
  },
  {
    "id": 111513,
    "file_format_id": 21,
    "name": "Livret Numérique",
    "description": "Pink Floyd - The Endless River",
    "url": "https://static.qobuz.com/goodies/31/000111513.pdf",
    "original_url": "https://static.qobuz.com/goodies/31/000111513.pdf"
  }
]

[ROpdebee]

On the topic of API 404s, it appears Qobuz is using the IP address of the requester to figure out their location, and returns a 404 if the album is not available in their location. The release posted above is available in the US, and with a US IP, the API will return the requested information. However, it's not available in Europe (https://www.qobuz.com/be-nl/album/the-endless-river-pink-floyd/fy3ginyk9q1wa is 404), and from a European IP, the API returns 404. It doesn't look like you can convince the Qobuz API that you're in a different country, except for using a proxy or VPN. The European release has a different ID (https://www.qobuz.com/be-nl/album/the-endless-river-pink-floyd/0825646184729). The API does work for this release in Europe, but not in the US.

[tigerman325]

It works now!! Thanks for the fix.