Enter a valid email or mobile number error after running smoothly for a while.

[cggaurav]

rake aborted!
KindleHighlights::Client::AuthenticationError: Unable to sign in, received error: 'Enter a valid email or mobile number'
/Users/cggaurav/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/gems/kindle-highlights-1.0.1/lib/kindle_highlights/client.rb:55:in `conditionally_sign_in_to_amazon'
/Users/cggaurav/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/gems/kindle-highlights-1.0.1/lib/kindle_highlights/client.rb:63:in `load_books_from_kindle_account'
/Users/cggaurav/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/gems/kindle-highlights-1.0.1/lib/kindle_highlights/client.rb:16:in `books'
/Users/cggaurav/Projects/apps/play/highlights/Rakefile:30:in `update'
/Users/cggaurav/Projects/apps/play/highlights/Rakefile:56:in `block in <top (required)>'
/Users/cggaurav/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/gems/rake-11.2.2/exe/rake:27:in `<top (required)>'
Tasks: TOP => default => download
(See full trace by running task with --trace)

[cggaurav]

As I debug this, the first time I run kindle.books, I get the error, but not the same call again. Hmm.

[speric]

This is simply an error being returned from Amazon. Perhaps you are using the wrong sign in credentials?

[cggaurav]

Yeah, but this doesn't happen via the console or logging in via amazon.com and the credentials are right. Is this to do with request timing out if you have a lot of entries? I tried the user-agent option too. Hmm

[cggaurav]

@speric I fixed this by doing a double sign in. First time, I expect the error and second time I get the books. Custom for me - but if it happens to more people, open to submitting a PR for another retry.

[speric]

Thanks @cggaurav!

[gauravmc]

I get this same problem. Does Amazon hate people named 'Gaurav'? This is super odd.

[smitmartijn]

I'm having the same issue, but my name isn't Guarav. ;-)

@cggaurav could you share the code which you used to fix it? Thanks!

[cggaurav]

@smitmartijn @gauravmc I am using my fork. https://github.com/cggaurav/highlights

[sirupsen]

#12 should fix this

[whacked]

WFM 👍

[sirupsen]

@speric just released in 1.0.2 that has this fix :)

[afomi]

I've upgraded to 1.0.2 and am still seeing the login error consistently (in multiple environments): Unable to sign in, received error: 'Enter a valid email or mobile number'

I'm looking through Amazon settings seeing if changing settings helps, but no luck so far. Any ideas?

[blackarcanis]

Same issue for me.
+1