getManifest randomly failing

[xeugenx]

Hi,

I'm currently trying to write a simple application that downloads a file in a manifest.

I observed, that getManiFest sometimes fails and sometimes doesn't. Do you have any idea how I can further debug this?

All im getting is an "Error: fail". My code:

let client = new SteamUser();
client.logOn();

client.on('loggedOn', async (details) => {
  let productInfo = await client.getProductInfo([730], [], true);
  const latestManifestId = productInfo.apps['730'].appinfo.depots['731'].manifests.public;
  
  let result = await client.getManifest(730, 731, latestManifestId);
  console.log(result);

  client.logOff();
  //console.log("Logged out of steam");
});

When debugging, I see that the "latestManifestId" is indeed correct, I checked it with steamdb.

Edited April 17, 2022 by xeugenx

[Dr. McKay]

This might have to do with manifest request codes. Try supplying the branch name to getManifest, like so:

let result = await client.getManifest(730, 731, latestManifestId, 'public');

 

[xeugenx]

I tried logging in with an account that owns the game and also added what you said. Still the same error.

Is there no way to get a better error description than just failed?

[Dr. McKay]

If you print the stack trace from the error, we can see exactly which request failed. There's a few involved in fetching a manifest.

[xeugenx]

Sry, forgot to paste that. Also I forgot to mention that I'm on the latest version (v4.24.3).

(node:6356) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error: Fail
    at Object.exports.eresultError (B:\Coden\js\Simple file downloader\node_modules\steam-user\components\helpers.js:105:12)
    at SteamUser.<anonymous> (B:\Coden\js\Simple file downloader\node_modules\steam-user\components\cdn.js:161:28)
    at SteamUser._handleMessage (B:\Coden\js\Simple file downloader\node_modules\steam-user\components\03-messages.js:633:35)
    at SteamUser._handleNetMessage (B:\Coden\js\Simple file downloader\node_modules\steam-user\components\03-messages.js:556:8)
    at SteamUser._processMulti (B:\Coden\js\Simple file downloader\node_modules\steam-user\components\03-messages.js:687:9)

Seems to fail when trying to get a cdn auth token, but still no clue what I could be doing wrong.

[Dr. McKay]

As far as I know, not all content servers require auth tokens anymore and maybe the backend is no longer returning empty auth tokens for servers that don't require one. Or maybe they've fully moved all content servers away from requiring auth tokens. I'll have to do a little research to see which is the case. In the meantime, you could try editing cdn.js and replacing line 230:

// Replace this:
let {token} = await this.getCDNAuthToken(appID, depotID, vhost);

// With this
let token = '';
try {
    token = (await this.getCDNAuthToken(appID, depotID, vhost)).token;
} catch (ex) { }

 

[xeugenx]

Thanks for the fast help, works with your fix 🙂