Videogames nolonger searchable

[android272]

• The Plugin is up to date - 0.7.2
• Obsidian is up to date - V1.6.7

Describe the bug
When I activate the Media DB Video Game search, enter a title and press ok the modals go away and no search results are seen.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Open Command Palette and search for game to select Media DB: Create Media DB entry (Game)
2. Search for a title: Fable
3. Press enter or hit OK
4. See no search results

Expected behavior
A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.

I expected to see search results for various titles the API thinks I am looking for like when I search for books, music, or TV shows (all of which work as expected).

Screenshots
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Occurs on

• Linux

Plugin version
0.7.2

[ltctceplrm]

Strange, I have no issues adding games on 0.7.2. Could you add the console debug (Ctrl + Shift + i) to see if there's any errors?

[ltctceplrm]

Ah I've found why, I tested this with a fresh install and it seems that if you don't have both an omdbAPI and a mobygamesAPI key then you can't search for games. This is strange though because I thought #147 was supposed to fix that

If this is the case for you then you can fix it by creating an omdbAPI and/or mobygamesAPI key, whichever one you're missing.

@mProjectsCode I know you're busy so please take your time but maybe this would be a good moment to re-enable to "selective API disabling" I added in #133? I'm currently using it on my fork without any issues, even with the latest changes (0.7.2).

If you want to I can create a new PR for it or if you prefer I can try to fix #147

[mProjectsCode]

I didn't really like how #133 handled the settings, so that is why I disabled it. Tbh I forgot that I wanted to fix that, maybe I can find some time soon.

#147 throws errors when the key is not present, which is why the search fails. There should be some sort of error message to the user, but the search should not fail if one API fails. I guess this is easily fixed through some better error handling.

[ltctceplrm]

Tbh I forgot that I wanted to fix that, maybe I can find some time soon.

That would be great yes. I remember you wanted to change/fix the settings but I'm not sure how to improve it myself

There should be some sort of error message to the user, but the search should not fail if one API fails. I guess this is easily fixed through some better error handling.

Currently the search does fail if one of them has no API key and the the errors only show up in the console, most users won't notice them.

If instead of throwing an error it just returns an empty array then the search still works for the other videogame APIs like steam which requires no api key and it'll just skip omdbAPI or mobygamesAPI if those don't have a key.

		if (!this.plugin.settings.MobyGamesKey) {
			console.error(Error(`MDB | API key for ${this.apiName} missing.`));
			return [];
		}

rather than

		if (!this.plugin.settings.MobyGamesKey) {
			throw Error(`MDB | API key for ${this.apiName} missing.`);
		}

The error still only shows up in the console but at least the search won't fail anymore. I made a PR for this fix

[android272]

Sorry I had not looked at my email in a while. It looks like your right @ltctceplrm I am missing the MobyGamesAPI.

plugin:obsidian-media-db-plugin:47 Error: MDB | API key for MobyGamesAPI missing.
at Ni.searchByTitle (plugin:obsidian-media-db-plugin:48:21585)
at eval (plugin:obsidian-media-db-plugin:47:571)
at Array.map ()
at Di.query (plugin:obsidian-media-db-plugin:47:538)
at eval (plugin:obsidian-media-db-plugin:50:10247)
at Gi.openSearchModal (plugin:obsidian-media-db-plugin:50:3826)
at async zi.createEntryWithSearchModal (plugin:obsidian-media-db-plugin:50:10045)
eval @ plugin:obsidian-media-db-plugin:47
await in eval (async)
query @ plugin:obsidian-media-db-plugin:47
eval @ plugin:obsidian-media-db-plugin:50
openSearchModal @ plugin:obsidian-media-db-plugin:50
await in openSearchModal (async)
createEntryWithSearchModal @ plugin:obsidian-media-db-plugin:50
callback @ plugin:obsidian-media-db-plugin:50
BK @ app.js:1
t.onChooseItem @ app.js:1
t.onChooseSuggestion @ app.js:1
t.selectSuggestion @ app.js:1
e.useSelectedItem @ app.js:1
(anonymous) @ app.js:1
e.handleKey @ app.js:1
e.onKeyEvent @ app.js:1
plugin:obsidian-media-db-plugin:50 Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'type')
at eval (plugin:obsidian-media-db-plugin:50:10342)
at Array.filter ()
at zi.createEntryWithSearchModal (plugin:obsidian-media-db-plugin:50:10319)

[android272]

Adding the API key fixed the issue. I don't remember having to add the API Key before.

[ltctceplrm]

Adding the API key fixed the issue. I don't remember having to add the API Key before.

This happened after Mobygames was added but there's a bug fix coming where if you're missing an API key then it'll just skip that API provider and fall back on the other ones.

[android272]

Could you add a warning saying that "Missing mobygames api key, falling back to [other] api"? I just thought that the plugin was broken all together.

[ltctceplrm]

It will say MediaDB | API key for ${this.apiName} missing. which hopefully will be clear enough for users

I just thought that the plugin was broken all together.

Yeah that was unintentional since it was supposed to give a clearer warning but the warning only showed up in the console

[android272]

Yep that will work for me

[gusper]

Mostly just FYI as mine was a slightly different case. I had both keys in the plugin's settings, but hadn't activated my OMDb API key and it was failing to authenticate. I went back to the mail I got from OMDb API, noticed the activate link, and it started working. I also thought the plugin was just failing but saw the auth error in the console and then I ran across this issue here. In addition to a warning about missing keys, it would be good to also let users know when there's an auth error. Thanks!

[albertoloscerritos]

Hi. One question, is there any way to bypass this issue. Since right now you need to pay in order get a mobygames api key

Or is there any way to access games from steam at least? At the moment I can't search for any games at all.
Thanks for your help :)

[ltctceplrm]

@albertoloscerritos Since this is a breaking bug I made a temporary release here but please note that this is not a release by the creator of this plugin (@mProjectsCode). It should work fine though and I've tested it.

[mProjectsCode]

I should fix this. Since I am not active using this plugin anymore, I kind of loose track what needs to be done...

[albertoloscerritos]

Thanks for the help guys, I really appreciate it.