Brave did not return a result object #92

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david · 2026-05-04T12:07:03Z

david commented

2026-05-04 12:07:03 +00:00

You may already be aware of this, but some Brave searches give this error:

Brave did not return a result object

I suspect it's when Brave puts an AI-generated answer at the top of the results.

At search.brave.com, there is a setting for "Answer with AI" that you can turn off, but I'm not sure how easy that is to set for the scraper.

You may already be aware of this, but some Brave searches give this error: Brave did not return a result object I suspect it's when Brave puts an AI-generated answer at the top of the results. At search.brave.com, there is a setting for "Answer with AI" that you can turn off, but I'm not sure how easy that is to set for the scraper.

lolcat commented

2026-05-04 19:54:20 +00:00

Seems to work on 4get.ca, is your IP banned? Tell me what search query outputs this.

david commented

2026-05-05 00:38:56 +00:00

I don't think the IP is banned. That's usually a different error message.

Try these:

private instance redlib
redlib private instance
redlib

These all fail on 4get.ca, also. But these work:

redlib instance
private instance

Maybe it's not the AI thing, though, that doesn't seem consistent.

I don't think the IP is banned. That's usually a different error message. Try these: private instance redlib redlib private instance redlib These all fail on 4get.ca, also. But these work: redlib instance private instance Maybe it's not the AI thing, though, that doesn't seem consistent.

lolcat commented

2026-05-05 07:23:12 +00:00

Yeah it's my dogshit fuckhtml::extract_json function again. I'll fix it

Yeah it's my dogshit `fuckhtml::extract_json` function again. I'll fix it

lolcat commented

2026-05-05 07:34:30 +00:00

6086c63148

this should be fixed now

https://git.lolcat.ca/lolcat/4get/commit/6086c63148f7f859da29280377861166a7eab387 this should be fixed now

lolcat closed this issue

2026-05-05 07:34:30 +00:00

david commented