zoro: only the first episode request is successful

[shibotto]

Describe the bug

When querying anime/zoro/watch/ only the first request successfully returns the video and subtitles links. Every other requests returns empty arrays and requires restarting the service.

Steps to reproduce

1. Request one episode of whatever anime: SUCCESS
2. Request the same episode again: SUCCESS
3. Request another episode from the same or from any other anime: FAIL

Restart the service and the same issue occurs: the first request succeeds, every other requests fails.

Expected behavior

Being able to do as many query without having to restart the service.

Actual behavior

Client side:

xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ curl -s 'http://localhost:3000/anime/zoro/watch/rezero-starting-life-in-another-world-season-3-19301$episode$128356$both' | jq
{
  "intro": {
    "start": 0,
    "end": 0
  },
  "outro": {
    "start": 5191,
    "end": 5430
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://ec.netmagcdn.com:2228/hls-playback/629f2848647dbc16b0cd986eb7ccc447fb9a84765ff86358d59769e8fe9013707b89c1b729f681c52676f1504a5539c945538d387105caed81f236c24605efb5bcd837f93d31d8bbc0b44243c741b57c77a8526f801a95c4d44d9cb590ac144cadb2566c2f6fbc9bb981fe8faa0ef965c7a978241083e385ae61711dd7382603a7a622fbf649c4d4b4a4fdb80021195c/master.m3u8",
      "isM3U8": true,
      "type": "hls"
    }
  ],
  "subtitles": [
    {
      "url": "https://s.megastatics.com/subtitle/a218aaf588c99939c550712ca971f5f7/eng-2.vtt",
      "lang": "English"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://s.megastatics.com/subtitle/a218aaf588c99939c550712ca971f5f7/ind-3.vtt",
      "lang": "Indonesian"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://s.megastatics.com/subtitle/a218aaf588c99939c550712ca971f5f7/tha-4.vtt",
      "lang": "Thai"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://s.megastatics.com/thumbnails/ac9f276b021af77c101bc2ac373ff2a4/thumbnails.vtt",
      "lang": "thumbnails"
    }
  ]
}
xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ curl -s 'http://localhost:3000/anime/zoro/watch/rezero-starting-life-in-another-world-season-3-19301$episode$128536$both' | jq
{
  "intro": {
    "start": 0,
    "end": 0
  },
  "outro": {
    "start": 0,
    "end": 0
  },
  "sources": [],
  "subtitles": []
}

Server side:

{"level":30,"time":1739015109694,"pid":7378,"hostname":"xubuntu","reqId":"req-3","req":{"method":"GET","url":"/anime/zoro/watch/rezero-starting-life-in-another-world-season-3-19301$episode$128536$both","hostname":"localhost:3000","remoteAddress":"127.0.0.1","remotePort":59740},"msg":"incoming request"}
Unexpected end of JSON input
{"level":30,"time":1739015110375,"pid":7378,"hostname":"xubuntu","reqId":"req-3","res":{"statusCode":200},"responseTime":680.9204029999673,"msg":"request completed"}

Additional context

Reverting consumet.ts to 47b9a2e fixes the issue. It was probably introduced in either 912691b or ca4360b, although I cannot test the former as the service doesn't start at all for me.

[2004durgesh]

As the author of this PR, I must admit that my changes actually broke the package—until the ca4360b PR was merged. So, I apologize for that.

Now, the Zoro instance of the package correctly logs the sources:

However, as you mentioned, the API doesn't respond correctly:

{"level":30,"time":1739027752940,"pid":16868,"hostname":"DESKTOP-67N7VI9","reqId":"req-q","req":{"method":"GET","url":"/anime/zoro/watch/rezero-starting-life-in-another-world-season-3-19301$episode$128635$both","hostname":"localhost:3000","remoteAddress":"127.0.0.1","remotePort":60643},"msg":"incoming request"}    
Unexpected end of JSON input
{
  intro: { start: 0, end: 0 },
  outro: { start: 0, end: 0 },
  sources: [],
  subtitles: []
}
{"level":30,"time":1739027754427,"pid":16868,"hostname":"DESKTOP-67N7VI9","reqId":"req-q","res":{"statusCode":200},"responseTime":1486.6098999977112,"msg":"request completed"}

Could you also check this using the Node package (consumet.ts)?

[Shikiiii]

IIRC Aniwatch-api also had the same issue. This is what I could find regarding fixing it.
ghoshRitesh12/aniwatch-api#83 (comment)

[shibotto]

Could you also check this using the Node package (consumet.ts)?

You mean by using consumer.ts directly without the api? Unfortunately I know absolutely nothing about JavaScript and TypeScript.

[Toasty360]

I think I changed that method while fixing flixhq. I'll revert it back.

[2004durgesh]

@shibotto fixed as of #650 pls check

[Toasty360]

I'm not sure if it's fixed or not. It's working on localhost but not on vercel.

[2004durgesh]

Works on my vercel instance though

[shibotto]

@shibotto fixed as of #650 pls check

Yes, looks fixed on my end, thank you very much folks!

@Toasty360 I have never used Vercel, maybe it is caching an old consumet.ts? On Render for example there is a dedicated button to "clear build cache & deploy". If you manage to make it work I'll close this issue.