[patreon][error] NotFoundError: Requested creator could not be found

[KamiYamabushi]

PS C:\Users\User\Archive> .\gallery-dl.exe https://www.patreon.com/Creator --verbose
[gallery-dl][debug] Version 1.26.1 - Executable
[gallery-dl][debug] Python 3.12.0 - Windows-11-10.0.22635-SP0
[gallery-dl][debug] requests 2.31.0 - urllib3 2.0.7
[gallery-dl][debug] Configuration Files ['C:\\Users\\User\\Archive\\gallery-dl.conf']
[gallery-dl][debug] Starting DownloadJob for 'https://www.patreon.com/Creator'
[patreon][debug] Using PatreonCreatorExtractor for 'https://www.patreon.com/Creator'
[patreon][debug] TLS 1.2 disabled.
[cookies][debug] Extracting cookies from C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ocxg4bna.default-release\cookies.sqlite
[cookies][info] Extracted 1302 cookies from Firefox
[urllib3.connectionpool][debug] Starting new HTTPS connection (1): www.patreon.com:443
[urllib3.connectionpool][debug] https://www.patreon.com:443 "GET /Creator/posts HTTP/1.1" 200 None
[patreon][error] NotFoundError: Requested creator could not be found

Please note I've substituted any identifiable names in the paths. (User and Creator respectively.)

This error occurs with the latest nightly build and as far as I can tell (since my config hasn't changed in months), there are no configuration issues on my end.

(Edit: This issue was previously marked as fixed in other Issues threads. I will also add that my Cookies had been refreshed, just in case.)

[mikf]

I tried a couple of creators (more than 5) listed in Patreon's front page and got this error once. The one with the error worked when running it a second time.
I'm not using any cookies for this, but I doubt this makes a difference.

You could try v1.26.0, which uses the old campaign_id path.

edit: related to #4639

[KamiYamabushi]

So I've tried with 1.26.0 and 1.26.1; same issue. However, it does seem you're correct when not 'logged in', it will retrieve publicly available posts without issue. However, when using Cookies (for login authentication), then it shows the error.

I'm unsure if it's related to authentication or related to some different post path when being 'logged in' vs not.

[mikf]

Even with logged in cookies, I don't get this error ...

I'd need the first file created by --write-pages to have a look at what is different for you, but that would revedal your account and the creator you're trying to download from.

I should also implement a way to directly specify a creator's campaign ID to at least have a workaround in cases like this.

edit: just the line containing window.patreon.bootstrap, would be enough.

[KamiYamabushi]

Unfortunately, I think my page output will no longer be useful. It randomly started working for me as of five minutes ago (7:30pm EST) despite not working just prior to that. If it goes back to not working, I'll update with the relevant line.

However, it seems like someone else is experiencing the issue now: #4715

[Tobi823]

It randomly started working for me as of five minutes ago

For me too - I can download from Patreon again.

[mikf]

Well, whatever this was, it is now possible to manually set the campaign_id value and you'll get a better error message instead of "Requested creator could not be found" when extracting it automatically fails again: 12a800c