skpy.core.SkypeApiException since today 10/08/2020

[idanieri]

Since today I'm receiving a SkypeApiException that stops my script. Something I discovered is it matches with a new update made by Microsoft during last night.

This is my code:

from skpy import Skype
from skpy import SkypeAuthException
import os
username = "user"
password = "pass"

proxysrv = "proxywsg-ar"

try:
    px = socket.gethostbyname(proxysrv)
    if px:
        # Estas variables solamente están activas durante la duración del programa
        os.environ['http_proxy'] = "http://" + proxysrv + ":3128"
        os.environ['HTTP_PROXY'] = "http://" + proxysrv + ":3128"
        os.environ['https_proxy'] = "https://" + proxysrv + ":3128"
        os.environ['HTTPS_PROXY'] = "https://" + proxysrv + ":3128"
        print("Voy a usar el proxy")
        print(os.environ['http_proxy'], "\n", os.environ['HTTP_PROXY'], "\n", os.environ['https_proxy'], "\n",
              os.environ['HTTPS_PROXY'])
except:
    print("No voy a usar proxy")
    os.environ['https_proxy'] = ""
    os.environ['http_proxy'] = ""
    os.environ['HTTP_PROXY'] = ""
    os.environ['https_proxy'] = ""
    os.environ['HTTPS_PROXY'] = ""

sk = Skype(connect=False)
sk.conn.setTokenFile(".tokens-app")
try:
    sk.conn.readToken()
except SkypeAuthException:
    # Prompt the user for their credentials.
    sk.conn.setUserPwd(username, password)
    sk.conn.getSkypeToken()
print(sk.contacts["ballarati"])
chat = sk.contacts["ballarati"].chat
chat.sendMsg("this is a message")

And this is the output:

C:\Users\cdanieri\python_projects\jira>python test.py
No voy a usar proxy
[SkypeContact]
Id: ballarati
Name: Federico Ballarati | 542596
Location: Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, AR
Language: ES
Avatar: https://avatar.skype.com/v1/avatars/ballarati?auth_key=-xxxxxxxxxxx
Mood: None
Phones: +54xxxxxxxxxxx
+54xxxxxxxxxx
Birthday: 1970-07-12
Authorised: True
Blocked: False
Favourite: False
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "test.py", line 38, in
chat.sendMsg("this is a message")
File "C:\Users\cdanieri\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\skpy\chat.py", line 201, in sendMsg
return self.sendRaw(editId=edit, messagetype=msgType, content=content,
File "C:\Users\cdanieri\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\skpy\chat.py", line 138, in sendRaw
msgId, arriveTime = self.createRaw(msg)
File "C:\Users\cdanieri\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\skpy\chat.py", line 74, in createRaw
resp = self.skype.conn("POST", "{0}/users/ME/conversations/{1}/messages"
File "C:\Users\cdanieri\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\skpy\conn.py", line 219, in call
raise SkypeApiException("{0} response from {1} {2}".format(resp.status_code, method, url), resp)
skpy.core.SkypeApiException: ('400 response from POST https://azwcus1-client-s.gateway.messenger.live.com/v1/users/ME/conversations/8:ballarati/messages', <Response [400]>)

[Terrance]

Reiterating points in the issue template that you didn't include:

• If your issue is specific to conversations or messages, include the affected chat types.
  Conversations are either 1-to-1s or groups, with Skype or Skype for Business contacts.
• If applicable, test the corresponding action on https://web.skype.com to see if it works there.
• Please set SKPY_DEBUG_HTTP=1 in your environment to capture API requests to Skype's servers.
  Include the relevant parts (not the entire output), `enclosed in backticks` for readability.
  Make sure to remove any personal information such as passwords or tokens before posting.

[idanieri]

Hi, thanks for replying.

The issue happend with both chat types but today is working fine. I think the issue was related to some server the api tried to connect to and received this 400 message:

skpy.core.SkypeApiException: ('400 response from POST https://azwcus1-client-s.gateway.messenger.live.com/v1/users/ME/conversations/8:ballarati/messages', <Response [400]>

I'll keep you informed if it happen again with the debug output.

Thanks

[idanieri]

Hi Terrace, the issue is happening again with 1-to-1 and group conversations. I setted SKPY_DEBUG_HTTP=1 as you asked before and received this:

<= [21/10 10:57:43] POST https://azscus1-client-s.gateway.messenger.live.com/v1/users/ME/conversations/8:ballarati/messages
{'json': {'Has-Mentions': 'false',
          'clientmessageid': '1603288663662',
          'content': 'prueba',
          'contenttype': 'text',
          'imdisplayname': 'Ivan Danieri | 54 6854',
          'messagetype': 'Text'}}
=> [21/10 10:57:44] 400
{'Content-Length': '111',
 'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
 'ContextId': 'tcid=6014529016411316109,server=BY3PEPF00008599',
 'Date': 'Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:57:43 GMT'}
{'errorCode': 201,
 'message': 'Either "startTime", "startComposeTime"query string parameter must '
            'be provided'}

I read the documentation but didn't find out a way to send startTime or startComposeTime parameters to the messages.
I'm using the last version available of SkPy: 0.10.1

Can you help me?

Thanks!

[Terrance]

Looks like Skype for Web sends a compose time now, I wonder if that's what it's complaining about. I can't reproduce the error with any of my test contacts, but if it's still failing can you try adding this (line 139 of skpy/chat.py):

diff --git skpy/chat.py skpy/chat.py
index 12c249d..1c4649c 100644
--- skpy/chat.py
+++ skpy/chat.py
@@ -137,4 +137,5 @@ class SkypeChat(SkypeObj):
             clientTime = int(time.time() * 1000)
             msg["clientmessageid"] = str(clientTime)
+            msg["composetime"] = "{0}Z".format(datetime.utcnow().isoformat()[:23])
             msgId, arriveTime = self.createRaw(msg)
         arriveDate = datetime.fromtimestamp(arriveTime / 1000) if arriveTime else datetime.now()

([:23] on the timestamp because it seems to be strict on 3 decimal places for the milliseconds, any more and it returns a 400 saying the request isn't valid.)

[idanieri]

Your workaround makes sense but sadly It's no longer failing so I can't test it...
If this issue happen again I'll try it and let you know if it works.

Thanks

[idanieri]

Hi Terrace. The issue is happening again, I tried your line but didn't worked.
Also I tried changing the format from 20 to 24 but I still receive a 400 msg

<= [23/10 11:16:40] POST https://azwcus1-client-s.gateway.messenger.live.com/v1/users/ME/conversations/8:ballarati/messages
{'json': {'Has-Mentions': 'false',
          'clientmessageid': '1603462600295',
          'composetime': '2020-10-23T14:16:40.295Z',
          'content': 'prueba',
          'contenttype': 'text',
          'imdisplayname': 'Ivan Danieri | 54 6854',
          'messagetype': 'Text'}}
=> [23/10 11:16:40] 400
{'Content-Length': '111',
 'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
 'ContextId': 'tcid=5475015910442935801,server=MN1PEPF00000E4E',
 'Date': 'Fri, 23 Oct 2020 14:16:39 GMT'}
{'errorCode': 201,
 'message': 'Either "startTime", "startComposeTime"query string parameter must '
            'be provided'}
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test.py", line 70, in <module>
    chat.sendMsg("prueba")
  File "C:\Users\cdanieri\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\skpy\chat.py", line 202, in sendMsg
    return self.sendRaw(editId=edit, messagetype=msgType, content=content,
  File "C:\Users\cdanieri\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\skpy\chat.py", line 139, in sendRaw
    msgId, arriveTime = self.createRaw(msg)
  File "C:\Users\cdanieri\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\skpy\chat.py", line 74, in createRaw
    resp = self.skype.conn("POST", "{0}/users/ME/conversations/{1}/messages"
  File "C:\Users\cdanieri\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\skpy\conn.py", line 237, in __call__
    raise SkypeApiException("{0} response from {1} {2}".format(resp.status_code, method, url), resp)
skpy.core.SkypeApiException: ('400 response from POST https://azwcus1-client-s.gateway.messenger.live.com/v1/users/ME/conversations/8:ballarati/messages', <Response [400]>)

[Terrance]

Unless I can see what your account does normally in Skype for Web (you'll need to inspect the web traffic in a browser when you send a message), I can't reproduce the problem so I'm unsure how to fix it. It's particularly odd given it only fails some of the time, presumably from a change of messaging host.

[idanieri]

Attached is the POST payload that I could capture during my troubleshooting on Friday (saddly it didn't happen again to capture more info).

Something I verified is that all the tags used in Skype for web are the same as in a failed message using SkPy (including the format of "composetime"). Maybe If you can guide me to understand how this messages are built in SkPy I can provide beter testing.

[Terrance]

You can use SkypeChat.sendRaw() to manually set most of the fields:

chat = sk.chats["8:joe.4"]
msg = chat.sendRaw(
    messagetype="RichText",
    contenttype="text",
    content="Hello",
    imdisplayname="Fred Adams",
    receiverdisplayname="Joe Bloggs",
)

Note that clientmessageid is handled for you by this method -- there is also SkypeChat.createRaw() that just passes the payload directly to the request body, returning a (message ID, arrival time) tuple:

chat.createRaw({
    "clientmessageid": "1603753046123",
    "composetime": "2020-10-26T22:57:26.123Z",
    "messagetype": "RichText",
    "contenttype": "text",
    "content": "Hello",
    "imdisplayname": "Fred Adams",
    "receiverdisplayname": "Joe Bloggs",
})

See also SkypeChat.sendMsg()'s implementation: https://github.com/Terrance/SkPy/blob/v0.10.1/skpy/chat.py#L192-L202

[idanieri]

You can use SkypeChat.sendRaw() to manually set most of the fields:

chat = sk.chats["8:joe.4"]
msg = chat.sendRaw(
    messagetype="RichText",
    contenttype="text",
    content="Hello",
    imdisplayname="Fred Adams",
    receiverdisplayname="Joe Bloggs",
)

Note that clientmessageid is handled for you by this method -- there is also SkypeChat.createRaw() that just passes the payload directly to the request body, returning a (message ID, arrival time) tuple:

chat.createRaw({
    "clientmessageid": "1603753046123",
    "composetime": "2020-10-26T22:57:26.123Z",
    "messagetype": "RichText",
    "contenttype": "text",
    "content": "Hello",
    "imdisplayname": "Fred Adams",
    "receiverdisplayname": "Joe Bloggs",
})

See also SkypeChat.sendMsg()'s implementation: https://github.com/Terrance/SkPy/blob/v0.10.1/skpy/chat.py#L192-L202

Thanks for the info! PS: I never hoped so much that something start to failing again as I do right now :D