BAD_REQUEST response

[kyotin]

When our app faced with BAD_REQUEST, it won't be back to normal.

2018-06-04T12:55:26.318090+00:00 app[schedule.1]: { Error
2018-06-04T12:55:26.318105+00:00 app[schedule.1]: at /app/node_modules/google-translate-api/index.js:105:17
2018-06-04T12:55:26.318106+00:00 app[schedule.1]: at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:109:7) code: 'BAD_REQUEST' }

Do we have limit on number of requests per second? Our app was working fine till it face with above error.

[HigisBig]

Yeah I've recently been getting this issue as well

[easonlovejiven]

Yeah I've recently been getting this issue as well

[wowdyaln]

node_modules/google-translate-api/index.js:105:17  at <anonymous>
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:188:7) code: 'BAD_REQUEST'

[tonistair]

same here!

[nadalizadeh]

The actual response code from google endpoint is 503 (Service Unavailable)

Apparantly they are now checking traffic rate and redirecting to:

https://ipv4.google.com/sorry/index?continue=https://translate.google.com/translate_a/single%3Fclient%3Dt%26sl%3Dauto%26tl%3Den%26hl%3Den%26dt%3Dat%26dt%3Dbd%26dt%3Dex%26dt%3Dld%26dt%3Dmd%26dt%3Dqca%26dt%3Drw%26dt%3Drm%26dt%3Dss%26dt%3Dt%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26otf%3D1%26ssel%3D0%26tsel%3D0%26kc%3D5%26tk%3D495504.128489%26q%3Dhello&hl=en&q=EgSXUHjYGISU6dgFIhkA8aeDS9nxiL3i6-okEu2kNn24nPXxXsfwMgFy

Which Says: Our systems have detected unusual traffic from your computer network. Please try your request again later.

[nadalizadeh]

Temporary Solution:

1. Setup a TOR HTTP Proxy: https://www.marcus-povey.co.uk/2016/03/24/using-tor-as-a-http-proxy/
2. Use tunnel module from node packages to pass translate traffic from tor

var tunnel = require('tunnel');
...
...
    }).then(function (url) {
        return got(url, {
        agent: tunnel.httpOverHttp({
                proxy: {
                            host: 'localhost',
                            port: 8123
                        }
                 })
        }).then(function (res) {

3. Change tor IP address periodically

[davidrocket]

@nadalizadeh Your solution sounds great! But how can I force all of the translateService's traffic to go through the tor-proxy? Per request is yes! But the translateService has its own implementation of firing requests at the google-api endpoint! It would be nice, if we can have some kind of wrapper! Do you have any hint?

[mohasin69]

Same issues for me too.. How can I set a TOR proxy for a hosted bot.? LOL

[codecorgiii]

Getting the same issues

[hooper-hc]

{ Error at /Users/hucheng/hooper/bytedance/project/people-fe/recruitment-web/node_modules/google-translate-api/index.js:105:17 at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:68:7) code: 'BAD_REQUEST' }

[genostack]

this package uses got to request google translate: //add this to index.js var tunnel = require('tunnel'); var agent = tunnel.httpsOverHttp({ proxy: { host: 'localhost', port: 8123 } }); //change index.js:76 got(url,agent) //add this in tor config MaxCircuitDirtiness 10

[jahglow]

this package uses got to request google translate: //add this to index.js var tunnel = require('tunnel'); var agent = tunnel.httpsOverHttp({ proxy: { host: 'localhost', port: 8123 } }); //change index.js:76 got(url,agent) //add this in tor config MaxCircuitDirtiness 10

would you consider adding a PR for that?

[genostack]

we need test this first.As in China, I found this solution not work.

[nvtuan305]

Getting same issue.

[extensionsapp]

Hey. Google tightened the restrictions and now from a single IP address can make very few queries. I added the use of a proxy server (IPv4, IPv6). Maybe my solution will help you.

https://github.com/extensionsapp/translatte

const translatte = require('translatte');

// Translate string to English using proxy
translatte('Вы говорите на русском?', {
    from: 'ru',
    to: 'en',
    agents: [
        'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; ...',
        'Mozilla/4.0 (Windows NT 10.0; ...',
        'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; ...'
    ],
    proxies: [
        'LOGIN:[email protected]:12345',
        'LOGIN:[email protected]:54321'
    ]
}).then(res => {
    console.log(res);
}).catch(err => {
    console.error(err);
});
// { text: 'Do you speak Russian?', 
//   from: { 
//     language: { 
//       didYouMean: false, 
//       iso: 'ru' 
//     }, 
//     text: { 
//       autoCorrected: false, 
//       value: '', 
//       didYouMean: false 
//     } 
//   },
//   raw: '' }

[Tahakun]

I don't know why but on my ubuntu laptop the API works with tor, but when on Debian VPS I get bad request, I have the same config the 2 machines, do you guys have any idea what might cause the problem?

[lokeshjain09]

Hey. Google tightened the restrictions and now from a single IP address can make very few queries. I added the use of a proxy server (IPv4, IPv6). Maybe my solution will help you.

https://github.com/extensionsapp/translatte

const translatte = require('translatte');

// Translate string to English using proxy
translatte('Вы говорите на русском?', {
    from: 'ru',
    to: 'en',
    agents: [
        'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; ...',
        'Mozilla/4.0 (Windows NT 10.0; ...',
        'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; ...'
    ],
    proxies: [
        'LOGIN:[email protected]:12345',
        'LOGIN:[email protected]:54321'
    ]
}).then(res => {
    console.log(res);
}).catch(err => {
    console.error(err);
});
// { text: 'Do you speak Russian?', 
//   from: { 
//     language: { 
//       didYouMean: false, 
//       iso: 'ru' 
//     }, 
//     text: { 
//       autoCorrected: false, 
//       value: '', 
//       didYouMean: false 
//     } 
//   },
//   raw: '' }

Tried this but ended up in getting below error - "SyntaxError: Unexpected token ..." at line no "translatte/node_modules/got/source/create.js:49"

I just did 'npm install translatte' and tried your example. Do I need to do anything else?

[vitalets]

I just did 'npm install translatte' and tried your example. Do I need to do anything else?

It seems you are using older version of node.js than required for package. Please check node -v.

[lokeshjain09]

I just did 'npm install translatte' and tried your example. Do I need to do anything else?

It seems you are using older version of node.js than required for package. Please check node -v.

I am using v8.4.0 node version. And now it is throwing me below error - Error at "/home/ubuntu/workspace/Hadoop/node_modules/translatte/index.js:141:17". Code: 'BAD_REQUEST'

[abrakadobr]

may be google doing some updates on translator and current interaction become outdated? node 10, just installed and got BAD_REQUEST from begining. check few vpns (my private servers in different europe datacenters) to change public ip, but same result.

[sadra]

Same here, I received "BAD_REQUEST" error, What should I do?

[urPlaceOrMine]

I am using this for two BoTs running under Windows. I setup a Ubuntu v18 box yesterday with NodeJs. If I Stop the Windows BoTs and move / start them on the Ubuntu computer I receive bad request. I can move the BoT back to Windows and it works fine.
Same public IP Ipv4 address for both computers.

[vitalets]

Try this solution from another issue. Maybe the reason of BAD_REQUEST is the same.

[martin-matj]

I don't know why but on my ubuntu laptop the API works with tor, but when on Debian VPS I get bad request, I have the same config the 2 machines, do you guys have any idea what might cause the problem?

Me too. and is this issue solved?

[urPlaceOrMine]

Try this solution from another issue. Maybe the reason of BAD_REQUEST is the same.

That worked perfectly. Thank you