python error querying biosample id

[diekhans]

pip install git+https://github.com/pachterlab/ffq 
% ffq --version
ffq 0.3.1
% ffq SAMN20207153
[2025-10-13 22:32:26,336]    INFO Parsing sample SAMN20207153
[2025-10-13 22:32:26,338]   ERROR 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'text'
usage: ffq [-h] [-o OUT] [-l LEVEL] [--ftp] [--aws] [--gcp] [--ncbi] [--split] [--verbose]
           [--version]
           IDs [IDs ...]
ffq: error: For possible failure modes, please see https://github.com/pachterlab/ffq#failure-modes

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[ayoraind]

I see the same error when running ffq. How can this error be fixed?

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[diekhans]

This is a great tool; it seems ashamed to have it die due too lack of basic bug fixes like this.

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