Action spotcast.play_saved_episodes. Unknown error

[coreyjansen]

Outage Acknowledgement

• I confirm that I have read issue Error ServerTime - Unable to retrieve devices from Spotify when trying to play media #543 and this report is not related to the current outage.

The problem

I am getting Unknown Error when trying to call spotcast.play_saved_episodes

Failed to perform the action spotcast.play_saved_episodes. Unknown error

Source: custom_components/spotcast/spotify/account.py:868
integration: Home Assistant WebSocket API (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 4:45:40 PM (3 occurrences)
Last logged: 4:50:29 PM

System Health details

System Information

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Home Assistant Community Store

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AccuWeather

can_reach_server	ok
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Home Assistant Cloud

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virtualization
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Dashboards

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Network Configuration

adapters	lo (disabled), end0 (enabled, default, auto), hassio (disabled), docker0 (disabled), vetha441ba4 (disabled), veth88ca1a5 (disabled), veth4c8dbde (disabled), vethf114773 (disabled), vethaa61007 (disabled), vethda94a5c (disabled), vethff199bc (disabled), veth4f1b9eb (disabled), veth5b3566d (disabled), veth063360d (disabled), veth425a65e (disabled), veth48d0d23 (disabled), veth0c8ebc8 (disabled)
ipv4_addresses	lo (127.0.0.1/8), end0 (10.30.20.10/24), hassio (172.30.32.1/23), docker0 (172.30.232.1/23), vetha441ba4 (), veth88ca1a5 (), veth4c8dbde (), vethf114773 (), vethaa61007 (), vethda94a5c (), vethff199bc (), veth4f1b9eb (), veth5b3566d (), veth063360d (), veth425a65e (), veth48d0d23 (), veth0c8ebc8 ()
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Recorder

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estimated_db_size	876.20 MiB
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Spotcast

error	failed to load: unknown

Spotify

api_endpoint_reachable	ok

What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant OS

Diagnostics information

Logger: homeassistant.helpers.script.websocket_api_script
Source: helpers/script.py:524
First occurred: 4:45:40 PM (4 occurrences)
Last logged: 4:53:15 PM

websocket_api script: Error executing script. Unexpected error for call_service at pos 1: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'startswith'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 524, in _async_step
await getattr(self, handler)()
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 1012, in _async_step_call_service
response_data = await self._async_run_long_action(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
...<9 lines>...
)
^
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 624, in _async_run_long_action
return await long_task
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 2802, in async_call
response_data = await coro
^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 2845, in _execute_service
return await target(service_call)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/config/custom_components/spotcast/services/service_handler.py", line 61, in async_relay_service_call
await handler(self.hass, call)
File "/config/custom_components/spotcast/services/play_saved_episodes.py", line 60, in async_play_saved_episodes
await async_play_custom_context(hass, call)
File "/config/custom_components/spotcast/services/play_custom_context.py", line 87, in async_play_custom_context
await account.async_play_media(media_player.id, uris=tracks, **extras)
File "/config/custom_components/spotcast/spotify/account.py", line 868, in async_play_media
if context_uri.startswith("spotify:track:"):
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'startswith'

Example YAML snippet

action: spotcast.play_saved_episodes
data:
  media_player:
    entity_id: media_player.living_room_speaker
  account: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

Logger: homeassistant.helpers.script.websocket_api_script
Source: helpers/script.py:524
First occurred: 4:45:40 PM (4 occurrences)
Last logged: 4:53:15 PM

websocket_api script: Error executing script. Unexpected error for call_service at pos 1: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'startswith'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 524, in _async_step
    await getattr(self, handler)()
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 1012, in _async_step_call_service
    response_data = await self._async_run_long_action(
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    ...<9 lines>...
    )
    ^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 624, in _async_run_long_action
    return await long_task
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 2802, in async_call
    response_data = await coro
                    ^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 2845, in _execute_service
    return await target(service_call)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/config/custom_components/spotcast/services/service_handler.py", line 61, in async_relay_service_call
    await handler(self.hass, call)
  File "/config/custom_components/spotcast/services/play_saved_episodes.py", line 60, in async_play_saved_episodes
    await async_play_custom_context(hass, call)
  File "/config/custom_components/spotcast/services/play_custom_context.py", line 87, in async_play_custom_context
    await account.async_play_media(media_player.id, uris=tracks, **extras)
  File "/config/custom_components/spotcast/spotify/account.py", line 868, in async_play_media
    if context_uri.startswith("spotify:track:"):
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'startswith'

Additional information

No response

[fcusson]

@sermayoral, your change for the single track play didn't account for the service call with a list of uris instead of a context uri. Since you are working on the extension of the track_context in #555, could you also add this edgecase?

[fcusson]

Released build 15. Issue is fixed on my end in testing. Please reopen if reintroduced.