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« on: December 23, 2021, 02:25:30 PM »

hi everyone, i'm trying to scrape data from thegamesdb.net for a nes game, i'm using default system identifier but nothing happens...
this is what i can find on last_run.log

*** Scraping artwork for: Nintendo NES
 - scraping thegamesdb.net...
 ! Error: None of the configured system identifier(s) are recognized by thegamesdb.net.
 ! Error processing request: SSL connect error (https://api.thegamesdb.net/v1/Games/ByGameName?apikey=035b376cf5769eca89325626f698702fb72bff15ef5d0451e1859bb7b6b854be&name=Adventures%20of%20Lolo&fields=players%2Cpublishers%2Cgenres%2Coverview&filter%5Bplatform%5D=)
 - 1 games not matched on thegamesdb.net: "Adventures of Lolo "
 - thegamesdb.net reports a remaining allowance of: Unknown
*** Scraping done.

first, i tried to use a correct identifier so i managed to fetch platform list at https://api.thegamesdb.net/spec.yaml and the api gives me this response:
(...)
"7": {
        "id": 7,
        "name": "Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)",
        "alias": "nintendo-entertainment-system-nes"
(...)

i try all of them on attract-mode settings but nothing works, same error "None of the configured system identifier(s) are recognized by thegamesdb.net"

actually, if i add 7 after the request shown above, it works in my browser giving me the game's info i was searching for
https://api.thegamesdb.net/v1/Games/ByGameName?apikey=035b376cf5769eca89325626f698702fb72bff15ef5d0451e1859bb7b6b854be&name=Adventures%20of%20Lolo&fields=players%2Cpublishers%2Cgenres%2Coverview&filter%5Bplatform%5D=7

and the SSL error, how can i fix it?
anyone can help me? what i'm doing wrong? thanks, spinox.