[GH-ISSUE #109] Can't connect to Boosty API at all, even with VPN #27

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opened 2026-10-13 19:45:59 +00:00 by bsakaguchi · 3 comments

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2026-10-13 19:45:59 +00:00

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Originally created by @Shararamosh on GitHub (Jul 25, 2026).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Glitchy-Sheep/boosty-downloader/issues/109

🐛 What happened?

Can't download anything because downloader can't connect to Boosty API even if I use VPN. I know for sure Boosty API works because browser requests to api.boosty.to return valid responses (which include auth token and cookie I used in config.yaml) and Boosty itself works fine in the browser.

📋 Error output

[16:32:34] Boosty_Downloader.INFO 🔹: You are using the latest boosty-downloader version.

[16:32:37] Boosty_Downloader.ERROR ❌: Network error: Unable to connect to Boosty API, please check your internet connection.

🔁 How to reproduce

Attempt to download any Boosty post from any user with boosty-downloader download command.

🖥️ Environment

boosty-downloader version: 3.0.0 (boosty-downloader --version command doesn't work, so I took version number from PyPI)
OS: Windows 11 23H2 (22631.5189)

Originally created by @Shararamosh on GitHub (Jul 25, 2026). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Glitchy-Sheep/boosty-downloader/issues/109 ## 🐛 What happened? Can't download anything because downloader can't connect to Boosty API even if I use VPN. I know for sure Boosty API works because browser requests to `api.boosty.to` return valid responses (which include auth token and cookie I used in `config.yaml`) and Boosty itself works fine in the browser. ## 📋 Error output ``` [16:32:34] Boosty_Downloader.INFO 🔹: You are using the latest boosty-downloader version. [16:32:37] Boosty_Downloader.ERROR ❌: Network error: Unable to connect to Boosty API, please check your internet connection. ``` ## 🔁 How to reproduce Attempt to download any Boosty post from any user with `boosty-downloader download` command. ## 🖥️ Environment - boosty-downloader version: 3.0.0 (`boosty-downloader --version` command doesn't work, so I took version number from PyPI) - OS: Windows 11 23H2 (22631.5189)

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@Glitchy-Sheep commented on GitHub (Aug 10, 2026):

Hi! This is strange, because the first line says you can access pypi, so the network should be good.
As far as I know boosty doesn't have special geo-restrictions.

I released a lot of fixes recently, but to understand your case I added --debug flag in 3.3.0 version, could you please run the cli with it?

And then send the debug logs in here.

@Glitchy-Sheep commented on GitHub (Aug 10, 2026): Hi! This is strange, because the first line says you can access pypi, so the network should be good. As far as I know boosty doesn't have special geo-restrictions. I released a lot of fixes recently, but to understand your case I added --debug flag in 3.3.0 version, could you please run the cli with it? And then send the debug logs in here.

bsakaguchi commented

2026-10-13 19:46:02 +00:00

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@Glitchy-Sheep commented on GitHub (Aug 15, 2026):

Recently I encountered the same exact situation, I think it was TLS timeouts or something like that, after switching VPN it helped a lot.

@Glitchy-Sheep commented on GitHub (Aug 15, 2026): Recently I encountered the same exact situation, I think it was TLS timeouts or something like that, after switching VPN it helped a lot.

bsakaguchi commented

2026-10-13 19:46:03 +00:00

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@Glitchy-Sheep commented on GitHub (Aug 23, 2026):

Well, as far as there is no visible bug I can solve - I close this.

In general you can try:

clear cookies and re-login with new creds
turn off VPNs (because some of them are located on servers which also used by bots, and the anti-ddos mechanisms could probably drop your connection)

@Glitchy-Sheep commented on GitHub (Aug 23, 2026): Well, as far as there is no visible bug I can solve - I close this. **_In general you can try:_** - clear cookies and re-login with new creds - turn off VPNs (because some of them are located on servers which also used by bots, and the anti-ddos mechanisms could probably drop your connection)

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2026-10-13 19:46:41 +00:00

[PR #27] [CLOSED] chore(deps-dev): Bump ruff from 0.11.10 to 0.12.0 #58