PyPI 2.3.4 crashes with KeyError: 'container' while current main works correctly

[urattems]

Description

I encountered a reproducible crash when using the PyPI release (2.3.4) of GHunt.

Authentication succeeds correctly, but running ghunt email against valid Google accounts causes a crash with:

KeyError: 'container'

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Environment

• OS: Kali Linux (WSL2)
• Python: 3.13.12
• Installation method: pipx
• GHunt version: 2.3.4

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Steps to reproduce

1. Install GHunt from PyPI

pipx install ghunt

2. Authenticate successfully

ghunt login

3. Query a valid Google account

ghunt email <valid@gmail.com>

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Expected behavior

Display account information.

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Actual behavior

The command crashes with:

Traceback (most recent call last):
...
KeyError: 'container'

The crash occurs in:

ghunt/parsers/people.py

self.coverPhotos[cover_photo_data["metadata"]["container"]] = person_cover_photo

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Investigation

I cloned the current GitHub repository and tested the exact same command.

The current main branch works correctly when executed from a local clone.

The difference is that the current repository contains:

container = cover_photo_data.get("metadata", {}).get("container", "unknown")
self.coverPhotos[container] = person_cover_photo

whereas the PyPI release still contains:

self.coverPhotos[cover_photo_data["metadata"]["container"]] = person_cover_photo

It looks like the fix is already present on the repository but has not yet been published to PyPI.

Thanks for the great project! 🙂

[ff-e4]

I used antigravity + gemini to fix this for me. If you download the code, pull it into antigravity or perhaps claude, and paste the error it will patch for you. If you prefer I will tell you what it did to fix:

Gemini discovered: a missing "metadata" dictionary or "container" key raised a KeyError: 'metadata' crash during parsing.

It resolved by: Patched ghunt/parsers/people.py
Replaced direct dictionary index lookups (["metadata"]["container"]) across coverPhotos, profilePhotos, emails, names, profileInfos, sourceIds, and inAppReachability with safe dictionary .get() extractions:
python
container = cover_photo_data.get("metadata", {}).get("container")
if container:
self.coverPhotos[container] = person_cover_photo

And it added: null-checks on imageUrl and url to prevent AttributeError when image URLs are omitted by Google's API.

It also: Patched Pipx Installed Venv (site-packages/ghunt/parsers/people.py):
Directly updated the active pipx binary installation so ghunt email [email] works immediately without needing to reinstall.

I didn't have to reinstall... running ghunt email [email@address] just worked afterwards.