Failed to fetch similar apps "Cannot read properties of null (reading 'length')"

[Pdaret]

• Operating System: Ubuntu24
• Node version: latest (also tested on node version 18)
• google-play-scraper version: latest release

Description:

i've use this library to fetch similar apps, but in some cases its cannot scrape similar apps

Example code:

  try {
    const similarApps = await gplay.similar({ appId, fullDetail: true });
    res.json(similarApps);
  } catch (error) {
    res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to fetch similar apps', details: error.message });
  }

Error message:

{"error":"Failed to fetch similar apps","details":"Cannot read properties of null (reading 'length')"}