AssertionError: not application/protobuf response about node-google-play-cli HOT 6 CLOSED

I've been doing some research about this error. Activating the debug, it seemed to me that the problem could be related to Google changing the header field 'content-type' from 'application/protobuf' to 'application/binary' or something similar given that the statusCode was 200. So I commented the assert:
'assert(res.headers['content-type'] === 'application/protobuf', 'not application/protobuf response');' in the api.js file from the gpapi lib wich was throwing the error.
The result of this change is that now gp-download-meta and gp-download-info runs perfectly again, but when I try to make an actual download with gp-download, I get the following error:
RequestError: Error retrieving information from server. [DF-DFERH-01]

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thanks for the report...

commenting out the assert did seem to help me, are you sure that the app you're trying to download is compatible with the profile you're using?

try downloading a few other apps, do those work at all?

I might make a release with the assert removed...

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there's a prerelease 4.5.1-0 that uses the gpapi version without the assert. Give that a shot.

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Thank you for your fast answer. Finally I've realized that I was writting 'gp-download com.twitter.android twitter.apk' without the ">" symbol, so that's what I was getting a RequestError. Commenting out the assert seems to resolve the whole problem. I hope it is for good.

Again, thanks for your work and fast answer :)

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Google changed the header field 'content-type' from 'application/protobuf' to 'application/binary'

Will this be fixed ? @dweinstein

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The assert was removed in the current release

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