Odd issue fetching docs for local use: Couldn't find docs for package with name elixir

From the code of hex.docs it seems that this message shows up when the answer isn’t a 200

   case Hex.Repo.get_docs(repo, package, version) do
      {:ok, {200, body, _}} ->
        File.mkdir_p!(Path.dirname(target))
        File.write!(target, body)
        true

      _ ->
        message = "Couldn't find docs for package with name #{package} or version #{version}"
        Hex.Shell.error(message)
        false
    end

Maybe the network you’re connected is doing some kind of shenanigans with your connection.

Thanks, thought that might be a possibility but ruled it out becasue others were downloaded without issue. Will try my cell connection and report back!

Perfect, seems to be some weird shite with the airport network. Any idea why some would get fetched successfully and others wouldn’t?

My guess would be some kind of DNS spoofing associated with certain keywords, airports and hotels usually do this kind of **** to their connections.

Perhaps use your phone’s cellular network as a hotspot to bypass the airport network?

Elixir is not a package, so you can’t fetch the docs like that. We may address this in the near future though.

Meanwhile you can download Elixir docs from its release page on GitHub.

~ ❯❯❯ mix hex.docs fetch elixir
Docs fetched: /home/tfortes/.hex/docs/hexpm/elixir/1.13.4

~/.h/d/h/e/1.13.4 ❯❯❯ ls | head -n 5
assets
dist
404.html
Access.html
Agent.html

Weird…

I think it must’ve changed recently. The good news is that you CAN fetch the elixir docs like that! After I switched to my cellular connection it worked like a charm.

So slick, I’m glad we’ve got such a robust offering of tools in the elixir ecosystem! Even simple things like this make me excited for what’s to come.

Ok, so please ignore me, I was clearly wrong

As someone that works in security I strongly advise against the use of any WiFi that is not the one in your own home, because other devices connected to the same network can spread malware into other devices. And in your home WiFi you shouldn’t allow guests to connect to the same WiFi network as you, neither let any of your IoT stuff be connect to it.