Unable to use Sherlock

[YashDuhan]

Installation method

PyPI (via pip)

Description

While searching for usernames, I encountered the following error:
A problem occurred while checking for an update: list index out of range.
ERROR: Bad response while accessing data file URL 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sherlock-project/sherlock/master/sherlock/resources/data.json.'

Steps to reproduce

sherlock {target}

Additional information

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Code of Conduct

• I agree to follow this project's Code of Conduct

[ppfeister]

Re-run pip with flag --upgrade to update

[dineepakarunarathna]

Same problem how to fix plz help me I’m newest please teach me commend

[cstsangac]

Same problem: I get "list index out of range"

The main problem is the link gives 404 not found error: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sherlock-project/sherlock/master/sherlock/resources/data.json

[Hosselo]

Same issue:

user@ubuntu:~$ sherlock user123
A problem occurred while checking for an update: list index out of range
ERROR: Bad response while accessing data file URL 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sherlock-project/sherlock/master/sherlock/resources/data.json'.

[YashDuhan]

Try uninstalling and reinstalling the package; it worked for me

[slyzos]

Even got the same problem after reinstalling sherlock and python3. Using Parrot OS. PLS help

A problem occurred while checking for an update: list index out of range
ERROR: Bad response while accessing data file URL 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sherlock-project/sherlock/master/sherlock/resources/data.json'.

[slyzos]

Even got the same problem after reinstalling sherlock and python3. Using Parrot OS. PLS help

A problem occurred while checking for an update: list index out of range ERROR: Bad response while accessing data file URL 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sherlock-project/sherlock/master/sherlock/resources/data.json'.

I finally got it...
~install pipx
~ensure path in pipx
~run it in pipx <3

[lester-harris]

Even got the same problem after reinstalling sherlock and python3. Using Parrot OS. PLS help
A problem occurred while checking for an update: list index out of range ERROR: Bad response while accessing data file URL 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sherlock-project/sherlock/master/sherlock/resources/data.json'.

I finally got it... ~install pipx ~ensure path in pipx ~run it in pipx <3

let me make it clearer . It worked for me

1. pip install --user pipx
2. pipx ensurepath
3. pipx install sherlock-project
4. pipx run sherlock-project "johndoe"