Kia|EU stopped working again?

[Lazgar]

It looks like the login for Kia|EU isn't working again. Other integrations like Home Assistant work without issues.

• OS: Linux (Node Red)
• Bluelinky Version 10.0.0
• Region: EU
• Brand: kia

[odroegehorn]

Yes, seems that KIA has integrated a captcha-system in their login.
People elsewhere have figured something out:
Hyundai-Kia-Connect/hyundai_kia_connect_api#855

Hope somebody here could help on this.

[PierreLevres]

The python code could be ported to bluelinky....

[PierreLevres]

I posted a preliminary version on my GitHub fork. If ppl using Kia but also Hyundai could test it, we might be able to have a fix soon. It is not using the normal kia app password but a refresh token. It can be grabbed as described in Hyundai-Kia-Connect/kia_uvo#1260 (comment) There is no easy fix to this....

[odroegehorn]

Hi Pierre,
I've tried to get the refresh_token, but was not successful. I used the token_test.py from the other thread, but got the error back:

No 'code' in redirect query. Got URL:
https://idpconnect-eu.kia.com/error?status=400&error=Bad%20Request&error_description=Bad%20Request&ui_locales=&loginUrl
❌ Failed to retrieve tokens.

I've loged in Kia.de with captcha and also approved the sales-thing. How did you get the token?
Thanks

[PierreLevres]

I got it through another python program called "KiaFetchApiTokens.py". I ran it, used Chrome as instructed. The file was removed from the repo, but I'll attach it again.

KiaFetchApiTokens.py

[cr0ste]

Quite annoying that Kia changes it so often.
I wonder how to go forward with these changes. @PierreLevres @Hacksore Are you willing to continuously update the login mechanism or should we look for other alternatives?
Thx for your efforts btw!
@PierreLevres If I try to build on your branch, it will currently work again?

[odroegehorn]

Hey there,
I've tried to compile (npm run build) the repo @PierreLevres, but I get an error:

 VEHICLE_TYPE extends Vehicle = REGION extends REGIONS.US
                                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 40     ? AmericanVehicle
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 46     ? AustraliaVehicle
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 47     : EuropeanVehicle
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/index.ts:65:9 - error TS2322: Type 'EuropeanController' is not assignable to type 'SessionController<BlueLinkyConfig>'.

65         this.controller = new EuropeanController(this.config as EuropeBlueLinkyConfig);

Any idea how to fix that?
Thanks.

[Rewe2000]

Hello everyone,

First of all, thank you very much for your great work on Bluelinky.
Unfortunately, I have not been able to log in to the EU region for several weeks because Kia Europe has introduced a captcha check.

My environment:

• Node.js v21.7.3
• npm v10.5.0
• Bluelinky v10.0.0
• Region: EU (Germany)

The login fails with HTTP 401 (Unauthorised).
I also tried ‘stampMode: DISTANT’, but that didn't help either.

I saw the workaround with ‘KiaFetchApiTokens.py’ in Issue #307.
Is there already work underway to integrate a long-term solution into Bluelinky itself, or is manually retrieving tokens currently the only option?

Please don't get me wrong, I don't want to put any pressure on you, I know that you work on Bluelinky exclusively in your spare time. But it would be helpful to know whether a solution might be coming in Bluelinky itself or whether ‘KiaFetchApiTokens.py’ will be the only option in the future.

Many thanks in advance for any information or updates.

[cr0ste]

Do you guys simply use this token instead of password, or do you also need the code from @PierreLevres ? I guess the 2nd?

[odroegehorn]

I guess also the second, but I wasn't able to bring @PierreLevres code to life, see above.

[PierreLevres]

I guess also the second, but I wasn't able to bring @PierreLevres code to life, see above.

Are you driving EU Kia or Hyundai? I found some bugs in the code. My fault. Code generated with Fetch library instead of Got. Now the Kia part is running fine in my HA/NodeRed environment, with the use of the captured token instead of the password.

[odroegehorn]

Hey, that's great.
I'm driving a Kia in Germany. Your code works like a charn. We "just" need the refresh token.
Thank you so much. I'm using FHEM instead of HA, but written an MQTT integration for it. Works great.
Thanks again, good work. Let's hop KIA is not changing the things to often.

[slewantoski]

I am using Node-Red. How can i use @PierreLevres code?
Node-Red installs the official bluelinky everytime which does not work.
I already have my refresh token.

[PierreLevres]

download the repo. Run the build script (npm run build) and then overwrite the node-modules/bluelinky/dist folder with the one created by the npm run build script. Then restart node-red

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[solaech]

Thank you very much @PierreLevres, that is working for me in Node-Red.
I cloned your Repo with "git clone https://github.com/PierreLevres/Kuvork.git"
I then had to install "rollup" and "rollup-plugin-typescript2" via npm, and the build succeeded with "npm run build".
After replacing the dist-Folder with your built dist-folder in the node_module folder of "node-red-contrib-bluelinky" the Login with the Refresh Token is working!