From c0035d8d52d836705fba5f17d4637485c2ed3edd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mike=20F=C3=A4hrmann?= <mike_faehrmann@web.de>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2025 08:40:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [simpcity] fix "KeyError: 'url'" when thread author is
 deleted (#8323)

---
 gallery_dl/extractor/simpcity.py |  7 ++++---
 test/results/simpcity.py         | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/simpcity.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/simpcity.py
index 3354289f..d8227faf 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/simpcity.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/simpcity.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class SimpcityExtractor(Extractor):
         author = schema["author"]
         stats = schema["interactionStatistic"]
         url_t = schema["url"]
-        url_a = author["url"]
+        url_a = author.get("url") or ""
 
         thread = {
             "id"   : url_t[url_t.rfind(".")+1:-1],
@@ -104,8 +104,9 @@ class SimpcityExtractor(Extractor):
             "tags" : (schema["keywords"].split(", ")
                       if "keywords" in schema else ()),
             "section"   : schema["articleSection"],
-            "author"    : author["name"],
-            "author_id" : url_a[url_a.rfind(".")+1:-1],
+            "author"    : author.get("name") or "",
+            "author_id" : (url_a[url_a.rfind(".")+1:-1] if url_a else
+                           (author.get("name") or "")[15:]),
             "author_url": url_a,
         }
 
diff --git a/test/results/simpcity.py b/test/results/simpcity.py
index ad9d5dd8..95e83e90 100644
--- a/test/results/simpcity.py
+++ b/test/results/simpcity.py
@@ -81,6 +81,39 @@ __tests__ = (
     "#results" : ("/goto/post?id=13358068", "https://cyberdrop.me/a/Sh9GlG38"),
 },
 
+{
+    "#url"     : "https://simpcity.cr/threads/kayle-oralglory.36572/post-12065490",
+    "#comment" : "deleted thread author (#8323)",
+    "#class"   : simpcity.SimpcityPostExtractor,
+    "#auth"    : True,
+    "#results" : (
+        "https://jpg5.su/img/aKroBJp",
+        "https://jpg5.su/img/aKroy2E",
+        "https://jpg5.su/img/aKrofqa",
+        "https://jpg5.su/img/aKroDgo",
+        "https://bunkr.cr/v/6sErIc9pjrnQ3",
+    ),
+
+    "post"  : {
+        "author"    : "Hexorium",
+        "author_id" : "3715883",
+        "author_url": "https://simpcity.cr/members/hexorium.3715883/",
+        "count"     : 5,
+        "date"      : "dt:2024-12-15 21:37:05",
+        "id"        : "12065490",
+    },
+    "thread": {
+        "author"    : "Deleted member 166159",
+        "author_id" : "166159",
+        "author_url": "",
+        "date"      : "dt:2022-04-05 14:48:14",
+        "id"        : "36572",
+        "section"   : "Premium Asians",
+        "title"     : "Kayle OralGlory",
+        "url"       : "https://simpcity.cr/threads/kayle-oralglory.36572/",
+    },
+},
+
 {
     "#url"     : "https://simpcity.cr/threads/alua-tatakai.89490/",
     "#class"   : simpcity.SimpcityThreadExtractor,