ewelink-api: Error: 406 { error: 406, msg: 'Authentication failed' }

I have been using the Node ewelink-api for years and really do like the automation it gives me. I wrote about it here: https://kevinsaye.wordpress.com/2020/11/03/home-automation-creating-an-azure-function-to-control-sonoff-via-ewelink/

In the last few days, I noticed it stopped working and I got the error message: { error: 406, msg: ‘Authentication failed’ }

Following #220 , I tried to use the APP_ID and APP_SECRET which resolved it. Documenting this issue here, in hopes it gets updated in the source and that others can get a quick fix.

Failing code, that worked for years:

const ewelink = require('ewelink-api');
const connection = new ewelink({
    email: '*************',
    password: '**********',
    region: 'us'
    });

(async () => {
    const bb = await connection.getDevices();
    console.log(bb);
})();

Response:

{ error: 406, msg: 'Authentication failed' }

New code:

const ewelink = require('ewelink-api');
const connection = new ewelink({
    email: '*************',
    password: '***********',
    region: 'us',
    APP_ID: 'Uw83EKZFxdif7XFXEsrpduz5YyjP7nTl',
    APP_SECRET: 'mXLOjea0woSMvK9gw7Fjsy7YlFO4iSu6'
    });

(async () => {
    const bb = await connection.getDevices();
    console.log(bb);
})();

Response (real JSON removed for sensitivity reasons):

[{*****}]