HKUDS/nanobot · error · ValueError

channel plugin dependency is not a valid requirement: {depen

Error message

channel plugin dependency is not a valid requirement: {dependency}

What it means

Error "channel plugin dependency is not a valid requirement: {dependency}" thrown in HKUDS/nanobot.

Source

Thrown at nanobot/channels/plugin.py:65

                "digits, or underscores"
            )
        _target_parts(self.runtime, label="runtime")
        if self.connector is not None:
            _target_parts(self.connector, label="connector")
        if self.setup is not None and not isinstance(cast(object, self.setup), ChannelSetupSpec):
            raise TypeError("channel plugin setup must be a ChannelSetupSpec or None")
        if not isinstance(cast(object, self.management), ChannelManagementSpec):
            raise TypeError("channel plugin management must be a ChannelManagementSpec")
        if not isinstance(cast(object, self.dependencies), tuple) or not all(
            isinstance(cast(object, requirement), str) and requirement.strip()
            for requirement in self.dependencies
        ):
            raise TypeError("channel plugin dependencies must be a tuple of requirements")
        for dependency in self.dependencies:
            try:
                Requirement(dependency)
            except InvalidRequirement as exc:
                raise ValueError(
                    f"channel plugin dependency is not a valid requirement: {dependency}"
                ) from exc
        if self.webui is not None:
            webui = self.webui.replace("\\", "/")
            if webui.startswith("/") or ".." in webui.split("/"):
                raise ValueError("channel plugin webui entry must stay inside its package")
            object.__setattr__(self, "webui", webui)

    def load_channel_class(self) -> type[BaseChannel]:
        """Resolve and validate the runtime class only when the channel is needed."""
        from nanobot.channels.base import BaseChannel

        module_name, _, attr_name = self.runtime.partition(":")
        module = importlib.import_module(module_name)
        channel_cls: Any = getattr(module, attr_name, None)
        if (
            not isinstance(channel_cls, type)
            or not issubclass(channel_cls, BaseChannel)

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at nanobot/channels/plugin.py:65 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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