Kong/insomnia · error

CSV file must contain at least two rows with first row as va

Error message

CSV file must contain at least two rows with first row as variable names

What it means

Error "CSV file must contain at least two rows with first row as variable names" thrown in Kong/insomnia.

Source

Thrown at packages/insomnia-inso/src/cli.ts:248

    }
  } else if (fileType === 'csv') {
    // Replace CRLF (Windows line break) and CR (Mac link break) with \n, then split into csv arrays
    const csvRows = content
      .replace(/\r\n|\r/g, '\n')
      .split('\n')
      .map(row => row.split(','));
    // at least 2 rows required for csv
    if (csvRows.length > 1) {
      const csvHeaders = csvRows[0];
      const csvContentRows = csvRows.slice(1);
      return csvContentRows.map(contentRow =>
        csvHeaders.reduce((acc: Record<string, any>, cur, idx) => {
          acc[cur] = contentRow[idx] ?? '';
          return acc;
        }, {}),
      );
    }
    throw new Error('CSV file must contain at least two rows with first row as variable names');
  }
  throw new Error(`Uploaded file is unsupported ${fileType}`);
};

const transformIterationDataToEnvironmentList = (list: Record<string, string>[]): UserUploadEnvironment[] => {
  return list?.map(data => {
    const orderedJson = orderedJSON.parse<Record<string, any>>(
      JSON.stringify(data || []),
      JSON_ORDER_PREFIX,
      JSON_ORDER_SEPARATOR,
    );
    return {
      name: 'User Upload',
      data: orderedJson.object,
      dataPropertyOrder: orderedJson.map || null,
    };
  });
};

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/insomnia-inso/src/cli.ts:248 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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