Kong/insomnia · error

No query parameter specified

Error message

No query parameter specified

What it means

Error "No query parameter specified" thrown in Kong/insomnia.

Source

Thrown at packages/insomnia/src/common/templating/local-template-tags.ts:931

        }
        if (attribute === 'cookie') {
          if (!name) {
            throw new Error('No cookie specified');
          }

          const cookies = request.url
            ? await context.util.models.cookieJar.getCookiesForUrl(workspace._id, request.url)
            : (await context.util.models.cookieJar.getOrCreateForParentId(workspace._id)).cookies;
          const found = cookies.find(cookie => cookie.key === name);
          invariant(
            found,
            `No cookie with name "${name}" found in cookie jar for url "${request.url}"\nChoices are [\n\t${cookies.map(c => c.key)}\n] for`,
          );
          return found.value;
        }
        if (attribute === 'parameter') {
          if (!name) {
            throw new Error('No query parameter specified');
          }

          const parameterNames: string[] = [];

          if (request.parameters.length === 0) {
            throw new Error('No query parameters available');
          }

          for (const queryParameter of request.parameters) {
            const queryParameterName = await context.util.render(queryParameter.name);
            queryParameterName && parameterNames.push(queryParameterName);
            if (queryParameterName?.toLowerCase() === name.toLowerCase()) {
              return context.util.render(queryParameter.value);
            }
          }

          const parameterNamesStr = parameterNames.map(n => `"${n}"`).join(',\n\t');
          throw new Error(`No query parameter with name "${name}".\nChoices are [\n\t${parameterNamesStr}\n]`);

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/insomnia/src/common/templating/local-template-tags.ts:931 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of Kong/insomnia@d9bb2b0142 (2026-08-26). Data as JSON: /api/errors/6227fa307ae27899. Report an issue: GitHub.