Kong/insomnia · error · Error

unknown options for new QueryParam

Error message

unknown options for new QueryParam

What it means

Error "unknown options for new QueryParam" thrown in Kong/insomnia.

Source

Thrown at packages/insomnia-scripting-environment/src/objects/urls.ts:52

        const optionsObj = JSON.parse(options);
        this.key = optionsObj.key;
        this.value = optionsObj.value;
        this.type = optionsObj.type;
        this.multiline = optionsObj.multiline;
        this.disabled = optionsObj.disabled;
        this.fileName = optionsObj.fileName;
      } catch (e) {
        throw new Error(`invalid QueryParam options ${e}`);
      }
    } else if (typeof options === 'object' && 'key' in options && 'value' in options) {
      this.key = options.key;
      this.value = options.value;
      this.type = options.type;
      this.multiline = options.multiline;
      this.disabled = options.disabled;
      this.fileName = options.fileName;
    } else {
      throw new Error('unknown options for new QueryParam');
    }
  }

  // TODO:
  // (static) _postman_propertyAllowsMultipleValues :Boolean
  // (static) _postman_propertyIndexKey :String

  static override _index = 'key';

  static parse(queryStr: string) {
    const params = new UrlSearchParams(queryStr);
    return Array.from(params.entries()).map(entry => ({ key: entry[0], value: entry[1] }));
  }

  static parseSingle(paramStr: string, _idx?: number, _all?: string[]) {
    const pairs = QueryParam.parse(paramStr);
    if (pairs.length === 0) {
      throw new Error('invalid search query string');

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/insomnia-scripting-environment/src/objects/urls.ts:52 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/c80ed440258c8be4. Report an issue: GitHub.