{"record":{"id":"53262d32343ae79b","repo":"hyperledger/fabric","slug":"the-required-parameter-channelid-is-empty-rerun-53262d","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"The required parameter 'channelID' is empty. Rerun the command with -C flag","messagePattern":"The required parameter 'channelID' is empty\\. Rerun the command with -C flag","errorType":"validation","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"internal/peer/lifecycle/chaincode/approveformyorg.go","lineNumber":63,"sourceCode":"\tName                     string\n\tVersion                  string\n\tPackageID                string\n\tSequence                 int64\n\tEndorsementPlugin        string\n\tValidationPlugin         string\n\tValidationParameterBytes []byte\n\tCollectionConfigPackage  *pb.CollectionConfigPackage\n\tInitRequired             bool\n\tPeerAddresses            []string\n\tWaitForEvent             bool\n\tWaitForEventTimeout      time.Duration\n\tTxID                     string\n}\n\n// Validate the input for an ApproveChaincodeDefinitionForMyOrg proposal\nfunc (a *ApproveForMyOrgInput) Validate() error {\n\tif a.ChannelID == \"\" {\n\t\treturn errors.New(\"The required parameter 'channelID' is empty. Rerun the command with -C flag\")\n\t}\n\n\tif a.Name == \"\" {\n\t\treturn errors.New(\"The required parameter 'name' is empty. Rerun the command with -n flag\")\n\t}\n\n\tif a.Version == \"\" {\n\t\treturn errors.New(\"The required parameter 'version' is empty. Rerun the command with -v flag\")\n\t}\n\n\tif a.Sequence == 0 {\n\t\treturn errors.New(\"The required parameter 'sequence' is empty. Rerun the command with --sequence flag\")\n\t}\n\n\treturn nil\n}\n\n// ApproveForMyOrgCmd returns the cobra command for chaincode ApproveForMyOrg","sourceCodeStart":45,"sourceCodeEnd":81,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric/blob/2736b63f8fd5932511d56fe68b7039d15977f7f6/internal/peer/lifecycle/chaincode/approveformyorg.go#L45-L81","documentation":"Input validation in ApproveForMyOrgInput.Validate: the -C (channelID) flag was not supplied to `peer lifecycle chaincode approveformyorg`, so the proposal cannot be scoped to a channel. This is a user-facing CLI usage error thrown before any proposal is created.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at internal/peer/lifecycle/chaincode/approveformyorg.go:63 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Rerun the command adding -C <channel-name>","If invoking programmatically, set the ChannelID field on ApproveForMyOrgInput before calling Validate","Check command help (peer lifecycle chaincode approveformyorg --help) for the full required flag set"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"2736b63f8fd5932511d56fe68b7039d15977f7f6","analyzedAt":"2026-09-04T08:52:36.465Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-04T08:52:36.465Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-08T10:18:20.063Z"}