{"record":{"id":"dc977823dc086071","repo":"sqlmapproject/sqlmap","slug":"missing-a-mandatory-option-in-the-configuration-fi","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"missing a mandatory option in the configuration file (direct, url, logFile, bulkFile, googleDork, requestFile, openApiFile or wizard)","messagePattern":"missing a mandatory option in the configuration file \\(direct, url, logFile, bulkFile, googleDork, requestFile, openApiFile or wizard\\)","errorType":"validation","errorClass":"SqlmapMissingMandatoryOptionException","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"lib/parse/configfile.py","lineNumber":95,"sourceCode":"        raise SqlmapSyntaxException(errMsg)\n    finally:\n        configFP.close()\n\n    if not config.has_section(\"Target\"):\n        errMsg = \"missing a mandatory section 'Target' in the configuration file\"\n        raise SqlmapMissingMandatoryOptionException(errMsg)\n\n    mandatory = False\n\n    for option in (\"direct\", \"url\", \"logFile\", \"bulkFile\", \"googleDork\", \"requestFile\", \"openApiFile\", \"wizard\"):\n        if config.has_option(\"Target\", option) and config.get(\"Target\", option) or cmdLineOptions.get(option):\n            mandatory = True\n            break\n\n    if not mandatory:\n        errMsg = \"missing a mandatory option in the configuration file \"\n        errMsg += \"(direct, url, logFile, bulkFile, googleDork, requestFile, openApiFile or wizard)\"\n        raise SqlmapMissingMandatoryOptionException(errMsg)\n\n    for family, optionData in optDict.items():\n        for option, datatype in optionData.items():\n            datatype = unArrayizeValue(datatype)\n            configFileProxy(family, option, datatype)\n","sourceCodeStart":77,"sourceCodeEnd":101,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/blob/0a35b20e3953d341be6c7ac75ccb0b3362540c8d/lib/parse/configfile.py#L77-L101","documentation":"Error \"missing a mandatory option in the configuration file (direct, url, logFile, bulkFile, googleDork, requestFile, openApiFile or wizard)\" thrown in sqlmapproject/sqlmap.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at lib/parse/configfile.py:95 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"0a35b20e3953d341be6c7ac75ccb0b3362540c8d","analyzedAt":"2026-08-26T23:02:52.002Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-27T03:17:27.898Z"}