crowdsecurity/crowdsec · error

building query: %w

Error message

building query: %w

What it means

AlertsService.List converts AlertsListOpts into URL query parameters with go-querystring; an option field the encoder cannot handle (unsupported type/missing qs tag requirement) makes query construction fail before the request is sent.

Source

Thrown at pkg/apiclient/alerts_service.go:76

	}

	addedIds := models.AddAlertsResponse{}

	resp, err := s.client.Do(ctx, req, &addedIds)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, resp, err
	}

	return &addedIds, resp, nil
}

// to demo query arguments
func (s *AlertsService) List(ctx context.Context, opts AlertsListOpts) (*models.GetAlertsResponse, *Response, error) {
	u := fmt.Sprintf("%s/alerts", s.client.URLPrefix)

	params, err := qs.Values(opts)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("building query: %w", err)
	}

	URI := u
	if len(params) > 0 {
		URI = fmt.Sprintf("%s?%s", URI, params.Encode())
	}

	req, err := s.client.PrepareRequest(ctx, http.MethodGet, URI, nil)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("building request: %w", err)
	}

	alerts := models.GetAlertsResponse{}

	resp, err := s.client.Do(ctx, req, &alerts)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, resp, fmt.Errorf("performing request: %w", err)
	}

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Solutions

1. Use valid filter values in AlertsListOpts
2. Check option fields contain supported types/values

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/apiclient/alerts_service.go:76 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of crowdsecurity/crowdsec@909b515798 (2026-09-06). Data as JSON: /api/errors/fd643141eabb8da9. Report an issue: GitHub.