docker/cli · error

template parsing error: %w

Error message

template parsing error: %w

What it means

Error "template parsing error: %w" thrown in docker/cli.

Source

Thrown at cli/command/inspect/inspector.go:62

}

// NewTemplateInspectorFromString creates a new TemplateInspector from a string
// which is compiled into a template.
func NewTemplateInspectorFromString(out io.Writer, tmplStr string) (Inspector, error) {
	if out == nil {
		return nil, errors.New("no output stream")
	}
	if tmplStr == "" {
		return NewIndentedInspector(out), nil
	}

	if tmplStr == "json" {
		return NewJSONInspector(out), nil
	}

	tmpl, err := templates.Parse(tmplStr)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("template parsing error: %w", err)
	}
	return NewTemplateInspector(out, tmpl), nil
}

// GetRefFunc is a function which used by Inspect to fetch an object from a
// reference
type GetRefFunc func(ref string) (any, []byte, error)

// Inspect fetches objects by reference using GetRefFunc and writes the json
// representation to the output writer.
func Inspect(out io.Writer, references []string, tmplStr string, getRef GetRefFunc) error {
	if out == nil {
		return errors.New("no output stream")
	}
	inspector, err := NewTemplateInspectorFromString(out, tmplStr)
	if err != nil {
		return cli.StatusError{StatusCode: 64, Status: err.Error()}
	}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cli/command/inspect/inspector.go:62 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of docker/cli@e9452d6e78 (2026-08-01). Data as JSON: /data/errors/b1e023123860617a.json. Report an issue: GitHub.