goharbor/harbor · error

nil request

Error message

nil request

What it means

Error "nil request" thrown in goharbor/harbor.

Source

Thrown at src/pkg/scan/rest/v1/client.go:143

	// Send request
	respData, err := c.send(request, generalResponseHandler(http.StatusOK))
	if err != nil {
		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "v1 client: get metadata")
	}

	// Unmarshal data
	meta := &ScannerAdapterMetadata{}
	if err := json.Unmarshal(respData, meta); err != nil {
		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "v1 client: get metadata")
	}

	return meta, nil
}

// SubmitScan ...
func (c *basicClient) SubmitScan(req *ScanRequest) (*ScanResponse, error) {
	if req == nil {
		return nil, errors.New("nil request")
	}

	data, err := json.Marshal(req)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "v1 client: submit scan")
	}

	def := c.spec.SubmitScan()
	request, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, def.URL, bytes.NewReader(data))
	if err != nil {
		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "v1 client: submit scan")
	}

	// Resolve header
	def.Resolver(request)

	respData, err := c.send(request, generalResponseHandler(http.StatusAccepted))
	if err != nil {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/pkg/scan/rest/v1/client.go:143 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of goharbor/harbor@7b2fd08cc5 (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/26b010672112c6e9. Report an issue: GitHub.