jackwener/OpenCLI · error · ArgumentError

--body must be 1900 characters or fewer

Error message

--body must be 1900 characters or fewer

What it means

buildCreateMessagePayload enforces a maximum body length of 1900 characters (after trimming) to stay within Sales Navigator message limits; longer bodies throw ArgumentError before the API call.

Source

Thrown at clis/linkedin/salesnav-message.js:95

  return `https://www.linkedin.com/sales-api/salesApiProfiles/${key}?decoration=${encodeRestliDecoration(PROFILE_DECO)}`;
}

function randomTrackingId() {
  const bytes = new Uint8Array(8);
  if (globalThis.crypto?.getRandomValues) globalThis.crypto.getRandomValues(bytes);
  else for (let i = 0; i < bytes.length; i += 1) bytes[i] = Math.floor(Math.random() * 256);
  return Array.from(bytes, (b) => b.toString(16).padStart(2, '0')).join('');
}

function buildCreateMessagePayload({ recipientUrn, subject, body, trackingId = randomTrackingId(), copyToCrm = false }) {
  const cleanRecipient = normalizeWhitespace(recipientUrn);
  if (!parseSalesProfileUrn(cleanRecipient)) throw new ArgumentError('--recipient must resolve to a Sales Navigator lead urn');
  const cleanSubject = normalizeWhitespace(subject);
  const cleanBody = String(body ?? '').trim();
  if (!cleanSubject) throw new ArgumentError('--subject is required');
  if (!cleanBody) throw new ArgumentError('--body is required');
  if (cleanSubject.length > 200) throw new ArgumentError('--subject must be 200 characters or fewer');
  if (cleanBody.length > 1900) throw new ArgumentError('--body must be 1900 characters or fewer');
  return {
    createMessageRequest: {
      recipients: [cleanRecipient],
      subject: cleanSubject,
      body: cleanBody,
      copyToCrm: Boolean(copyToCrm),
      trackingId,
    },
  };
}

function extractRemainingCredits(json) {
  const elements = Array.isArray(json?.elements) ? json.elements : [];
  const inmailGrant = elements.find((el) => el?.type === 'LSS_INMAIL' && Number.isInteger(el.value));
  if (inmailGrant) return inmailGrant.value;
  const candidates = [];
  const visit = (value) => {
    if (value === null || value === undefined) return;

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Solutions

1. Shorten the body to 1900 characters or fewer.
2. Split long content into multiple messages or link to an external doc.
3. Truncate programmatically: body.slice(0, 1900).
4. Strip unnecessary whitespace/quoted text to reduce length.

Example fix

// before
--body "$(cat long-pitch.md)"
// after
--body "$(cat long-pitch.md | head -c 1900)"

if (String(body ?? '').trim().length > 1900) throw new Error('shorten --body to 1900 characters or fewer');

try { await sendMessage({ body }); } catch (e) { if (/body must be 1900 characters or fewer/.test(e.message)) { body = body.slice(0, 1900); /* retry */ } else throw e; }

When it happens

Trigger: cleanBody.length > 1900 — the trimmed message body exceeds 1900 characters.

Common situations: Sending long templated outreach, multi-paragraph follow-ups, or pasted documents; concatenating message drafts that overshoot the cap.

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