jackwener/OpenCLI · error · ArgumentError

Invalid BOSS city: ${input}

Error message

Invalid BOSS city: ${input}

What it means

resolveCity validates the city argument for BOSS search before building the query URL. It accepts exact CITY_CODES keys, a substring match against city names, or a purely numeric BOSS city code; anything else raises this ArgumentError with a hint to use a supported name or numeric code.

Source

Thrown at clis/boss/search.js:65

    '人工智能': '100901', '大数据': '100902', '金融': '100101',
    '教育培训': '100200', '医疗健康': '100300',
};
const JOB_TYPE_MAP = {
    '不限': '0', '全职': '1901', '实习': '1902', '兼职': '1903',
};
const JOB_TYPE_CODES = new Set(Object.values(JOB_TYPE_MAP));
function resolveCity(input) {
    if (!input)
        return '101010100';
    if (/^\d+$/.test(input))
        return input;
    if (CITY_CODES[input])
        return CITY_CODES[input];
    for (const [name, code] of Object.entries(CITY_CODES)) {
        if (name.includes(input))
            return code;
    }
    throw new ArgumentError(`Invalid BOSS city: ${input}`, 'Use a supported city name or a numeric BOSS city code');
}
function resolveMap(input, map) {
    if (!input)
        return '';
    if (map[input] !== undefined)
        return map[input];
    for (const [key, val] of Object.entries(map)) {
        if (key.includes(input))
            return val;
    }
    return input;
}
function resolveJobType(input) {
    if (!input)
        return '';
    if (JOB_TYPE_MAP[input] !== undefined)
        return JOB_TYPE_MAP[input];
    if (JOB_TYPE_CODES.has(input))

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Solutions

1. Use one of the supported Chinese city names exactly as listed (e.g. '北京', '上海', '深圳')
2. Or pass the numeric BOSS city code directly if you have it (resolveCity accepts any /^\d+$/ string)
3. Check the CITY_CODES map in clis/boss/search.js for the exact supported names
4. Fix typos — the substring match needs the input to appear inside a supported name
5. Extend CITY_CODES with the missing city's BOSS code if you need an unlisted city

Example fix

// before
await cli('boss', 'search', { city: 'shanghai' });
// after
await cli('boss', 'search', { city: '上海' });
// or
await cli('boss', 'search', { city: '101020100' });

const SUPPORTED_CITIES = ['全国','北京','上海','广州','深圳','杭州','成都','南京','武汉','西安'];
function isValidCity(city) {
  return /^\d+$/.test(city) || SUPPORTED_CITIES.some(n => n.includes(city));
}
if (!isValidCity(input)) throw new Error(`unsupported BOSS city: ${input}`);

const isBossCity = (c) => typeof c === 'string' && (/^\d+$/.test(c) || Object.keys(CITY_CODES).some(n => n.includes(c)));

try {
  const jobs = await cli('boss', 'search', { city: input });
} catch (e) {
  if (String(e.message).startsWith('Invalid BOSS city')) {
    return cli('boss', 'search', { city: '全国' }); // fallback
  }
  throw e;
}

When it happens

Trigger: Passing city values like 'shanghai' (English), '北上广' (multi-city shorthand), misspelled names ('杭州湾'), or a non-numeric/non-listed token to the city parameter of boss search.

Common situations: Developers using pinyin or English city names; assuming any Chinese city is supported (the map covers ~40 major cities); typos in Chinese characters; passing province names instead of city names.

Understand the failure class

Background: "Must be a positive integer", "Invalid value", "Unsupported": the invalid-argument-value error family, when a library rejects the value you pass — this error's family across 35 libraries.

Related errors

• Invalid jobType: ${input}
• boss ${name} must be a positive integer
• <train-no> must not be empty
• <train-no> "${trainNo}" does not look like a 12306 internal
• --from station must not be empty

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