jackwener/OpenCLI · error · ArgumentError

--limit must be between ${MIN_LIMIT} and ${MAX_LIMIT}, got $

Error message

--limit must be between ${MIN_LIMIT} and ${MAX_LIMIT}, got ${parsed}

What it means

parseLimit also enforces the allowed range for --limit: values must be between MIN_LIMIT and MAX_LIMIT (MAX_LIMIT is 40 in the source). It throws ArgumentError when the value is a valid integer but falls outside that range.

Source

Thrown at clis/reuters/utils.js:16

/**
 * Shared helpers for the reuters adapter.
 */
import { ArgumentError } from '@jackwener/opencli/errors';

const MIN_LIMIT = 1;
const MAX_LIMIT = 40;

export function parseLimit(raw, fallback = 10) {
    if (raw === undefined || raw === null || raw === '') return fallback;
    const parsed = Number(raw);
    if (!Number.isFinite(parsed) || !Number.isInteger(parsed)) {
        throw new ArgumentError(`--limit must be an integer between ${MIN_LIMIT} and ${MAX_LIMIT}, got ${JSON.stringify(raw)}`);
    }
    if (parsed < MIN_LIMIT || parsed > MAX_LIMIT) {
        throw new ArgumentError(`--limit must be between ${MIN_LIMIT} and ${MAX_LIMIT}, got ${parsed}`);
    }
    return parsed;
}

/**
 * Build the in-page IIFE that fetches the Reuters search API.
 *
 * Returns a raw envelope `{ ok, status, body, error? }` so that error-handling
 * lives in node space (not silently swallowed by `catch(e) {}` inside the
 * browser).
 */
export function buildSearchScript(query, count) {
    return `
    (async () => {
      const apiQuery = JSON.stringify({
        keyword: ${JSON.stringify(query)},
        offset: 0,
        orderby: 'display_date:desc',

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Solutions

1. Use an integer within the allowed range, e.g. --limit 10 through --limit 40.
2. If more results are needed, paginate or run the command multiple times instead of raising --limit.
3. Use a positive non-zero value; 0 is below the minimum.
4. Check the CLI help for the exact MIN/MAX bounds.

Example fix

// before
reuters search "ai" --limit 100
// after
reuters search "ai" --limit 40

function limitInRange(v, min = 1, max = 40) {
  const n = Number(v);
  return Number.isInteger(n) && n >= min && n <= max;
}
if (!limitInRange(rawLimit)) rawLimit = 10; // or clamp

const inRange = (v, min, max) => { const n = Number(v); return Number.isInteger(n) && n >= min && n <= max; };

try {
  const limit = parseLimit(rawLimit);
} catch (err) {
  if (err instanceof ArgumentError) {
    console.warn('limit out of range, clamping to 40');
    limit = 40;
  } else throw err;
}

When it happens

Trigger: Invoking the reuters CLI with an integer --limit below MIN_LIMIT (e.g. --limit 0) or above 40 (e.g. --limit 100).

Common situations: Users trying to fetch more results than the CLI caps at (--limit 500), scripts using limit=0 as 'unlimited', or copying page-size conventions from other APIs where 0 or 1000 are valid.

Related errors

• ${label} must be between ${min} and ${max}, got ${parsed}
• ${label} must be <= ${max}
• --${name} must be between ${min} and ${max}, got ${parsed}
• flomo memos --${name} must be between 1 and ${max}
• limit must be an integer between 1 and ${max}

AI-assisted analysis of jackwener/OpenCLI@49907e53dc (2026-08-29). Data as JSON: /api/errors/7ff588d897ea6642. Report an issue: GitHub.