jackwener/OpenCLI · error · ArgumentError

manifestPath

Error message

manifestPath

What it means

ArgumentError('manifestPath') thrown by readManifest when the file given via manifestPath cannot be read or parsed as JSON. Any fs.readFileSync or JSON.parse failure (missing file, permissions, invalid JSON) is wrapped into this error with the underlying message appended.

Source

Thrown at clis/grok/export-all.js:41

  }
  return n;
}

async function waitRandom(page, minMs, maxMs) {
  if (maxMs <= 0) return;
  const span = Math.max(0, maxMs - minMs);
  const ms = minMs + Math.floor(Math.random() * (span + 1));
  if (ms > 0) await page.wait(ms / 1000);
}

function readManifest(manifestPath, { offset, limit }) {
  const path = String(manifestPath || '').trim();
  if (!path) return null;
  let parsed;
  try {
    parsed = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path, 'utf8'));
  } catch (error) {
    throw new ArgumentError('manifestPath', `failed to read JSON manifest: ${error?.message || error}`);
  }
  const rows = normalizeManifestRows(parsed);
  const sliced = limit ? rows.slice(offset, offset + limit) : rows.slice(offset);
  if (!sliced.length) {
    throw new EmptyResultError('grok export-all', `No manifest rows after offset=${offset}, limit=${limit}`);
  }
  return sliced;
}

async function collectHistory(page, { offset, limit, maxScrolls }) {
  await page.goto(GROK_URL);
  await page.wait(2);
  const rawResult = await page.evaluate(`(async () => {
    const targetLimit = ${JSON.stringify(limit > 0 ? offset + limit : 0)};
    const maxScrolls = ${JSON.stringify(maxScrolls)};
    const sleep = (ms) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
    const isVisible = (node) => {
      if (!(node instanceof Element)) return false;

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Solutions

1. Verify the manifestPath points to an existing readable file (ls/cat it)
2. Validate the file parses: node -e 'JSON.parse(require("fs").readFileSync("manifest.json","utf8"))'
3. Re-export/regenerate the manifest if it is truncated or corrupted
4. Check file permissions and that the path is relative to the correct working directory

Example fix

// before
cli.exportAll({ manifestPath: './manifst.json' }); // typo
// after
cli.exportAll({ manifestPath: './manifest.json' });

const fs = require('fs');
function validateManifest(p) {
  const raw = fs.readFileSync(p, 'utf8');
  JSON.parse(raw); // throws early with a clearer stack
  return p;
}

function isReadableJsonFile(p) { try { JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(p, 'utf8')); return true; } catch { return false; } }

try { await cli.exportAll({ manifestPath }); } catch (e) { if (e.name === 'ArgumentError' && e.message.includes('manifestPath')) { console.error('Manifest unreadable/invalid JSON:', e.message); } else throw e; }

When it happens

Trigger: clis/grok/export-all.js:41 throws when fs.readFileSync(path,'utf8') or JSON.parse fails for the provided manifest file path.

Common situations: Typo in manifest file path; file moved/deleted between runs; manifest written with a trailing error message or truncated JSON; passing a directory or an HTML error page saved as .json; permission denied.

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