jackwener/OpenCLI · error · ArgumentError

No section matching "${wanted}" on this board

Error message

No section matching "${wanted}" on this board

What it means

resolveSection matches a --section value against the board's sections by exact id, then by case/punctuation-folded slug. If no section matches, it throws this ArgumentError listing the available slugs and ids. Pinterest itself ignores unknown sections silently, so the CLI fails explicitly here instead.

Source

Thrown at clis/pinterest/utils.js:330

/**
 * Resolve a --section value against the board's real sections, accepting an id or a slug.
 * Pinterest ignores an unknown section silently, so an unmatched value must fail here.
 * Returns { sectionId, title, slug }.
 */
export async function resolveSection(page, boardId, sectionValue, sourceUrl) {
  const wanted = String(sectionValue ?? '').trim();
  const { results } = await pinterestResourceFetch(page, 'BoardSectionsResource', { board_id: String(boardId) }, sourceUrl);
  const sections = results.filter((section) => section && section.id);
  if (sections.length === 0) {
    throw new ArgumentError(`Board has no sections, so --section "${wanted}" cannot be used`, 'Create one first with `opencli pinterest board-section-create`');
  }
  const folded = normalizeForMatch(wanted);
  const match = sections.find((section) => String(section.id) === wanted)
    || sections.find((section) => normalizeForMatch(section.slug) === folded);
  if (!match) {
    const available = sections.map((section) => `${section.slug || '(no slug)'} (${section.id})`).join(', ');
    throw new ArgumentError(`No section matching "${wanted}" on this board`, `Pass a section slug or id — available: ${available}`);
  }
  return { sectionId: String(match.id), title: (match.title || '').trim(), slug: match.slug || '' };
}

/**
 * Move an existing pin into a board section.
 * The create endpoints (PinResource/create, RepinResource/create) accept a section key, answer
 * HTTP 200, and file the pin at the board root anyway — only PinResource/update honours it. So
 * callers that create a pin have to follow up with this second request.
 */
export async function movePinToSection(page, pinId, boardId, sectionId, sourceUrl) {
  try {
    await pinterestResourceUpdate(
      page,
      'PinResource',
      { id: String(pinId), board_id: String(boardId), board_section_id: String(sectionId) },
      sourceUrl,
    );

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Solutions

1. Use one of the slugs/ids listed in the error's available list.
2. Run `opencli pinterest board-sections <board>` to see current section slugs and ids.
3. Recreate the section with `board-section-create` if it was deleted or renamed.
4. Confirm the --board argument points at the board that actually contains the section.

Example fix

// before
--section "My Desserts!"   # slug is actually 'my-desserts'
// after
--section my-desserts

const { results } = await fetchSections(board);
const wanted = String(section).trim().toLowerCase();
if (!results.some(s => String(s.id) === wanted || String(s.slug || '').toLowerCase() === wanted)) {
  throw new Error(`Section "${section}" not on ${board}. Available: ${results.map(s => s.slug).join(', ')}`);
}

try {
  await pinToSection(board, section);
} catch (err) {
  if (String(err.message).includes('No section matching')) {
    // list sections and prompt/pick the closest slug
    const sections = await listBoardSections(board);
    // choose from sections and retry
  } else throw err;
}

When it happens

Trigger: `--section` value is neither a section id nor a (folded) slug of any existing section on that board — typo, wrong case that folding doesn't cover, section renamed/deleted, or section belongs to a different board.

Common situations: Section was renamed after a script hardcoded the old slug; slug contains characters normalizeForMatch doesn't fold; passing the section title when the API's slug differs; using a section from another board.

Understand the failure class

Background: 'Could not be found', 'does not exist', 'not found in database': the resource-not-found family when an ID, slug, key, or URI lookup comes back empty — this error's family across 20 libraries.

Related errors

• No board with id "${trimmed}"
• Board has no sections, so --section "${wanted}" cannot be us
• Could not resolve pin "${id}" (does it exist and do you own
• pinterest pin
• Could not resolve board "${username}/${slug}" (does it exist

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