jackwener/OpenCLI · error · ArgumentError

openreview ${label} "${value}" is not a valid profile id (ex

Error message

openreview ${label} "${value}" is not a valid profile id (expected "~First_Last1" or similar; find it on the author's openreview.net profile URL)

What it means

requireProfileId throws ArgumentError when the value is non-empty but fails PROFILE_ID_PATTERN: must start with '~', contain at least one Unicode letter, consist of letters/marks/digits/._-, and end with a digit. This prevents querying the API with usernames, emails, or display names.

Source

Thrown at clis/openreview/utils.js:67

    if (!id) {
        throw new ArgumentError(`openreview ${label} is required`);
    }
    if (!ID_PATTERN.test(id)) {
        throw new ArgumentError(`openreview ${label} "${value}" is not a valid forum id (expected 6-20 chars of [A-Za-z0-9_-])`);
    }
    return id;
}

/** OpenReview profile ids are `~...N` slugs and may include dots, hyphens, and Unicode letters. */
const PROFILE_ID_PATTERN = /^~(?=.*\p{L})[\p{L}\p{M}0-9._-]+\d+$/u;

export function requireProfileId(value, label = 'profile') {
    const id = String(value ?? '').trim();
    if (!id) {
        throw new ArgumentError(`openreview ${label} is required`);
    }
    if (!PROFILE_ID_PATTERN.test(id)) {
        throw new ArgumentError(`openreview ${label} "${value}" is not a valid profile id (expected "~First_Last1" or similar; find it on the author's openreview.net profile URL)`);
    }
    return id;
}

/** Wrap fetch + json with typed errors so failures never look like empty results. */
export async function openreviewFetch(path, label) {
    const url = `${OPENREVIEW_API}${path}`;
    let resp;
    try {
        resp = await fetch(url);
    }
    catch (e) {
        throw new CommandExecutionError(`Network failure fetching ${label}: ${e?.message ?? e}`, 'Check your network connection and try again.');
    }
    if (resp.status === 404) {
        return null;
    }
    if (!resp.ok) {

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Solutions

  1. Use the exact '~First_Last1' id from the author's openreview.net profile URL.
  2. If unsure of the number suffix, search the author on openreview.net and copy the id.
  3. Strip any URL prefix so only the '~...' segment remains.

Example fix

// before
cli profile 'jane@univ.edu'
// after
cli profile '~Jane_Doe1'
Defensive patterns

Strategy: validation

Validate before calling

const PROFILE_RE = /^~(?=.*\p{L})[\p{L}\p{M}0-9._-]+\d+$/u;
if (!PROFILE_RE.test(args.profile)) { console.error(`invalid profile id: ${args.profile}`); process.exit(2); }

Type guard

const isValidProfileId = (v) => typeof v === 'string' && /^~(?=.*\p{L})[\p{L}\p{M}0-9._-]+\d+$/u.test(v.trim());

Try / catch

try { const pid = requireProfileId(args.profile); } catch (e) { if (e instanceof ArgumentError) { console.error(e.message); process.exit(2); } throw e; }

Prevention

When it happens

Trigger: Passing 'Jane Doe', 'jane@univ.edu', '~JaneDoe' (no trailing digit), 'Jane_Doe1' (missing '~'), or a value with '/' or ':' to profile(args).

Common situations: Using the display name or email instead of the OpenReview slug; dropping the trailing number from the profile id; pasting the profile URL instead of the '~...' id; older format ids that no longer match.

Related errors

AI-assisted analysis of jackwener/OpenCLI@49907e53dc (2026-08-29). Data as JSON: /api/errors/fa17b70240aeaa25. Report an issue: GitHub.