jackwener/OpenCLI · error · ArgumentError

--output-file requires --all

Error message

--output-file requires --all

What it means

--output-file only makes sense for a full multi-page archive, which requires --all; and per the follow-up check it also requires --resume-file so partial archives remain resumable. Passing --output-file without --all throws this ArgumentError.

Source

Thrown at clis/twitter/bookmarks.js:196

        { name: 'resume-file', type: 'string', help: 'Resume file for long-running all-pages bookmark syncs.' },
        { name: 'output-file', type: 'string', help: 'Write all-page results to JSONL. Requires --all and --resume-file.' },
        { name: 'max-pages', type: 'int', help: `Optional pagination safety cap (default ${DEFAULT_MAX_PAGINATION_PAGES}; raised automatically with --all).` },
        { name: 'top-by-engagement', type: 'int', default: 0, help: 'When set to N>0, re-rank the bookmarks by weighted engagement (likes×1 + retweets×3 + replies×2 + bookmarks×5 + log10(views+1)×0.5) and return the top N. Default 0 keeps the API\'s native (saved-time) ordering. Incompatible with --output-file.' },
    ],
    columns: ['id', 'author', 'text', 'likes', 'retweets', 'bookmarks', 'created_at', 'url', 'has_media', 'media_urls', 'media_posters'],
    func: async (page, kwargs) => {
        const fetchAll = Boolean(kwargs.all);
        const limit = fetchAll ? Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY : (kwargs.limit || 20);
        const resumeFile = resolveOptionalFilePath(kwargs['resume-file'], '--resume-file');
        const outputFile = resolveOptionalFilePath(kwargs['output-file'], '--output-file');
        const useOutputFile = Boolean(fetchAll && outputFile);
        const maxPages = resolveMaxPages(kwargs, fetchAll);
        const topByEngagement = Number(kwargs['top-by-engagement'] || 0);
        if (useOutputFile && topByEngagement > 0) {
            throw new ArgumentError('--top-by-engagement cannot be combined with --output-file');
        }
        if (outputFile && !fetchAll) {
            throw new ArgumentError('--output-file requires --all');
        }
        if (resumeFile && !fetchAll) {
            throw new ArgumentError('--resume-file requires --all');
        }
        if (outputFile && !resumeFile) {
            throw new ArgumentError('--output-file requires --resume-file so partial archives remain resumable');
        }
        const cookies = await page.getCookies({ url: 'https://x.com' });
        const ct0 = cookies.find((c) => c.name === 'ct0')?.value || null;
        if (!ct0)
            throw new AuthRequiredError('x.com', 'Not logged into x.com (no ct0 cookie)');
        const queryId = await resolveTwitterQueryId(page, 'Bookmarks', BOOKMARKS_QUERY_ID);
        const headers = JSON.stringify({
            'Authorization': `Bearer ${decodeURIComponent(TWITTER_BEARER_TOKEN)}`,
            'X-Csrf-Token': ct0,
            'X-Twitter-Auth-Type': 'OAuth2Session',
            'X-Twitter-Active-User': 'yes',
        });

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Solutions

1. Add --all (and --resume-file) when using --output-file: `--all --resume-file r.json --output-file a.jsonl`.
2. If you only want a small fetch, drop --output-file and rely on --limit.
3. Check the script for a misspelled/missing --all flag.

Example fix

// before
cli twitter bookmarks --output-file a.jsonl
// after
cli twitter bookmarks --all --resume-file r.json --output-file a.jsonl

function assertArchiveFlags(args) {
  const has = (f) => args.includes(f);
  if (has('--output-file')) {
    if (!has('--all')) throw new Error('--output-file requires --all');
    if (!has('--resume-file')) throw new Error('--output-file requires --resume-file');
  }
}

null

try {
  await run(args);
} catch (e) {
  if (String(e.message).includes('--output-file requires --all')) {
    await run(['--all', '--resume-file', resumePath, '--output-file', outPath, ...args]);
  } else throw e;
}

When it happens

Trigger: Invoking `twitter bookmarks --output-file archive.jsonl` without --all (or with --all but without --resume-file, which triggers the related '--output-file requires --resume-file' error).

Common situations: Copying an archive example but omitting --all; typo like `--al` silently not enabling fetchAll; script template drift where --all was removed.

Related errors

• archive search sort must be one of ${SORT_OPTIONS.join(', ')
• archive search mediatype must be one of ${MEDIATYPES.join(',
• archive search limit must be a positive integer
• archive search limit must be <= 100
• archive search query must not be empty

AI-assisted analysis of jackwener/OpenCLI@49907e53dc (2026-08-29). Data as JSON: /api/errors/61ff8708c075fcea. Report an issue: GitHub.