jackwener/OpenCLI · error · ArgumentError

Title is ${title.length} chars — must be ≤ ${MAX_TITLE_LEN}

Error message

Title is ${title.length} chars — must be ≤ ${MAX_TITLE_LEN}

What it means

ArgumentError thrown when the trimmed title exceeds MAX_TITLE_LEN (20 characters, matching XHS's title limit). The CLI validates length up front instead of letting the XHS editor truncate or reject it later.

Source

Thrown at clis/xiaohongshu/publish.js:1202

        const content = String(kwargs.content ?? '').trim();
        const imagePaths = kwargs.images
            ? String(kwargs.images).split(',').map((s) => s.trim()).filter(Boolean)
            : [];
        const topics = kwargs.topics
            ? String(kwargs.topics).split(',').map((s) => s.trim()).filter(Boolean)
            : [];
        const isDraft = Boolean(kwargs.draft);
        const cardText = kwargs['card-text'] ? String(kwargs['card-text']) : '';
        const cards = cardText
            ? cardText.split(CARD_TEXT_DELIM).map((s) => s.trim()).filter(Boolean)
            : [];
        const cardStyle = kwargs['card-style'] ? String(kwargs['card-style']).trim() : '';
        const isTextImage = cards.length > 0;
        // ── Validate inputs ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
        if (!title)
            throw new ArgumentError('--title is required');
        if (title.length > MAX_TITLE_LEN)
            throw new ArgumentError(`Title is ${title.length} chars — must be ≤ ${MAX_TITLE_LEN}`);
        if (!content)
            throw new ArgumentError('Positional argument <content> is required');
        if (!isTextImage && imagePaths.length === 0)
            throw new ArgumentError('Provide --card-text (text-image mode) or --images (upload mode); neither was given.');
        if (imagePaths.length > MAX_IMAGES)
            throw new ArgumentError(`Too many images: ${imagePaths.length} (max ${MAX_IMAGES})`);
        // The editor-page image input (text-image append) rejects gif.
        if (isTextImage && imagePaths.some((p) => path.extname(p).toLowerCase() === '.gif'))
            throw new ArgumentError('文字配图模式追加的图片不支持 .gif（编辑器图片入口只接受 jpg/jpeg/png/webp）');
        // Validate image paths before navigating (fast-fail on bad paths / unsupported formats)
        const absImagePaths = validateImagePaths(imagePaths);
        // ── Step 1: Navigate to publish page ──────────────────────────────────────
        await page.goto(PUBLISH_URL);
        await page.wait({ time: 3 });
        // Verify we landed on the creator site (not redirected to login)
        const pageUrl = await page.evaluate('() => location.href');
        if (!pageUrl.includes('creator.xiaohongshu.com')) {
            throw new Error('Redirected away from creator center — session may have expired. ' +

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Solutions

1. Shorten the title to ≤ 20 characters
2. Move the extra text into --content (the body) instead of the title
3. Count characters first (e.g. `${#title}` in bash or title.length in JS) before running

Example fix

// before
--title "This is a way too long title for xiaohongshu"
// after
--title "短标题" // body carries the detail

const title = rawTitle.trim();
if (title.length > 20) throw new Error(`Title too long: ${title.length}/20`);

function titleFits(t) {
  return typeof t === 'string' && t.trim().length > 0 && t.trim().length <= 20;
}

try {
  await publish(page, { title, ...rest });
} catch (e) {
  if (String(e.message).includes('must be ≤')) {
    title = title.slice(0, 20);
    // retry with truncated title
  } else throw e;
}

When it happens

Trigger: Running the publish command where `title.length > 20` after trimming — e.g. --title with a long sentence or non-CJK text that quickly exceeds 20 chars.

Common situations: English/long titles easily exceed 20 characters even when they feel short; pasting a full headline intended for the body into --title; not realizing XHS counts characters (including spaces/punctuation) toward the 20-char cap.

Related errors

• --title is required
• Positional argument <content> is required
• Provide --card-text (text-image mode) or --images (upload mo
• Too many images: ${imagePaths.length} (max ${MAX_IMAGES})
• INVALID_ARGUMENT

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