jackwener/OpenCLI · error · ArgumentError

Unsupported ${label}: ${value}

Error message

Unsupported ${label}: ${value}

What it means

mapFilterValues parses a comma-separated CLI argument, lowercases each value, and looks it up in a static mapping table of accepted names to LinkedIn filter identifiers. Any value not present in the mapping throws ArgumentError(`Unsupported ${label}: ${value}`). It exists to reject invalid filter names before building the LinkedIn search request.

Source

Thrown at clis/linkedin/search.js:65

    hybrid: '3',
    remote: '2',
};
// ── Helpers ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
function parseCsvArg(value) {
    if (value === undefined || value === null || value === '')
        return [];
    return String(value)
        .split(',')
        .map(item => item.trim())
        .filter(Boolean);
}
function mapFilterValues(input, mapping, label) {
    const values = parseCsvArg(input);
    const resolved = values.map(value => {
        const key = value.toLowerCase();
        const mapped = mapping[key];
        if (!mapped)
            throw new ArgumentError(`Unsupported ${label}: ${value}`);
        return mapped;
    });
    return [...new Set(resolved)];
}
function normalizeWhitespace(value) {
    return String(value ?? '').replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim();
}
function parseIntegerArg(value, label, fallback, min, max = Infinity) {
    if (value === undefined || value === null || value === '')
        return fallback;
    const parsed = Number(value);
    if (!Number.isFinite(parsed) || !Number.isInteger(parsed)) {
        throw new ArgumentError(`${label} must be an integer, got ${JSON.stringify(value)}`);
    }
    if (parsed < min || parsed > max) {
        const range = Number.isFinite(max) ? `between ${min} and ${max}` : `at least ${min}`;
        throw new ArgumentError(`${label} must be ${range}, got ${parsed}`);
    }

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Solutions

1. Use one of the accepted values listed in the command's help / the mapping table for that label.
2. Check spelling and strip whitespace; keys are matched after lowercasing only.
3. Replace human-readable labels with the canonical mapping key (e.g. 'director','owner').
4. If a genuinely new value is needed, add it to the mapping table in clis/linkedin/search.js.

Example fix

// before
node cli.js linkedin search --seniority "VP of Engineering"
// ArgumentError: Unsupported seniority: VP of Engineering
// after
node cli.js linkedin search --seniority "vp,owner,director"

const allowed = Object.keys(mapping); const bad = parseCsvArg(input).filter(v => !allowed.includes(v.toLowerCase())); if (bad.length) throw new Error(`Unsupported ${label}: ${bad.join(', ')}; allowed: ${allowed.join(', ')}`);

function isMappedValue(v, mapping){ return typeof v === 'string' && Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(mapping, v.toLowerCase()); }

try { await search(opts) } catch (e) { if (e instanceof ArgumentError && /Unsupported /.test(e.message)) { console.error(e.message + ' - see --help for allowed values'); } else throw e; }

When it happens

Trigger: Calling a linkedin search command with a filter (e.g. seniority, function, company size, sort) whose value is misspelled, wrongly cased-relative-to-the-mapping keys, an alias the mapping lacks, or a comma list containing one bad entry (the whole call fails).

Common situations: Typos like 'senoirity=owner'; using human labels ('VP of Engineering') where the mapping expects canonical keys; copying filter values from a different tool/version whose vocabulary changed; extra whitespace or stray commas producing empty tokens.

Understand the failure class

Background: Invalid enum value errors: "Unknown type", "Invalid scope", "must be one of" — when a string is not on the library's allowed list — this error's family across 23 libraries.

Related errors

• thread or recipient is required
• thread-or-recipient is required
• ${label} must be an integer, got ${JSON.stringify(value)}
• ${label} must be ${range}, got ${parsed}
• Unknown 12306 station telecode "${trimmed}"

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