laurent22/joplin · error · Error

Cannot find "%s".

Error message

Cannot find "%s".

What it means

Thrown by `geoloc <note>` when `app().loadItem(ModelType.Note, title, { parent: app().currentFolder() })` returns null. Like export --note, the lookup is scoped to the current notebook. Note.geolocationUrl requires the note to carry latitude/longitude metadata; the error here fires earlier, before geolocationUrl is reached, so it is purely a lookup failure, not a missing-coordinates problem.

Source

Thrown at packages/app-cli/app/command-geoloc.ts:20

import app from './app';
import { _ } from '@joplin/lib/locale';
import { ModelType } from '@joplin/lib/BaseModel';
import Note from '@joplin/lib/models/Note';

class Command extends BaseCommand {
	public override usage() {
		return 'geoloc <note>';
	}

	public override description() {
		return _('Displays a geolocation URL for the note.');
	}

	public override async action(args: { note: string }) {
		const title = args['note'];

		const item = await app().loadItem(ModelType.Note, title, { parent: app().currentFolder() });
		if (!item) throw new Error(_('Cannot find "%s".', title));
		const url = Note.geolocationUrl(item);
		this.stdout(url);

		app()
			.gui()
			.showConsole();
	}
}

module.exports = Command;

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Solutions

1. Switch to the notebook containing the note: `joplin use <notebook>`
2. Use the exact title from `joplin ls` or the full/short note id
3. Confirm the note actually has geolocation metadata if lookup succeeds but the URL is empty (separate concern)

Example fix

// before
joplin geoloc "Trip"   // throws if "Trip" is not in current notebook

// after
joplin use Travel
joplin geoloc Trip
// or by id:
joplin geoloc <note-id>

import app from './app';
import { ModelType } from '@joplin/lib/BaseModel';

async function resolveNoteForGeoloc(title: string) {
  if (!app().currentFolder()) throw new Error('Select a notebook first.');
  const item = await app().loadItem(ModelType.Note, title, { parent: app().currentFolder() });
  if (!item) throw new Error(`Cannot find "${title}". Verify with \`ls\` or use the note id.`);
  return item;
}

const isNoteWithGeo = (n: any): n is { id: string; latitude?: number; longitude?: number } =>
  !!n && typeof n.id === 'string';

When it happens

Trigger: Note title typo; note exists in a different notebook than `currentFolder()`; note was deleted; partial note id <2 chars.

Common situations: Running `geoloc` after switching notebooks; referencing a note by a display title that differs from its stored title field.

Related errors

• Cannot find "%s".
• Cannot find "%s".
• Cannot find "%s".
• Cannot find "%s".
• Cannot find: "%s"

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