louislam/uptime-kuma · error · Error

No recipient or group specified

Error message

No recipient or group specified

What it means

360messenger.js:118-120. After normalizing both recipient phone numbers and group IDs (supporting comma/semicolon lists and arrays), if BOTH lists are empty the send has no destination, so it throws rather than making a pointless API call.

Source

Thrown at server/notification-providers/360messenger.js:119

                    })
                );

                return `${okMsg} (Sent to ${groupIds.length} group(s))`;
            } else if (hasRecipient) {
                // Send to recipient(s) only
                await Promise.all(
                    recipients.map((recipient) => {
                        const data = {
                            phonenumber: recipient,
                            text: message,
                        };
                        return axios.post("https://api.360messenger.com/v2/sendMessage", data, config);
                    })
                );

                return `${okMsg} (Sent to ${recipients.length} recipient(s))`;
            } else {
                throw new Error("No recipient or group specified");
            }
        } catch (error) {
            this.throwGeneralAxiosError(error);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Apply template with variables
     * @param {string} template - Template string
     * @param {string} msg - Default message
     * @param {object} monitorJSON - Monitor data
     * @param {object} heartbeatJSON - Heartbeat data
     * @returns {string} Formatted message
     */
    applyTemplate(template, msg, monitorJSON, heartbeatJSON) {
        try {
            // Simple template replacement
            let result = template;

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Solutions

1. Open the notification settings and set at least one recipient phone number or group id.
2. Strip stray separators: ensure the field contains actual values, not just ',' or ';'.
3. If using group IDs, verify Whatsapp360messengerGroupIds is an array or a delimited string with real entries.
4. Add front-end/DB validation so the provider cannot be saved without a destination.

// Validate that at least one destination exists before calling send
function hasDestination(notification) {
    const recipient = (notification.Whatsapp360messengerRecipient || '').split(/[;,]/).map(s=>s.trim()).filter(Boolean);
    const groups = [].concat(notification.Whatsapp360messengerGroupIds || notification.Whatsapp360messengerGroupId || [])
        .map(g => typeof g === 'object' ? g?.id : g).map(String).map(s=>s.trim()).filter(Boolean);
    return recipient.length + groups.length > 0;
}
if (!hasDestination(notification)) throw new Error('No recipient or group specified');

function isNonEmptyDestinationList(notification) {
    return Boolean(notification) && (
        (notification.Whatsapp360messengerRecipient || '').trim() !== '' ||
        Boolean(notification.Whatsapp360messengerGroupIds?.length) ||
        Boolean(notification.Whatsapp360messengerGroupId)
    );
}

try { await provider.send(notification, msg, monitorJSON, heartbeatJSON); }
catch (e) {
    if (e.message === 'No recipient or group specified') {
        // config error — disable the provider or alert the user, do not retry blindly
        throwGeneralAxiosError(e);
    }
}

When it happens

Trigger: Notification saved with blank Whatsapp360messengerRecipient AND no Whatsapp360messengerGroupIds/GroupId; field was populated only with whitespace or a lone separator (';' or ','); a migration/import left the columns null.

Common situations: User configured the provider but never filled in a destination; recipient field renamed in a schema migration and the old value was not carried over; front-end validation allowed an empty submit.

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