projectdiscovery/nuclei · error

events directory does not exist

Error message

events directory does not exist

What it means

Error "events directory does not exist" thrown in projectdiscovery/nuclei.

Source

Thrown at pkg/scan/charts/charts.go:38

}

func (sc *ScanEventsCharts) PrintInfo() {
	fmt.Printf("[+] Scan Info\n")
	fmt.Printf("  - Name: %s\n", sc.config.Name)
	fmt.Printf("  - Target Count: %d\n", sc.config.TargetCount)
	fmt.Printf("  - Template Count: %d\n", sc.config.TemplatesCount)
	fmt.Printf("  - Template Concurrency: %d\n", sc.config.TemplateConcurrency)
	fmt.Printf("  - Payload Concurrency: %d\n", sc.config.PayloadConcurrency)
	fmt.Printf("  - Retries: %v\n", sc.config.Retries)
	fmt.Printf("  - Total Events: %d\n", len(sc.data))
	fmt.Println()
}

// NewScanEventsCharts creates a new nuclei event charts
func NewScanEventsCharts(eventsDir string) (*ScanEventsCharts, error) {
	sc := &ScanEventsCharts{eventsDir: eventsDir}
	if !fileutil.FolderExists(eventsDir) {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("events directory does not exist")
	}
	// open two files
	// config.json
	bin, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(eventsDir, events.ConfigFile))
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	var config events.ScanConfig
	err = json.Unmarshal(bin, &config)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	sc.config = &config

	// events.jsonl
	f, err := os.Open(filepath.Join(eventsDir, events.EventsFile))
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/scan/charts/charts.go:38 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of projectdiscovery/nuclei@265b3a3dec (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/33369d4d7f47aa91. Report an issue: GitHub.