projectdiscovery/nuclei · error

"Invalid network type: " + valueToMap

Error message

"Invalid network type: " + valueToMap

What it means

Error ""Invalid network type: " + valueToMap" thrown in projectdiscovery/nuclei.

Source

Thrown at pkg/protocols/network/network_input_types.go:45

}

// GetSupportedNetworkInputTypes returns list of supported types
func GetSupportedNetworkInputTypes() []NetworkInputType {
	var result []NetworkInputType
	for index := NetworkInputType(1); index < limit; index++ {
		result = append(result, index)
	}
	return result
}

func toNetworkInputTypes(valueToMap string) (NetworkInputType, error) {
	normalizedValue := normalizeValue(valueToMap)
	for key, currentValue := range NetworkInputMapping {
		if normalizedValue == currentValue {
			return key, nil
		}
	}
	return -1, errors.New("Invalid network type: " + valueToMap)
}

func normalizeValue(value string) string {
	return strings.TrimSpace(strings.ToLower(value))
}

func (t NetworkInputType) String() string {
	return NetworkInputMapping[t]
}

// NetworkInputTypeHolder is used to hold internal type of the Network type
type NetworkInputTypeHolder struct {
	NetworkInputType NetworkInputType `mapping:"true"`
}

func (holder NetworkInputTypeHolder) GetType() NetworkInputType {
	return holder.NetworkInputType
}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/protocols/network/network_input_types.go:45 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/fca9f2b86134c51e. Report an issue: GitHub.