projectdiscovery/nuclei · error

invalid type: %s

Error message

invalid type: %s

What it means

Error "invalid type: %s" thrown in projectdiscovery/nuclei.

Source

Thrown at pkg/authprovider/authx/file.go:86

func (s *Secret) GetStrategy() AuthStrategy {
	switch {
	case strings.EqualFold(s.Type, string(BasicAuth)):
		return NewBasicAuthStrategy(s)
	case strings.EqualFold(s.Type, string(BearerTokenAuth)):
		return NewBearerTokenAuthStrategy(s)
	case strings.EqualFold(s.Type, string(HeadersAuth)):
		return NewHeadersAuthStrategy(s)
	case strings.EqualFold(s.Type, string(CookiesAuth)):
		return NewCookiesAuthStrategy(s)
	case strings.EqualFold(s.Type, string(QueryAuth)):
		return NewQueryAuthStrategy(s)
	}
	return nil
}

func (s *Secret) Validate() error {
	if !stringsutil.EqualFoldAny(s.Type, SupportedAuthTypes()...) {
		return fmt.Errorf("invalid type: %s", s.Type)
	}
	if len(s.Domains) == 0 && len(s.DomainsRegex) == 0 {
		return fmt.Errorf("domains or domains-regex cannot be empty")
	}
	if len(s.DomainsRegex) > 0 {
		for _, domain := range s.DomainsRegex {
			_, err := regexp.Compile(domain)
			if err != nil {
				return fmt.Errorf("invalid domain regex: %s", domain)
			}
		}
	}

	switch {
	case strings.EqualFold(s.Type, string(BasicAuth)):
		if s.Username == "" {
			return fmt.Errorf("username cannot be empty in basic auth")
		}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/authprovider/authx/file.go:86 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/1274889520fe4a51. Report an issue: GitHub.