qax-os/excelize · error

invalid link type %q

Error message

invalid link type %q

What it means

Error from newInvalidLinkTypeError, returned by SetCellHyperLink/GetHyperLinkCells when the LinkType is not one of the supported types ("External" or "Location"); at fault is the link type string passed to the hyperlink API.

Source

Thrown at errors.go:291

	return fmt.Errorf("invalid cell name %q", cell)
}

// newInvalidColumnNameError defined the error message on receiving the
// invalid column name.
func newInvalidColumnNameError(col string) error {
	return fmt.Errorf("invalid column name %q", col)
}

// newInvalidExcelDateError defined the error message on receiving the data
// with negative values.
func newInvalidExcelDateError(dateValue float64) error {
	return fmt.Errorf("invalid date value %f, negative values are not supported", dateValue)
}

// newInvalidLinkTypeError defined the error message on receiving the invalid
// hyper link type.
func newInvalidLinkTypeError(linkType string) error {
	return fmt.Errorf("invalid link type %q", linkType)
}

// newInvalidNameError defined the error message on receiving the invalid
// defined name or table name.
func newInvalidNameError(name string) error {
	return fmt.Errorf("invalid name %q, the name should be starts with a letter or underscore, can not include a space or character, and can not conflict with an existing name in the workbook", name)
}

// newInvalidOptionalValue defined the error message on receiving the invalid
// optional value.
func newInvalidOptionalValue(name, value string, values []string) error {
	return fmt.Errorf("invalid %s value %q, acceptable value should be one of %s", name, value, strings.Join(values, ", "))
}

// newInvalidRowNumberError defined the error message on receiving the invalid
// row number.
func newInvalidRowNumberError(row int) error {
	return fmt.Errorf("invalid row number %d", row)

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Solutions

1. Use LinkTypeExternal or LinkTypeLocation
2. Map custom type names to the supported constants before calling

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at errors.go:291 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of qax-os/excelize@f2483381fb (2026-09-02). Data as JSON: /api/errors/39ce391f117bbbfd. Report an issue: GitHub.