santifer/career-ops · error · Error

Unknown template format: ${format}

Error message

Unknown template format: ${format}

What it means

Error "Unknown template format: ${format}" thrown in santifer/career-ops.

Source

Thrown at cv-sections-core.mjs:111

    projects: new RegExp(String.raw`%{4,}\s+PROJECTS\s+%{4,}[\s\S]*?` + TEX_BOUNDARY),
    education: new RegExp(String.raw`%{4,}\s+Education\s+%{4,}[\s\S]*?` + TEX_BOUNDARY),
    awards: new RegExp(String.raw`%{4,}\s+AWARDS\s+%{4,}[\s\S]*?` + TEX_BOUNDARY),
    skills: new RegExp(String.raw`%{4,}\s+Technical Skills\s+%{4,}[\s\S]*?` + TEX_END_SENTINEL),
  },
};

export const OPTIONAL_SECTIONS = ['competencies', 'projects', 'education', 'certifications', 'awards', 'skills'];

export function isEmptySection(payload, section) {
  const entries = payload?.[section];
  return !Array.isArray(entries) || entries.length === 0;
}

// Remove every optional section that has no entries in `payload`. Returns the
// template unchanged when both are populated.
export function stripEmptySections(template, payload, format) {
  const patterns = PATTERNS[format];
  if (!patterns) throw new Error(`Unknown template format: ${format}`);

  let out = template;
  for (const section of OPTIONAL_SECTIONS) {
    const pattern = patterns[section];
    if (!pattern) continue; // this format's template has no marker for this section
    if (isEmptySection(payload, section)) {
      // A non-matching pattern is a no-op here by design — see the Skills
      // sentinel note above: no sentinel means no strip, never a fallback to
      // a looser boundary.
      out = out.replace(pattern, '');
    }
  }
  return out;
}

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Solutions

1. Use a supported template format (html or tex).
2. Check for a typo in the format name passed to the template loader.

Example fix

format: html

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cv-sections-core.mjs:111 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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