santifer/career-ops · error · Error

Unsupported template format: ${format} (expected html or tex

Error message

Unsupported template format: ${format} (expected html or tex)

What it means

Error "Unsupported template format: ${format} (expected html or tex)" thrown in santifer/career-ops.

Source

Thrown at cv-templates.mjs:52

    .map((w) => w.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + w.slice(1))
    .join(' ');
}

export function kebab(display) {
  return String(display)
    .trim()
    .toLowerCase()
    .replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, '-')
    .replace(/^-+|-+$/g, '');
}

// The only template formats the resolver recognizes. `format` reaches path
// construction (fileFor) unmodified, so it must be allowlisted or a value like
// `--format=../../etc/passwd` would traverse out of the templates dir.
const VALID_FORMATS = new Set(['html', 'tex']);
function assertFormat(format) {
  if (!VALID_FORMATS.has(format)) {
    throw new Error(`Unsupported template format: ${format} (expected html or tex)`);
  }
}

// filename → {name, format} | null. Base "cv-template.html" → name "standard";
// "cv-template.<name>.html" → that name. Only html/tex are recognized.
function parseFilename(prefix, file) {
  const m = file.match(new RegExp(`^${prefix}(?:\\.([a-z0-9-]+))?\\.(html|tex)$`));
  if (!m) return null;
  return { name: m[1] || 'standard', format: m[2] };
}

export function parseMeta(path) {
  let text;
  try {
    text = readFileSync(path, 'utf-8');
  } catch {
    return {};
  }

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Solutions

1. Use html or tex as the template format.

Example fix

node generate-pdf.mjs --format html

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cv-templates.mjs:52 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of santifer/career-ops@9b17a8ac97 (2026-08-13). Data as JSON: /api/errors/47826fd00e34c472. Report an issue: GitHub.