siyuan-note/siyuan · error · ErrInvalidAttributeViewID

invalid attribute view id

Error message

invalid attribute view id

What it means

Sentinel ErrInvalidAttributeViewID. Returned by ParseAttributeView, ParseAttributeViewInBox, SaveAttributeView, and encrypted_hook.go when the avID fails ast.IsNodeIDPattern — i.e. it is not a valid SiYuan node id (14-digit timestamp-style string). This guards every AV entry point against malformed ids before any disk access.

Source

Thrown at kernel/av/av.go:1294

	av := filepath.Join(util.DataDir, "storage", "av")
	ret = filepath.Join(av, avID+".json")
	if !gulu.File.IsDir(av) {
		if err := os.MkdirAll(av, 0755); err != nil {
			logging.LogErrorf("create attribute view dir failed: %s", err)
			return
		}
	}
	return
}

func GetAttributeViewI18n(key string) string {
	return util.AttrViewLangs[util.Lang][key].(string)
}

var (
	ErrAttributeViewNotFound  = errors.New("attribute view not found")
	ErrInvalidAttributeViewID = errors.New("invalid attribute view id")
	ErrInvalidBoxID           = errors.New("invalid box id")
	ErrViewNotFound           = errors.New("view not found")
	ErrKeyNotFound            = errors.New("key not found")
	ErrItemNotFound           = errors.New("item not found")
	ErrWrongLayoutType        = errors.New("wrong layout type")
	ErrInvalidColumnAlign     = errors.New("invalid column align")
	ErrSpecTooNew             = errors.New("attribute view spec is too new")
	ErrFilterTooDeep          = errors.New("filter nesting depth exceeds the maximum allowed")
)

const (
	NodeAttrNameAvs        = "custom-avs"                 // 用于标记块所属的属性视图，逗号分隔 av id
	NodeAttrView           = "custom-sy-av-view"          // 用于标记块所属的属性视图视图 view id Database block support specified view https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/issues/10443
	NodeAttrVisibleViewIDs = "custom-sy-av-visible-views" // 用于标记数据库块显示的视图 ID，逗号分隔
	NodeAttrViewStaticText = "custom-sy-av-s-text"        // 用于标记块所属的属性视图静态文本 Database-bound block primary key supports setting static anchor text https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/issues/10049

	NodeAttrViewNames = "av-names" // 用于临时标记块所属的属性视图名称，空格分隔
)

View on GitHub (pinned to 251596fc0d)

Solutions

1. Ensure the avID is the database's own id (match the ^\d{14}[0-9a-z]+$ node-id pattern), not a block id or view id.
2. Validate client-side before the call: if (!/^\d{14}[0-9a-z]+$/.test(avID)) return.
3. Check that the field is populated and not truncated by string slicing.

Example fix

// before
callAVAPI(someBlockID)   // wrong id type -> invalid attribute view id

// after: pass the database (av) id, validated
if !ast.IsNodeIDPattern(avID) { return ErrInvalidAttributeViewID }
callAVAPI(avID)

// Validate the id shape before any AV call
if !ast.IsNodeIDPattern(avID) {
    return fmt.Errorf("not a valid attribute view id: %q", avID)
}

// TypeScript guard for the frontend
function isNodeID(id: string): boolean {
  return /^\d{14}[0-9a-z]+$/.test(id)
}

When it happens

Trigger: Calling an AV API with an empty, typo'd, or non-id avID: '', 'abc', '20210301', a full UUID, or a value with whitespace/special chars. Any string not matching the canonical id pattern.

Common situations: Frontend bug sending an undefined/empty avID; a plugin constructing ids manually; copy-paste of a wrong field; passing a block id where an avID was expected.

Related errors

• invalid box id
• wrong layout type
• invalid column align
• filter nesting depth exceeds the maximum allowed
• invalid id

AI-assisted analysis of siyuan-note/siyuan@251596fc0d (2026-08-12). Data as JSON: /api/errors/efe0da854916af88. Report an issue: GitHub.