spring-projects/spring-boot · error · ReportableException

No project type with id '{}' - check the service capabilitie

Error message

No project type with id '{}' - check the service capabilities (--list)

What it means

Thrown by ProjectGenerationRequest.determineProjectType when --type is set but its id is absent from the server's project-type metadata. The metadata's projectTypes map is keyed by type id; a miss is fatal because the requested type cannot be honored.

Source

Thrown at cli/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/ProjectGenerationRequest.java:368

			if (this.language != null) {
				builder.setParameter("language", this.language);
			}
			if (this.bootVersion != null) {
				builder.setParameter("bootVersion", this.bootVersion);
			}

			return builder.build();
		}
		catch (URISyntaxException ex) {
			throw new ReportableException("Invalid service URL (" + ex.getMessage() + ")");
		}
	}

	protected ProjectType determineProjectType(InitializrServiceMetadata metadata) {
		if (this.type != null) {
			ProjectType result = metadata.getProjectTypes().get(this.type);
			if (result == null) {
				throw new ReportableException(
						("No project type with id '" + this.type + "' - check the service capabilities (--list)"));
			}
			return result;
		}
		else if (isDetectType()) {
			Map<String, ProjectType> types = new HashMap<>(metadata.getProjectTypes());
			if (this.build != null) {
				filter(types, "build", this.build);
			}
			if (this.format != null) {
				filter(types, "format", this.format);
			}
			if (types.size() == 1) {
				return types.values().iterator().next();
			}
			else if (types.isEmpty()) {
				throw new ReportableException("No type found with build '" + this.build + "' and format '" + this.format
						+ "' check the service capabilities (--list)");

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Solutions

1. Run 'spring init --list' to see valid type ids
2. Correct the --type value to match an advertised id
3. Upgrade the CLI to match the server's available types

Example fix

// before
$ spring init --type foobar
// after
$ spring init --type maven-project  # per --list output

// Resolve the type against metadata before requesting generation.
InitializrServiceMetadata md = service.loadMetadata(serviceUrl);
String type = request.getType();
if (type != null && !md.getProjectTypes().containsKey(type)) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException(
        "Unknown type '" + type + "'. Valid: " + md.getProjectTypes().keySet());
}

try {
    request.determineProjectType(metadata);
} catch (ReportableException ex) {
    if (ex.getMessage().startsWith("No project type with id")) {
        Log.error("Run 'spring init --list' for valid type ids");
    }
    throw ex;
}

When it happens

Trigger: Running 'spring init --type foo' where 'foo' is not among the server's advertised type ids.

Common situations: Typo in --type; the server version changed or removed a type; an outdated CLI assuming a type id that a newer server no longer exposes.

Related errors

• No type found with build '{}' and format '{}' check the serv
• Invalid service URL ({})
• Multiple types found with build '{}' and format '{}' use --t
• No project type is set and no default is defined. Check the
• Could not save the project, the server did not set a preferr

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