ueberdosis/tiptap · error

[tiptap error]: Invalid JSON content

Error message

[tiptap error]: Invalid JSON content

What it means

Error "[tiptap error]: Invalid JSON content" thrown in ueberdosis/tiptap.

Source

Thrown at packages/core/src/helpers/createNodeFromContent.ts:58

  if (isJSONContent) {
    try {
      const isArrayContent = Array.isArray(content) && content.length > 0

      // if the JSON Content is an array of nodes, create a fragment for each node
      if (isArrayContent) {
        return Fragment.fromArray(content.map(item => schema.nodeFromJSON(item)))
      }

      const node = schema.nodeFromJSON(content)

      if (options.errorOnInvalidContent) {
        node.check()
      }

      return node
    } catch (error) {
      if (options.errorOnInvalidContent) {
        throw new Error('[tiptap error]: Invalid JSON content', { cause: error as Error })
      }

      console.warn('[tiptap warn]: Invalid content.', 'Passed value:', content, 'Error:', error)

      return createNodeFromContent('', schema, options)
    }
  }

  if (isTextContent) {
    // Check for invalid content
    if (options.errorOnInvalidContent) {
      let hasInvalidContent = false
      let invalidContent = ''

      // A copy of the current schema with a catch-all node at the end
      const contentCheckSchema = new Schema({
        topNode: schema.spec.topNode,
        marks: schema.spec.marks,

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/core/src/helpers/createNodeFromContent.ts:58 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

Understand the failure class

• Parsing and encoding errors: unexpected token, malformed input — why parsers reject input and how to find the real culprit.

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