Invalid definition for status.$ field

[jdnichollsc]

Hi guys,

I'm getting the following error:

W20161219-11:20:49.767(-5)? (STDERR) Error: Invalid definition for status.$ field.
W20161219-11:20:49.767(-5)? (STDERR)     at packages/aldeed_simple-schema.js:1429:13
W20161219-11:20:49.767(-5)? (STDERR)     at Function._.each._.forEach (packages/underscore.js:147:22)
W20161219-11:20:49.768(-5)? (STDERR)     at [object Object].SimpleSchema (packages/aldeed_simple-schema.js:1426:5)
W20161219-11:20:49.768(-5)? (STDERR)     at [object Object].SimpleSchema.pick (packages/aldeed_simple-schema.js:1632:10)
W20161219-11:20:49.769(-5)? (STDERR)     at meteorInstall.imports.api.contracts.methods.js (imports/api/contracts/methods.js:39:30)
W20161219-11:20:49.770(-5)? (STDERR)     at fileEvaluate (packages/modules-runtime.js:181:9)
W20161219-11:20:49.770(-5)? (STDERR)     at Module.require (packages/modules-runtime.js:106:16)
W20161219-11:20:49.770(-5)? (STDERR)     at Module.Mp.import (/Users/juannicholls/.meteor/packages/modules/.0.7.7.yjn28g++os+web.browser+web.cordova/np
m/node_modules/reify/lib/runtime.js:70:16)
W20161219-11:20:49.770(-5)? (STDERR)     at meteorInstall.imports.startup.server.api.js (imports/startup/server/api.js:1:1)
W20161219-11:20:49.771(-5)? (STDERR)     at fileEvaluate (packages/modules-runtime.js:181:9)

And my code is

export const updateContract = new ValidatedMethod({
  name: 'contracts.update',
  mixins: [simpleSchemaMixin],
  schema: [
    CONTRACT_ID_ONLY,
    Contracts.simpleSchema().pick(['status']),
  ],
  schemaValidatorOptions: { clean: true, filter: false },
  run({ contractId, status }) {
    console.log(status);
    Contracts.update(contractId, {
      $set: {
        status: status
      },
    });
  }
});

Thanks in advance, Nicholls

[rhettlivingston]

I believe SimpleSchema is throwing an exception at simple-schema.js#L457 while trying to "pick" the status field because the schema definition for your status field has failed a validation test. Perhaps some field in that schema definition has the wrong name or type?

[lirbank]

@jdnichollsc I had the exact same issue (error at packages/aldeed_simple-schema.js:1429:13).

Got .pick() working with arrays after I switched the schema definition from:

  items: {
    type: [Object],
    label: 'Items',
    optional: true,
  },
  'items.$.sku': {
    type: String,
    label: 'SKU',
  },

to:

  items: {
    type: Array,
    optional: true,
  },
  'items.$': {
    type: Object,
    optional: true,
  },
  'items.$.description': {
    type: String,
  },

Which is essentially the same thing.

[lirbank]

Oh, just saw this in the docs

NOTE: When using pick on a field of type Array you also need to pick the array item field.

See https://github.com/aldeed/meteor-simple-schema#extracting-simpleschemas

My schema change above was probably not the fix, but rather that I started picking also the items.$ field.