quickadd: [BUG] More info to debug "Could not create file with template. Maybe '${templatePath}' is an invalid template path? received for valid template path"

Describe the bug It would be helpful to have more information in the error message:

Could not create file with template. Maybe '${templatePath}' is an invalid template path?

What I’m doing

Following your video: https://youtu.be/gYK3VDQsZJo?t=788

Background

I’m getting this message for a file that definitely exists:

My file template definitely exists, and Templater is definitely running - so I’m struggling to know what to do next.

I see in the code that there is an exception object:

        catch (e) {
            log.logError(`Could not create file with template. Maybe '${templatePath}' is an invalid template path?`);
            return null;
        }

Is there any possibility that the text of the exception could be included in the error message please?

About this issue

Original URL
State: closed
Created 3 years ago
Comments: 22 (4 by maintainers)

Commits related to this issue

Second attempt at fixing Templater update breaking QuickAdd templates For #111 and #109 — committed to chhoumann/quickadd by chhoumann 3 years ago

Most upvoted comments

Hi, sorry for commenting on a closed ticket, but this particular error-message also appears when using non-legal characters as a title/filename, such as a questionmark (?) on Windows-machines. Would you rather see a separate ticket for this?

It’s all right. If an illegal character is given, then it can’t create the file - so it’s working as intended. Or am I missing something?

In a sense, yes. But the problem is that the error-message is misleading as it points to an error with the template instead of the filename of the new note.

flatrick on Nov 29, 2021

Hey! I’ve found what seems to be a fix (after lots of testing). Can you confirm? 😃

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Hooray - thank you very much indeed!

quickadd “0.4.8” and templater “1.9.2” work fine for creating new files.

I’ll pop a message in the Obsidian Discord templater thread, where someone else was asking about what may be the same problem.

claremacrae on Sep 28, 2021

Hey! I’ve found what seems to be a fix (after lots of testing). Can you confirm? 😃

chhoumann on Sep 28, 2021

Thank you for the details! I’ll look into it. I believe that, because of the Templater update, the connection is now ‘bugged’.

Thank you!

Seems I was a little unlucky picking today to start learning about quickadd and templater - but it’s fine, there’s plenty of other Obsidian stuff to be discovering!

claremacrae on Sep 27, 2021

Hi, sorry for commenting on a closed ticket, but this particular error-message also appears when using non-legal characters as a title/filename, such as a questionmark (?) on Windows-machines.

Would you rather see a separate ticket for this?

flatrick on Nov 16, 2021