Unable to create database

[aubaugh]

I get the expected result when executing
curl https://localhost:3000/dbs
and
curl https://localhost:3000/identity
but I get a 500 status code when executing:
curl https://localhost:3000/db/docstore -d "create=true" -d "type=docstore"

Not sure if it makes a difference but I'm using a self-signed certificate that I added to my CA list.

[phillmac]

Try curl -X POST https://localhost:3000/db/docstore -d "create=true" -d "type=docstore"
creating a db requires a POST method, not GET

[aubaugh]

Still getting the 500 status code. The server does print Opening db docstore when I run the command with or without -X POST.

I noticed the Dockerfile uses version 10.x of Node.js so I'm using 10.18.0

[phillmac]

Can you share the exact error from the server?

[phillmac]

It should work ok with node 10x or 12x

[aubaugh]

I wasn't able to build with 12x, I can post the error I got when I tried to do so.

Here's the error from the server:
{"statusCode":500,"error":"Internal Server Error","message":"An internal server error occurred"}⏎

[phillmac]

Does the server log itself have any output? If not you can set LOG=DEBUG before you start the server and it should output more details in the server console

[phillmac]

My bad the debug feature isn't included yet, it is on this branch: https://github.com/phillmac/orbit-db-http-api-dev/tree/debug but not in the official repo here yet

[aubaugh]

oh weird, it does look like I got some debug messages from this repo:

Opening db docstore
2019-12-19T00:46:06.620Z [DEBUG] orbit-db: open()
2019-12-19T00:46:06.621Z [DEBUG] orbit-db: Open database 'docstore'
2019-12-19T00:46:06.621Z [DEBUG] orbit-db: Look from 'db'
2019-12-19T00:46:06.623Z [WARN]  orbit-db: Not a valid OrbitDB address 'docstore', creating the database
2019-12-19T00:46:06.624Z [DEBUG] orbit-db: create()
2019-12-19T00:46:06.624Z [DEBUG] orbit-db: Creating database 'docstore' as docstore in 'db'

[phillmac]

Ok cool... I would have expected a massive stack trace immediately after...
Does the log just cut off there??

[aubaugh]

Yeah, it just stops there and the client gets the 500 status code

[phillmac]

Ok the only other thing to try is to use the debug branch on either of the repos and include --debug when you start the server

[aubaugh]

On the debug branch of this repo I get this on the server:

Opening db docstore
2019-12-19T01:20:08.065Z [DEBUG] orbit-db: open()
2019-12-19T01:20:08.066Z [DEBUG] orbit-db: Open database 'docstore'
2019-12-19T01:20:08.066Z [DEBUG] orbit-db: Look from 'db'
2019-12-19T01:20:08.067Z [WARN]  orbit-db: Not a valid OrbitDB address 'docstore', creating the database
2019-12-19T01:20:08.067Z [DEBUG] orbit-db: create()
2019-12-19T01:20:08.068Z [DEBUG] orbit-db: Creating database 'docstore' as docstore in 'db'
{ Error: Not a valid OrbitDB address: /orbitdb/bafyreicjqmfea2dlhcbyszyneaxcpdhlxjpsycxxaibpp4wlzfctiujxdm/docstore
    at Function.parse (/root/orbit-db-http-api/node_modules/orbit-db/src/orbit-db-address.js:44:13)
    at OrbitDB._determineAddress (/root/orbit-db-http-api/node_modules/orbit-db/src/OrbitDB.js:257:27)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:68:7)
  isBoom: true,
  isServer: true,
  data: null,
  output:
   { statusCode: 500,
     payload:
      { statusCode: 500,
        error: 'Internal Server Error',
        message: 'An internal server error occurred' },
     headers: {} },
  reformat: [Function] }

And this on the client:

{"statusCode":500,"error":"Internal Server Error","message":"Error: Not a valid OrbitDB address: /orbitdb/bafyreicjqmfea2dlhcbyszyneaxcp
dhlxjpsycxxaibpp4wlzfctiujxdm/docstore"}⏎

[aphelionz]

Is create: true set in the db options? I don't think docstore is a reserved word or anything, but you might try naoming ti something else anyway just to see.

[aubaugh]

I pass -d "create=true" when making the POST request with curl. I tried another name but didn't get a different response

[phillmac]

This is the second time today i've seen something todo with ipfs and an address starting with bafyre