I have an 'UsageError' on SailsJs with waterline-orm model method '.archive()' - sails.js

Question

this is error return in postman when i try to archive a record in my Sails backend.
UsageError: Invalid initial data for new records.\nDetails:\n Could not use one of the provided new records: Missing value for required attribute id. Expected a string, but instead, got: undefined\n [?] See https://sailsjs.com/support for help
Please somebody know what this error means? Thanks in advance.
Thanks for your response
My code:
- In controller:
try {
await Laboratory.archive({id: inputs.id});
} catch (error) {
console.log('Error-6 CORE-DELETE_LABORATORY:', error)
exits.failed(`Error-6 CORE-DELETE_LABORATORY: ${error}${inputs.id}`)}
In file config/models.js:
module.exports.models = {
migrate: 'alter',
fetchRecordsOnUpdate: true,
fetchRecordsOnCreate: true,
fetchRecordsOnCreateEach: true,
attributes: {
createdAt: { type: 'ref', columnType: 'datetime', autoCreatedAt: true, },
updatedAt: { type: 'ref', columnType: 'datetime', autoUpdatedAt: true, },
id: { type: 'string', columnName: '_id' },
},
dataEncryptionKeys: {
default: 'dRYQHBf8Zpza2vMS5BB3qcSiLspJP4BG37I2JkP2yYw='
},
cascadeOnDestroy: true
};
Laboratory model:
module.exports = {
attributes: {
type: {
type: 'string',
isIn: ['INSIDE', 'OUTSIDE'],
required: true,
},
raisonSocial: {
type: 'string',
required: true,
unique: true,
},
city: {
type: 'string'
},
address: {
type: 'string'
},
email: {
type: 'string'
},
neighborhood: {
type: 'string'
},
contacts: {
type: 'string'
},
logo: {
type: 'string'
},
lat: {
description: 'Latitude',
type: 'number'
},
long: {
description: 'Longitude',
type: 'number'
},
website: {
type: 'string',
defaultsTo: ''
},
subdomain: {
type: 'string',
unique: true,
required: true,
},
mobileMoney: {
type: 'string'
},
bank: {
type: 'string',
defaultsTo: ''
},
bankAccountID: {
type: 'string',
defaultsTo: ''
},
validated : {
type: 'boolean',
defaultsTo : false
},
f_establishment: {
model: 'establishment'
},
director: {
description: 'Chef of laboratory id',
type: 'json',
example: '{name, phone, role}',
required: true,
}
},
customToJSON () {
if (this.logo) {
this.logo = `${process.env.BASE_URL}/avatar/${this.logo}`
}
return this
}
};
Thanks.

Answer 1

Sails throws UsageError when we use a db method in an incorrect way. To be more precise, this is what Sails has in its documentation.
When an error has name: 'UsageError', this indicates that a Waterline
method was used incorrectly, or executed with invalid options (for
example, attempting to create a new record that would violate one of
your model's high-level validation rules.)
https://sailsjs.com/documentation/concepts/models-and-orm/errors#?usage-errors
To give you a simple example, if you have a db query with limit parameter and you start passing string values for that parameter, Sails with start throwing UsageError.
In your case, things should be self explanatory from the error detail itself. Your code flow is getting undefined for inputs.id when it tries to run Laboratory.archive({id: inputs.id}) but id is expected to be a string if you see config/models.js.
Just do a basic debugging to see why inputs.id is coming as undefined and solve that issue, and you should be good to go.