When published: false, get NoMethodError - undefined method `to_api' for nil:NilClass: upon post save

[jkcchan]

Description:

When front matter published: false
When create/save file, error: NoMethodError - undefined method `to_api' for nil:NilClass:
The file is saved and created, however the post is not populated in the UI.
Related: #91 #426

Tell us a bit about yourself:

• Version of JekyllAdmin I'm using <HINT: use bundle show to check>: 0.9.0
• Version of Jekyll I'm using <HINT: use bundle show to check>: 4.0.0
• Version of NodeJS I'm using <HINT: use node -v to check>: 10.7.0
• Operating System <e.g. OS X, Windows>: OSX
• Browser <e.g, Safari, Chrome>: Firefox

Steps to reproduce:

When front matter published: false
When create/save file, error: NoMethodError - undefined method `to_api' for nil:NilClass:
The file is saved and created, however the post is not populated in the UI.

I expected the following:

But got the following, instead:

Could be by design.

Other details:

[ashmaroli]

Thank you for reporting this @jkcchan
This is part of a known issue with this plugin. Nevertheless, we're working on a patch to resolve similar issues.

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[zhum]

Bug is still present.

• bundler (2.1.2)
• jekyll (4.1.1)
• jekyll-admin (0.11.0)
• sinatra (1.4.8)
• sinatra-contrib (1.4.7)
• node v10.19.0
  Linux Mint 20.1, Firefox.

[Kornosky]

I am also having this issue, has anyone figured out a fix?

EDIT: My issue was that I had two _posts folders, since I went ahead and made a my_collections folder to create my own collections. Everything works great now that I moved the _posts into the my_collections directory.

Regenerating: 2 file(s) changed at 2021-03-05 18:58:44
    _posts/2021-03-05-Intro-To-Gameplay-Mathematics.md
    my_collections/_posts/2021-03-05-test.md
C:/Ruby27-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/jekyll-3.9.0/lib/jekyll/reader.rb:42: warning: conflicting chdir during another chdir block
2021-03-05 18:58:48 - NoMethodError - undefined method `to_api' for nil:NilClass:
        C:/Ruby27-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/jekyll-admin-0.11.0/lib/jekyll-admin/server/collections.rb:37:in `block (2 levels) in <class:Server>'```

[Kornosky]

Okay, it appears that I've run into the issue again and figured out that Jekyll Admin occasionally makes a new _posts folder which causes the deletion of the post, although it is only deleted from the _posts in your designated collections folder. Not sure how to fix this, but if I ever figure it out I'll post here.

[zhdanov]

@jkcchan

#!/bin/bash

# fix write file error
PATH_TO_FILE_HELPER=/usr/lib/ruby/gems/3.1.0/gems/jekyll-admin-0.11.1/lib/jekyll-admin/file_helper.rb
sed -i '25,25{s/^/#/}' $PATH_TO_FILE_HELPER
sed -i '32,32{s/^/#/}' $PATH_TO_FILE_HELPER

# fix to_api error
PATH_TO_FILE_PAGES=/usr/lib/ruby/gems/3.1.0/gems/jekyll-admin-0.11.1/lib/jekyll-admin/server/pages.rb
sed -i '28,28{s/^/#/}' $PATH_TO_FILE_PAGES
sed -i '28,28{s/^/ \
        if new? || renamed? \
          sleep(1) \
          path = {"path": write_path.split("\/").slice(4, write_path.length()).join("\/")} \
          json path \
        else \
          json written_file.to_api(:include_content => true) \
        end \
 \
/}' $PATH_TO_FILE_PAGES