Creating prismic repository... Invalid custom types format

Pau · February 21, 2023, 5:12pm

Which versions of the prismic-cli do you have? You can try updating with:

npm install -global prismic-cli

javierllinas · February 22, 2023, 1:20pm

I'm installing latest version:

npx prismic-cli@latest theme --theme-url GitHub - prismicio/gatsby-multi-language-site: Multi-language project with Gatsby & Prismic --conf prismic-configuration.js

My version: prismic-cli/4.2.3 win32-x64 node-v18.9.1

javierllinas · February 22, 2023, 1:50pm

Custom types haven't been updated in 3 years, could this be the problem?

Pau · February 22, 2023, 4:17pm

The structure of the Custom Types hasn’t changed. They're all still valid.

I tested it again, and I could initialize the sample without any errors. Could you send us a screen-recording or screenshot of the errors you see in the terminal?

javierllinas · February 22, 2023, 8:06pm

? Name your prismic repository:  https://jat-prismic.prismic.io
project folder [jat-prismic]: 

Downloading starter project... Download complete
? package manager npm
   create jat-prismic\.env.example     
   create jat-prismic\.eslintrc.json   
   create jat-prismic\.gitignore       
   create jat-prismic\.prettierignore  
   create jat-prismic\.prettierrc      
   create jat-prismic\gatsby-browser.js
   create jat-prismic\gatsby-config.js 
   create jat-prismic\gatsby-node.js   
   create jat-prismic\gatsby-ssr.js    
   create jat-prismic\package-lock.json
   create jat-prismic\package.json
   create jat-prismic\prismic-configuration.js
   create jat-prismic\README.md
   create jat-prismic\custom_types\homepage.json
   create jat-prismic\custom_types\index.json
   create jat-prismic\custom_types\page.json
   create jat-prismic\custom_types\top_menu.json
   create jat-prismic\documents\index.json
   create jat-prismic\documents\en-us\Xs5M1hEAACEAImP9=#=Xs_kqBEAAArQKQMx=#=homepage=#=Xs5M1hEAACEAImP_=#=en-us=#=y.json
   create jat-prismic\documents\en-us\Xs5rBhEAACEAIueu=#=Xs_k9REAACEAKQOv=#=page=#=Xs5rBhEAACEAIuew=#=en-us=#=y.json
   create jat-prismic\documents\en-us\Xs5vWREAACYAIvvr=#=Xs5vWREAACYAIvvs=#=top_menu=#=Xs5vWREAACYAIvvt=#=en-us=#=y.json
   create jat-prismic\documents\fr-fr\Xs5SSREAACQAInz5=#=Xs_kwBEAACEAKQNa=#=homepage=#=Xs5M1hEAACEAImP_=#=fr-fr=#=n.json
   create jat-prismic\documents\fr-fr\Xs5ushEAACQAIvjn=#=Xs_k4REAACYAKQOR=#=page=#=Xs5rBhEAACEAIuew=#=fr-fr=#=n.json
   create jat-prismic\documents\fr-fr\Xs5vkREAAArQIvz4=#=Xs5vkREAAArQIvz5=#=top_menu=#=Xs5vWREAACYAIvvt=#=fr-fr=#=n.json
   create jat-prismic\src\components\Footer.js
   create jat-prismic\src\components\GatsbyLink.js
   create jat-prismic\src\components\LanguageSwitcher.js
   create jat-prismic\src\components\Layout.js
   create jat-prismic\src\components\TopMenu.js
   create jat-prismic\src\images\facebook.png
   create jat-prismic\src\images\favicon.png
   create jat-prismic\src\images\full-width-image-background.png
   create jat-prismic\src\images\instagram.png
   create jat-prismic\src\images\logo.png
   create jat-prismic\src\images\top-icon.png
   create jat-prismic\src\images\twitter.png
   create jat-prismic\src\pages\404.js
   create jat-prismic\src\pages\preview.js
   create jat-prismic\src\slices\EmailSignup.js
   create jat-prismic\src\slices\FullWidthImage.js
   create jat-prismic\src\slices\HeadlineWithButton.js
   create jat-prismic\src\slices\index.js
   create jat-prismic\src\slices\InfoWithImage.js
   create jat-prismic\src\slices\TextInfo.js
   create jat-prismic\src\stylesheets\main.scss
   create jat-prismic\src\stylesheets\_variables.scss
   create jat-prismic\src\templates\homepage.js
   create jat-prismic\src\templates\page.js
   create jat-prismic\src\utils\linkResolver.js
   create jat-prismic\src\utils\prismicPreviews.js
   create jat-prismic\src\stylesheets\base\_base.scss
   create jat-prismic\src\stylesheets\base\_fonts.scss
   create jat-prismic\src\stylesheets\base\_module.scss
   create jat-prismic\src\stylesheets\base\_resetr.scss
   create jat-prismic\src\stylesheets\base\_typography.scss
   create jat-prismic\src\stylesheets\components\_footer.scss
   create jat-prismic\src\stylesheets\components\_header.scss
   create jat-prismic\src\stylesheets\components\_module.scss
   create jat-prismic\src\stylesheets\pages\_404.scss
   create jat-prismic\src\stylesheets\pages\_module.scss
   create jat-prismic\src\stylesheets\components\slices\_email-signup.scss
   create jat-prismic\src\stylesheets\components\slices\_full-width-image.scss
   create jat-prismic\src\stylesheets\components\slices\_headline-with-button.scss
   create jat-prismic\src\stylesheets\components\slices\_info-with-image.scss
   create jat-prismic\src\stylesheets\components\slices\_text-info.scss

No change to package.json was detected. No package manager install will be executed.
creating prismic repository... Invalid custom types format
Prismic: Press any key to open up the browser to login or q to exit: npm WARN config cache-min This option has been deprecated in favor of `--prefer-offline`.
npm WARN ERESOLVE overriding peer dependency
npm WARN While resolving: react-server-dom-webpack@0.0.0-experimental-c8b778b7f-20220825
npm WARN Found: react@17.0.2
npm WARN node_modules/react
npm WARN   react@"^17.0.2" from the root project
npm WARN   25 more (@gatsbyjs/reach-router, @prismicio/react, ...)
npm WARN
npm WARN Could not resolve dependency:
npm WARN peer react@"0.0.0-experimental-c8b778b7f-20220825" from react-server-dom-webpack@0.0.0-experimental-c8b778b7f-20220825
npm WARN node_modules/gatsby/node_modules/react-server-dom-webpack
npm WARN   react-server-dom-webpack@"0.0.0-experimental-c8b778b7f-20220825" from gatsby@4.25.4
npm WARN   node_modules/gatsby
npm WARN
npm WARN Conflicting peer dependency: react@0.0.0-experimental-c8b778b7f-20220825
npm WARN node_modules/react
npm WARN   peer react@"0.0.0-experimental-c8b778b7f-20220825" from react-server-dom-webpack@0.0.0-experimental-c8b778b7f-20220825
npm WARN   node_modules/gatsby/node_modules/react-server-dom-webpack
npm WARN     react-server-dom-webpack@"0.0.0-experimental-c8b778b7f-20220825" from gatsby@4.25.4
npm WARN     node_modules/gatsby
npm WARN deprecated source-map-url@0.4.1: See https://github.com/lydell/source-map-url#deprecated
npm WARN deprecated urix@0.1.0: Please see https://github.com/lydell/urix#deprecated
npm WARN deprecated har-validator@5.1.5: this library is no longer supported
npm WARN deprecated source-map-resolve@0.5.3: See https://github.com/lydell/source-map-resolve#deprecated
npm WARN deprecated resolve-url@0.2.1: https://github.com/lydell/resolve-url#deprecated
npm WARN deprecated querystring@0.2.1: The querystring API is considered Legacy. new code should use the URLSearchParams API instead.
npm WARN deprecated babel-eslint@10.1.0: babel-eslint is now @babel/eslint-parser. This package will no longer receive updates.
npm WARN deprecated uuid@3.4.0: Please upgrade  to version 7 or higher.  Older versions may use Math.random() in certain circumstances, which is known to be problematic.  See https://v8.dev/blog/math-random for details.
npm WARN deprecated uuid@3.4.0: Please upgrade  to version 7 or higher.  Older versions may use Math.random() in certain circumstances, which is known to be problematic.  See https://v8.dev/blog/math-random for details.
npm WARN deprecated request@2.88.2: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm WARN deprecated svgo@1.3.2: This SVGO version is no longer supported. Upgrade to v2.x.x.

added 1895 packages, and audited 1896 packages in 3m

236 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

46 vulnerabilities (1 low, 22 moderate, 22 high, 1 critical)

To address issues that do not require attention, run:
  npm audit fix

To address all issues possible (including breaking changes), run:
  npm audit fix --force

Some issues need review, and may require choosing
a different dependency.

Run `npm audit` for details.

Opening browser to https://prismic.io/dashboard/cli/login?port=5555
Prismic: Logging in... Logged in as javier@domain.tld
creating prismic repository... Invalid custom types format
Prismic: Press any key to open up the browser to login or q to exit: 
Opening browser to https://prismic.io/dashboard/cli/login?port=5555
Prismic: Logging in... Logged in as javier@domain.tld
creating prismic repository... Invalid custom types format
Prismic: Press any key to open up the browser to login or q to exit:

Pau · February 23, 2023, 5:31pm

Is the repository being created after running the command?
If it isn't, you need to ensure you're login in correctly to your Prismic account in the terminal. You can run the following command:

prismic login

javierllinas · February 24, 2023, 12:08pm

Yes, I'm properly logged:

Prismic: Logging in... Logged in as javier@domain.tld

*I've obviously changed my real email address here

javierllinas · February 24, 2023, 2:19pm

Just so we are on the same page: a Gatsby local installation with necessary Prismic files is created, is the repo that never gets built.
Is is possible to somehow import the demo repo to a brand new one?

Pau · February 24, 2023, 3:50pm

You could also move the Custom Types folder to a project and newly created repository. This involves doing a bit more work in the repository, but it works as a workaround.

Could you record the installation process so we can see it from start to finish? Maybe we could pinpoint the issue that way.

javierllinas · February 24, 2023, 6:26pm

It's almost the same as posted before:

Pau · February 24, 2023, 6:53pm

Thank you @javierllinas, this is very useful!
I'll share this with the Dev team and come back to you as soon as I have a better understanding of your case.

Pau · February 27, 2023, 5:45pm

The theme command works correctly on my side. I do not see the same “Invalid custom types format” error. It doesn’t seem like an issue with Gatsby or the starter repo. It seems like an error within the CLI or the Prismic repo API. We'll monitor future use cases to better understand the root cause.

If you want to try out the sample without the command, you can do it. It requires some manual processes:

Go to https://prismic.io, login, and create a new repository.
Download the starter: https://github.com/prismicio/gatsby-multi-language-site/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
In the starter, update prismic-configuration.js by renaming your-repo-name to the name of your repository.
In Prismic, go to the Custom Types editor and create a new Custom Type called Homepage.
In the Custom Type editor, select the JSON editor at the right side of the page and paste in the contents of the starter’s custom_types/homepage.json.
Repeat steps 4-5 for Page and Top Menu.
Add documents for Homepage, Top Menu, and Page.

javierllinas · March 2, 2023, 11:39am

Thanks, @Pau. Sorry I couldn't get back to you before.

Topic		Replies	Views
Invalid custom types Developing with Prismic reactjs	1	376	March 8, 2023
Gatsby Getting Started Tutorial - Invalid Content Signature for your theme Developing with Prismic gatsby	3	402	February 2, 2022
Gatsby prismic theme command does not create a repository Developing with Prismic gatsby	7	936	December 9, 2021
Create new theme not working Developing with Prismic	11	922	December 9, 2021
Can't access Prismic repository Developing with Prismic	3	259	February 7, 2024

Creating prismic repository... Invalid custom types format

Related topics