NodeJS Couchbase SDK - CouchbaseError: Invalid input/arguments

I am trying to execute View queries and N1QL queries using the couchbase 2.2.2 Node SDK. I can successfully run the queries most of the time using something like:

const couchbase = require('couchbase');
const cluster = new couchbase.Cluster(`couchbase://<host_here>?detailed_errcodes=1`);
const bucket = cluster.openBucket(CB_BUCKET, '');
const N1qlQuery = couchbase.N1qlQuery;
const query = N1qlQuery.fromString(statement).consistency(N1qlQuery.Consistency.REQUEST_PLUS);
bucket.query(query, function(err, rows, meta) {
.....

but for some reason in CI, when running it the exact same way it does not work and I get the error:

CouchbaseError: Invalid input/arguments
    at Bucket._viewReq (/builds/gcosta/election-service/node_modules/couchbase/lib/bucket.js:472:12)
    at Bucket._invoke (/builds/gcosta/election-service/node_modules/couchbase/lib/bucket.js:1042:8)
    at Bucket._maybeInvoke (/builds/gcosta/election-service/node_modules/couchbase/lib/bucket.js:1061:10)
    at Bucket._view (/builds/gcosta/election-service/node_modules/couchbase/lib/bucket.js:539:8)
    at Bucket.query (/builds/gcosta/election-service/node_modules/couchbase/lib/bucket.js:942:17)
    ......

I set the environment variable LCB_LOGLEVEL=5 to see extra output but it is too cryptic for me to understand:

0ms [I0] {3260} [INFO] (instance - L:351) Version=2.6.2, Changeset=788e1eeda075eddd8204ecc3fc5028add74e8074
0ms [I0] {3260} [INFO] (instance - L:352) Effective connection string: couchbase://gcosta__couchtest/main?detailed_errcodes=1&client_string=couchnode%2F2.2.2. Bucket=main
0ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (instance - L:223) Applying initial cntl detailed_errcodes=1
0ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (instance - L:223) Applying initial cntl client_string=couchnode/2.2.2
0ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (instance - L:66) Adding host gcosta__couchtest:8091 to initial HTTP bootstrap list
0ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (instance - L:66) Adding host gcosta__couchtest:11210 to initial CCCP bootstrap list


582ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (confmon - L:89) Preparing providers (this may be called multiple times)
582ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (confmon - L:99) Provider FILE is DISABLED
582ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (confmon - L:96) Provider CCCP is ENABLED
582ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (confmon - L:96) Provider HTTP is ENABLED
582ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (confmon - L:99) Provider MCRAW is DISABLED
582ms [I0] {3260} [TRACE] (confmon - L:292) Start refresh requested
  Ballots Test
585ms [I0] {3260} [TRACE] (confmon - L:271) Current provider is CCCP
585ms [I0] {3260} [INFO] (cccp - L:118) Requesting connection to node gcosta__couchtest:11210 for CCCP configuration
585ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (lcbio_mgr - L:416) <gcosta__couchtest:11210> (HE=0x274af90) Creating new connection because none are available in the pool
585ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (lcbio_mgr - L:321) <gcosta__couchtest:11210> (HE=0x274af90) Starting connection on I=0x2640680
585ms [I0] {3260} [INFO] (connection - L:450) <gcosta__couchtest:11210> (SOCK=0x274ae10) Starting. Timeout=2000000us
586ms [I0] {3260} [TRACE] (connection - L:344) <gcosta__couchtest:11210> (SOCK=0x274ae10) Received completion handler. Status=0. errno=0
586ms [I0] {3260} [INFO] (connection - L:116) <gcosta__couchtest:11210> (SOCK=0x274ae10) Connected 
586ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (connection - L:123) <gcosta__couchtest:11210> (SOCK=0x274ae10) Successfuly set TCP_NODELAY
586ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (lcbio_mgr - L:271) <gcosta__couchtest:11210> (HE=0x274af90) Received result for I=0x2640680,C=0x274ae10; E=0x0
586ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (lcbio_mgr - L:223) <gcosta__couchtest:11210> (HE=0x274af90) Assigning R=0x2696880 SOCKET=0x274ae10
586ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (ioctx - L:101) <gcosta__couchtest:11210> (CTX=0x275d650,unknown) Pairing with SOCK=0x274ae10
622ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (negotiation - L:368) <gcosta__couchtest:11210> (SASLREQ=0x275d390) Found feature 0x3 (TCP NODELAY)
622ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (ioctx - L:151) <gcosta__couchtest:11210> (CTX=0x275d650,sasl) Destroying. PND=0,ENT=1,SORC=1
622ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (ioctx - L:101) <gcosta__couchtest:11210> (CTX=0x2721470,unknown) Pairing with SOCK=0x274ae10
625ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (ioctx - L:151) <gcosta__couchtest:11210> (CTX=0x2721470,bc_cccp) Destroying. PND=0,ENT=1,SORC=1
626ms [I0] {3260} [INFO] (lcbio_mgr - L:491) <gcosta__couchtest:11210> (HE=0x274af90) Placing socket back into the pool. I=0x2640680,C=0x274ae10
627ms [I0] {3260} [INFO] (confmon - L:174) Setting new configuration. Received via CCCP
627ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (bootstrap - L:55) Instance configured!
627ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (confmon - L:89) Preparing providers (this may be called multiple times)
628ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (confmon - L:99) Provider FILE is DISABLED
628ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (confmon - L:96) Provider CCCP is ENABLED
628ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (confmon - L:99) Provider HTTP is DISABLED
628ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (confmon - L:99) Provider MCRAW is DISABLED
    PUT /ballots
747ms [I0] {3260} [INFO] (lcbio_mgr - L:407) <gcosta__couchtest:11210> (HE=0x274af90) Found ready connection in pool. Reusing socket and not creating new connection
747ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (lcbio_mgr - L:223) <gcosta__couchtest:11210> (HE=0x274af90) Assigning R=0x271bc30 SOCKET=0x274ae10
748ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (ioctx - L:101) <gcosta__couchtest:11210> (CTX=0x270a5f0,unknown) Pairing with SOCK=0x274ae10
748ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (server - L:552) <gcosta__couchtest:11210> (SRV=0x271e2d0,IX=0) Setting initial timeout=2498ms

3245ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (server - L:476) <gcosta__couchtest:11210> (SRV=0x271e2d0,IX=0) Scheduling next timeout for 2499 ms
5744ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (server - L:476) <gcosta__couchtest:11210> (SRV=0x271e2d0,IX=0) Scheduling next timeout for 2499 ms
8244ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (server - L:476) <gcosta__couchtest:11210> (SRV=0x271e2d0,IX=0) Scheduling next timeout for 2500 ms
10745ms [I0] {3260} [DEBUG] (server - L:476) <gcosta__couchtest:11210> (SRV=0x271e2d0,IX=0) Scheduling next timeout for 2500 ms

What’s weird is if I use the REST API for N1QL queries for example, they work fine. It must be something with the sdk. Does anyone have any idea what is going on?

Hey gcosta1992,

The error you receive is actually dispatched from the SDK itself rather than from the server (your request is not even sent to the server). Would you be able to share a small sample of your code which can reproduce the issue?

Cheers, Brett

@brett19 So I have a Couchbase Server in one Docker container and my application in another container. I link the Couchbase container to my app container. I noticed that if I link them with the Couchbase server hostname as ‘gcosta__couchtest’ I get the error. If I just give it a hostname like ‘cbtest’ or something without those underscores, I don’t get the error. But I can’t figure out why…

The code I’m using is as I described above:

const couchbase = require('couchbase');
const cluster = new couchbase.Cluster(`couchbase://gcosta__couchtest?detailed_errcodes=1`);
const bucket = cluster.openBucket('main', '');
const N1qlQuery = couchbase.N1qlQuery;
const query = N1qlQuery.fromString('SELECT * FROM main').consistency(N1qlQuery.Consistency.REQUEST_PLUS);
bucket.query(query, function(err, rows, meta) {
.....

I confirmed that manually querying with the REST API works:

curl http://gcosta_couchtest:8093/query/service?statement=SELECT%20*%20FROM%20main

But the sdk doesn’t. Any underscores in the hostname in

const couchbase = require('couchbase');
const cluster = new couchbase.Cluster(`couchbase://<hostname>?detailed_errcodes=1`);
const bucket = cluster.openBucket('main');
const N1qlQuery = couchbase.N1qlQuery;
const query = N1qlQuery.fromString(statement).consistency(N1qlQuery.Consistency.REQUEST_PLUS);
bucket.query(query, function(err, rows, meta) {
......

seem to lead to this error. Possible encoding problem?