error: failed to update card

[iKrushYou]

Hey, currently getting an error when trying to create a card from the user interface

uhppoted-httpd  | 2024/04/23 00:58:29 WARN   423137505  failed to update card 1234567

I went to cards, clicked +, added a user name, card number, end date, and hit check. then got this in the console. I haven't been able to find a working combination (I've tried others). I can confirm that users created in the stock web UI and the CLI show up eventually.

as a comparison, I set up the uhppoted-cli as well and was able to successfully add a card that way.

running using docker compose, with image

ghcr.io/uhppoted/httpd   latest    e47723788c1c   3 weeks ago   30.3MB

What kind of information would be helpful to provide?

[uhppoted]

I've been able to reproduce this on my own system and it doesn't appear to be any of the problems I thought it could be - let me look into it and get back to you..

[iKrushYou]

Thanks for such prompt responses! Do you happen to have a discord server or a less formal place to chat? I have minor questions but don't want to keep raising GitHub issues

[uhppoted]

Ah - got it! You need to provide both a card start date and a card end date (From and To) for the controller to accept a card.

The UI doesn't require a card start and end date because you might be e.g. preloading a set of cards which will get assigned to actual people for actual use later - it's only showing up as a problem now in uhppoted-httpd because of a recent system-wide change to make card date/time handling more robust.

I'm going to have to think about this one a bit because automatically assigning a default card start and end date is potentially problematic (e.g. a temporary access card may be unexpectedly valid) - but hopefully the workaround will get you up and running for now.

re. less formal place to chat. Most people seem to just use the overarching uhppote discussions area - which is quite nice because it created a centralised, searchable repository for ad hoc information and ideas. Discussions are enabled for this repo too if you prefer something more topic specific.

[iKrushYou]

thank you! I found the start / end date requirements interesting. I would want all of the cards I am entering to have an infinite or indeterminate end date. Especially since there doesn't seem to be a bulk way to extend card end dates. We're going to have a couple hundred cards saved into the system that will all be active "indefinitely." I could set the end date myself to something very far out, but also I wouldn't want to rely on future admins to have to know what to set the end date to

I'd likely want to make a change to create a default "MAX" end date