Drupal-console: [generate:entity:content] returns '[ERROR] Value "<modulename>" is invalid' for all input

[lhridley]

Running Drupal Console version 0.10.0, on DrupalVM.
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Same error occurred on Debian Jessie VM running php 5.6.

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[mnico]

Hi @lhridley, first you need to create the module with generate:module.

The generate:entity:content command will not generate a new module but instead it would work with a module already created.

Regards

[jmolivas]

@lhridley: yes @mnico is correct you must select a valid module name.

If you want to generate a new module, you must use the generate:module command first.

I do believe we can improve the messages to make this more clear by:

• Updating message instead of Enter the module name use Select module name from list:
• Update error message instead of Value MODULE_NAME is invalid use Invalid module selected

[lhridley]

Thank you for responding, that explains the issue much more clearly. Suggestion: An update to the documentation would be great, to make it more clear that you must have a module created first.

On Dec 23, 2015, at 2:53 PM, Jesus Manuel Olivas [email protected] wrote:

@lhridley https://github.com/lhridley: yes @mnico https://github.com/mnico is correct you must select a valid module name.

If you want to generate a new module, you must use the generate:module command first.

I do believe we can improve this by:

Updating message instead of Enter the module name use Select module name from list:
Update error message Invalid module selected
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Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/hechoendrupal/DrupalConsole/issues/1573#issuecomment-166979554.

[zkent]

I was confused by this also but I guess it makes sense in a way. A single module may have X entities defined in it. However, better docs/error message would be helpful.

[MajdiZ]

I think will be better if the message says pick module to generate the entity in or something like this

[LOBsTerr]

I think this issue can be closed, because it is quite old, We have updated the code. Now we use the autocomplete and if a user will pass parameter using options there will be error like this

  There aren't any releases for module "module_name"