Quill: getContents() throwing length of undefined error

[dhershman1]

[Describe the issue]

Steps for Reproduction

1. Call quill.getContents() setting it to a variable
2. trigger that variable set

Expected behavior: Set the Delta object to my variable

Actual behavior: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'length' of undefined

Platforms: Chrome 51 on Windows 10

Version: Beta 9

doing something like this I get an error.

data.description = quill.getContents();

But if I do this:

console.log(quill.getContents());

It runs and sends me back the delta object. Am I doing it wrong?

[jhchen]

Can you provide a stack trace?

[dhershman1]

quill.min.js:formatted:2415 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'length' of undefined
Delta.insert @ quill.min.js:formatted:2415
e @ jquery.min.js:4G
b @ jquery.min.js:4G
b @ jquery.min.js:4n.para
m @ jquery.min.js:4
ajax @ jquery.min.js:4
fetch @ submit-mod.js:18
sendMod @ client.js:96
submission @ client.js:92
dispatch @ jquery.min.js:3
r.handle @ jquery.min.js:3

This gets called on the submission portion when I cam getting all my data together to send off to my server.

[jhchen]

Can you use an unminified version? It's otherwise very difficult to glean any insight. Also what do you mean in reproduction step two "trigger that variable set"?

[dhershman1]

Stack with unminified version:

quill.js:2439 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'length' of undefined
Delta.insert @ quill.js:2439
e @ jquery.min.js:4G
b @ jquery.min.js:4G
b @ jquery.min.js:4
n.param @ jquery.min.js:4
ajax @ jquery.min.js:4
fetch @ submit-mod.js:18
sendMod @ client.js:96
submission @ client.js:92
dispatch @ jquery.min.js:3
r.handle @ jquery.min.js:3

My wording was a bit funky its just trying to set the contents that return from the getContents() call to a variable.

[jhchen]

If you can post a codepen or jsfiddle demonstrating this error with all code including all libraries unobfuscated I will take another look at this. Otherwise there is no indication this is a bug in Quill.

[dhershman1]

Yeah you're correct it is for sure something I am doing incorrectly. I just need to figure out what lol.

EDIT:
So I fixed it by instead of setting my variable directly to the return of the function like this:

var test = quill.getContents();

To something like this:

var foo = quill.getContents();

var bar = foo.opts;

I am no longer getting my error and everything is processing as intended.