[BUG] json_decode(): Argument #1 ($json) must be of type string, array given

[ndberg]

Describe the bug Out of nowhere I get an error:

json_decode(): Argument #1 ($json) must be of type string, array given
array:2 [▶
  "userId" => 1
  "exception" => TypeError {#1602▶
    #message: "json_decode(): Argument #1 ($json) must be of type string, array given"
    #code: 0
    #file: "/var/www/backend/vendor/coroowicaksono/chart-js-integration/src/api/TotalRecordsController.php"
    #line: 26
    trace: {▶}
  }
]

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Add a Chart
2. Add anything to the options array, like: ->options(['uom' => 'day',])

As soon as any option is present, the error shows up. It looks like the NovaRequest $request->options[] changed from json to array? But couldn't find a change like this in the Nova releases.

Does anybody else have this error?

Dependencies Version:

• Laravel Version: 10.32.1
• Nova Version: 4.31.3
• Nova-ChartJS Version: 0.4.1

[bmellink]

I have the same issue. It seems laravel/nova has a breaking change between versions 4.29.5 and 4.29.6 that impacts nova-chartjs. Temporary work around is to change your composer.json to downgrade laravel/nova. Change the line that reads

"laravel/nova": "~4",

to

"laravel/nova": "4.29.5",

This will force using the laravel/nova version that is still compatible with nova-chart-js. I hope it will be fixed soon in nova-chart-js. The issue is in TotalRecordsController.php function handle() where $request->options used to be passed as a json string and with the new version of laravel/nova are passed as array, so all the json_decode() commands generate exceptions.

[ndberg]

You're right, it works with laravel/nova v4.29.5.

Thanks for helping

[coroo]

Release new version 0.4.2. Hopefully can help to fix the error for laravel nova 4.31.x https://github.com/coroo/nova-chartjs/releases/tag/v0.4.2