LayoutApi alway returns HTTP error 400

[gjae]

I'm trying creates an layout using Layout Api always returns error 400. Current implementation:

body = "html readed from a file, contains {{{body}}}"
variables = [
    {"type": "String", "name": "first_name", "required": False, "defValue": ""},
    {"type": "String", "name": "lastname", "required": False, "defValue": ""},
    {"type": "String", "name": "email", "required": False, "defValue": ""},
    {"type": "String", "name": "cellphone", "required": False, "defValue": ""},
    {"type": "String", "name": "url", "required": False, "defValue": ""},
    {"type": "String", "name": "path", "required": False, "defValue": ""},
    {"type": "String", "name": "uuid", "required": False, "defValue": ""},
    {"type": "String", "name": "id", "required": False, "defValue": ""},
    {"type": "String", "name": "instagram", "required": False, "defValue": ""},
    {"type": "String", "name": "facebook", "required": False, "defValue": ""},
]
variables_dto = []
for variable in variables:
    variables_dto.append(LayoutVariableDto(
        name=variable["name"],
        type=TemplateVariableTypeEnum.STRING,
    ))

new_layout = LayoutDto(
    name=template_name,
    description="mail templates",
    content=body,
    is_default=False,
    variables=variables_dto,
)
response = None
try:
    response = LayoutApi(settings.NOVU_DOMAIN, settings.NOVU_API_KEY).create(new_layout)
    NotificationTemplate.objects.create(
        name=template_name,
        local_identifier=identifier,
        novu_id=response._id,
        variables=json.dumps(variables)
    )
except Exception as e:
    print(response, e)
    raise e

I need automate the layouts creation

• Novu version: last version (using api.novu.co)
• Python version: 3.10.13
• Novu-python version: 1.14.0

Additional context I'm using django, the api key it's a environment variable

[ryshu]

Hi @gjae,

Sorry for the delay.

When you receive a 400 type error, the problem does not necessarily come from the SDK (it is still possible, but quite rare).

In this scenario, you can analyze the server response that is in the HTTP error (exc.response).

To analyze the latter, you have several options:

• Via code. The idea here is to intercept HTTPError type errors to obtain the details of the latter

  from requests import HTTPError
  
  try:
    response = LayoutApi(settings.NOVU_DOMAIN, settings.NOVU_API_KEY).create(new_layout)
    NotificationTemplate.objects.create(
        name=template_name,
        local_identifier=identifier,
        novu_id=response._id,
        variables=json.dumps(variables)
    )
  except HTTPError as exc:
    # Do some stuff with the error, for exemple print server response when an error 400 is returned.
    if exc.response.status_code == 400:
        print(exc.response.json())
    raise exc

• If you use Sentry, the program automatically adds an extra field called 'error_details' that you can find in your errors.

Sentry is mainly recommended for collecting and monitoring errors in Python programs. If you have other similar and Opensource collectors that you would like to integrate, do not hesitate to open an issue to request its implementation.