[v4] strapi populate query error "entry must be an object"

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System Information
  • Strapi Version: 4.0.0
  • Operating System: Windows 10
  • Database: sqlite
  • Node Version:
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  • Yarn Version: 1.22.15

i have table with relation one to many for example an article have many comment.
i want populate all article with commants
in my find function on service articles query like this.

let result = await strapi.entityService.findMany('api::article.article', {
      populate: {
        comment_id: {
          fields: [
            "id",
            "comment",
            "status"
          ],
          filters: {
            status: {
              $eq: eduStatus.ACTIVE
            }
          }
        }
      },
    });

and when i run from postman, it return

{
    "data": null,
    "error": {
        "status": 500,
        "name": "InternalServerError",
        "message": "Internal Server Error"
    }
}

and in terminal error “entry must be an object”

how to fixed this?

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3

Commenting out line 52 throw new Error(‘Entry must be an object’); in node_modules/@strapi/strapi/lib/core-api/controller/transform.js in Strapi 4.1.7 fixed the issue. I am working on to know the cause of the issue, will post here if it’s resolved.

4

Looking at the docs Populating for Query Engine API - Strapi Developer Docs

It seems like you should be able to do

let result = await strapi.entityService.findMany('api::article.article', {
      populate: {
        comment_id: {
          select: [
            "id",
            "comment",
            "status"
          ],
          where: {
            status: {
              $eq: eduStatus.ACTIVE
            }
          }
        }
      },
    });
5

Same issue for me. Are you able to solve this?

6

I had some messed up relational field. Error went away after i remade the relation.

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7

Care to explain what you mean by “messed up”? I have the same problem but no clue to where to look at.

8

same problem for me .please explain the solution

9

Are you on the newest strapi version?

10

yes. strapiv 4.7.1

11

same here. 4.7.1

12

I would recommand opening an issue on github for this

13

Same issue. I found that this issue connected with relations but i have plenty of relations. I couldn’t find which relation reason for the error. if anyone find solution it

14

Yes, your solution worked for me