“This block has encountered an error and cannot be previewed.”

Hey @fergieferg, Could you please send me more info about the issue like the browser’s console error message?

Thanks, Phi.

Hey Phi,

Thanks for your reply. Please see the console error and the error in the block here:

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Hey @fergieferg,

There is not much I can do with the error message. However, the root problem may be that your meta field ‘company_name’ can’t be accessed via the rest API. You can double-check that by seeing the list of suggestion values after you choose field type as ‘Default meta’. If your field ‘company_name’ is not there, please turn on the setting to show it in the rest API. I don’t have much experience with metabox.io so you can ask them for help.
Anyway, I’ll add a null check in the next version. But it won’t fix your issue.
If you have more info about the issue, feel free to discuss it with me.

Thanks, Phi.

Hey Phi,

Thanks for the insights. I believe the settings are show in rest by default, but I will check with them as well.

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In this screenshot are there supposed to be suggested values for “Field name”? I don’t see any and when I start typing here this is when the error is triggered.

Thanks,
Fergal

Hey @fergieferg,
Please download the latest version and test it.
If you are using the block in the template editor, It won’t show the suggested values, because it requires postType and postId to get the metadata. Otherwise, it will show all available fields in other contexts.

Thanks, Phi.

Hey Phi,

I tested your newest version and the error went away. I still can’t get it to work for my use case, but thanks for adding the null check.

Regards,
Fergal

Hey Fergal,

You’re welcome. Could you please send me the live URL of your site? I don’t need an account, I just want to check the JSON API to make sure your’s field is public or not. If your field is exposed to JSON API, It’ll probably work with this block.

Phi.