Fix: DX-2943 validate empty api keys

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,24 @@
 
 Please refer to the Contentstack Command-line Interface release notes [here](https://www.contentstack.com/docs/developers/cli/cli-changelog).
 
+## @contentstack/cli-cm-export
+### Version: 1.22.3
+#### Date: January-12-2026
+##### Fix:
+ - Fixed error handling when empty Stack API key is provided. Now shows a clear error message instead of "tempAPIClient.stack(...).fetch is not a function"
+
+## @contentstack/cli-cm-import
+### Version: 1.30.3
+#### Date: January-12-2026
+##### Fix:
+ - Fixed error handling when empty Stack API key is provided. Now shows a clear error message instead of SDK-related errors
+
+## @contentstack/cli-cm-import-setup
+### Version: 1.7.3
+#### Date: January-12-2026
+##### Fix:
+ - Fixed error handling when empty Stack API key is provided. Now shows a clear error message instead of SDK-related errors
+
 ## @contentstack/cli-config
 ### Version: 1.13.1
 #### Date:  July-21-2025

LICENSE

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2025 Contentstack
+Copyright (c) 2026 Contentstack
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal

packages/contentstack-clone/package.json

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
   "bugs": "https://github.com/rohitmishra209/cli-cm-clone/issues",
   "dependencies": {
     "@colors/colors": "^1.6.0",
-    "@contentstack/cli-cm-export": "~1.22.2",
-    "@contentstack/cli-cm-import": "~1.30.2",
+    "@contentstack/cli-cm-export": "~1.22.3",
+    "@contentstack/cli-cm-import": "~1.30.3",
     "@contentstack/cli-command": "~1.7.1",
     "@contentstack/cli-utilities": "~1.16.0",
     "@oclif/core": "^4.3.0",

packages/contentstack-export/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@contentstack/cli-cm-export",
   "description": "Contentstack CLI plugin to export content from stack",
-  "version": "1.22.2",
+  "version": "1.22.3",
   "author": "Contentstack",
   "bugs": "https://github.com/contentstack/cli/issues",
   "dependencies": {

packages/contentstack-export/src/utils/export-config-handler.ts

@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ const setupConfig = async (exportCmdFlags: any): Promise<ExportConfig> => {
 
       config.apiKey =
         exportCmdFlags['stack-uid'] || exportCmdFlags['stack-api-key'] || config.source_stack || (await askAPIKey());
-      if (typeof config.apiKey !== 'string') {
-        log.debug('Invalid API key received!', { apiKey: config.apiKey });
-        throw new Error('Invalid API key received');
+      if (typeof config.apiKey !== 'string' || !config.apiKey || !config.apiKey.trim()) {
+        log.debug('Invalid or empty API key received!', { apiKey: config.apiKey });
+        throw new Error('Invalid or empty API key received. Please provide a valid stack API key.');
       }
     }
   }

packages/contentstack-export/src/utils/interactive.ts

@@ -64,5 +64,11 @@ export const askAPIKey = async (): Promise<string> => {
     type: 'input',
     message: 'Enter the stack api key',
     name: 'apiKey',
+    validate: (input: string) => {
+      if (!input || !input.trim()) {
+        return 'Stack API key cannot be empty. Please enter a valid stack API key.';
+      }
+      return true;
+    },
   });
 };

packages/contentstack-export/test/unit/utils/export-config-handler.test.ts

@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ describe('Export Config Handler', () => {
         await setupConfig(flags);
         expect.fail('Should have thrown an error');
       } catch (error: any) {
-        expect(error.message).to.include('Invalid API key received');
+        expect(error.message).to.include('Invalid or empty API key received. Please provide a valid stack API key.');
       }
     });
   });

packages/contentstack-import-setup/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@contentstack/cli-cm-import-setup",
   "description": "Contentstack CLI plugin to setup the mappers and configurations for the import command",
-  "version": "1.7.2",
+  "version": "1.7.3",
   "author": "Contentstack",
   "bugs": "https://github.com/contentstack/cli/issues",
   "dependencies": {

packages/contentstack-import-setup/src/utils/import-config-handler.ts

@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ const setupConfig = async (importCmdFlags: any): Promise<ImportConfig> => {
     } else {
       config.apiKey =
         importCmdFlags['stack-uid'] || importCmdFlags['stack-api-key'] || config.target_stack || (await askAPIKey());
-      if (typeof config.apiKey !== 'string') {
-        throw new Error('Invalid API key received');
+      if (typeof config.apiKey !== 'string' || !config.apiKey || !config.apiKey.trim()) {
+        throw new Error('Invalid or empty API key received. Please provide a valid stack API key.');
       }
     }
   }

packages/contentstack-import-setup/src/utils/interactive.ts

@@ -32,5 +32,11 @@ export const askAPIKey = async (): Promise<string> => {
     type: 'input',
     message: 'Enter the stack api key',
     name: 'apiKey',
+    validate: (input: string) => {
+      if (!input || !input.trim()) {
+        return 'Stack API key cannot be empty. Please enter a valid stack API key.';
+      }
+      return true;
+    },
   });
 };

packages/contentstack-import/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@contentstack/cli-cm-import",
   "description": "Contentstack CLI plugin to import content into stack",
-  "version": "1.30.2",
+  "version": "1.30.3",
   "author": "Contentstack",
   "bugs": "https://github.com/contentstack/cli/issues",
   "dependencies": {

packages/contentstack-import/src/utils/import-config-handler.ts

@@ -81,8 +81,9 @@ const setupConfig = async (importCmdFlags: any): Promise<ImportConfig> => {
       }
       config.apiKey =
         importCmdFlags['stack-uid'] || importCmdFlags['stack-api-key'] || config.target_stack || (await askAPIKey());
-      if (typeof config.apiKey !== 'string') {
-        throw new Error('Invalid API key received');
+      if (typeof config.apiKey !== 'string' || !config.apiKey || !config.apiKey.trim()) {
+        log.debug('Invalid or empty API key received!', { apiKey: config.apiKey });
+        throw new Error('Invalid or empty API key received. Please provide a valid stack API key.');
       }
     }
   }

packages/contentstack-import/src/utils/interactive.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ export const askAPIKey = async (): Promise<string> => {
     type: 'input',
     message: 'Enter the stack api key',
     name: 'apiKey',
+    validate: (input: string) => {
+      if (!input || !input.trim()) {
+        return 'Stack API key cannot be empty. Please enter a valid stack API key.';
+      }
+      return true;
+    },
   });
 };
 

packages/contentstack-seed/package.json

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "author": "Contentstack",
   "bugs": "https://github.com/contentstack/cli/issues",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@contentstack/cli-cm-import": "1.30.2",
+    "@contentstack/cli-cm-import": "1.30.3",
     "@contentstack/cli-command": "~1.7.1",
     "@contentstack/cli-utilities": "~1.16.0",
     "@contentstack/management": "~1.22.0",

packages/contentstack/package.json

@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@contentstack/cli-audit": "~1.16.2",
-    "@contentstack/cli-cm-export": "~1.22.2",
-    "@contentstack/cli-cm-import": "~1.30.2",
+    "@contentstack/cli-cm-export": "~1.22.3",
+    "@contentstack/cli-cm-import": "~1.30.3",
     "@contentstack/cli-auth": "~1.6.3",
     "@contentstack/cli-cm-bootstrap": "~1.17.2",
     "@contentstack/cli-cm-branches": "~1.6.2",
     "@contentstack/cli-cm-bulk-publish": "~1.10.4",
     "@contentstack/cli-cm-clone": "~1.18.1",
     "@contentstack/cli-cm-export-to-csv": "~1.10.2",
-    "@contentstack/cli-cm-import-setup": "~1.7.2",
+    "@contentstack/cli-cm-import-setup": "~1.7.3",
     "@contentstack/cli-cm-migrate-rte": "~1.6.3",
     "@contentstack/cli-cm-seed": "~1.13.2",
     "@contentstack/cli-command": "~1.7.1",