Cannot create Category by API - ActiveRecord::ValueTooLong

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I’m trying to create a category by the API and am getting an Internal Server Error response. If I look in the Error Logs section I can see the following error repeatedly occur when I try to create the category:

ActiveRecord::ValueTooLong (PG::StringDataRightTruncation: ERROR: value too long for type character varying(6) ) /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/rack-mini-profiler-1.1.6/lib/patches/

Seems pretty obvious eh? Except my request is:

Method: POST, RequestUri: 'https://xxx/categories', Version: 1.1, Content: System.Net.Http.MultipartFormDataContent, Headers:
{
  Api-Key: xxx
  Api-Username: xxx
  Accept: application/json
  User-Agent: lb-legacy-content-migrator
  Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary="f86b1fe9-5a87-4794-b949-8c0fb1347cb5"
}:[
  {
    "Key": "name",
    "Value": "Features"
  },
  {
    "Key": "color",
    "Value": "#ee00da"
  },
  {
    "Key": "text_color",
    "Value": "#000000"
  },
  {
    "Key": "skip_validations",
    "Value": "true"
  }
]

I’ve tried omitting the skip_validations parameter but no change.
Am able to create other objects fine.

Any ideas what might be causing this?

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Have you tried submitting the hex colors without the # in front? It’s squawking about a value being too long with the number 6 so that’s my impression without digging in further on the code side.

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That did the job. It’s obvious now. Thanks :slight_smile:

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