# Status of Registrator.jl (getting an invalid Project.toml error)

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**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [June 22, 2019, 12:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/status-of-registrator-jl-getting-an-invalid-project-toml-error/25546 "2019-06-22T12:19:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 12:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/status-of-registrator-jl-getting-an-invalid-project-toml-error/25546/1 "2019-06-22T12:19:39Z")

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What is the status of package registration? I was under the impression that `Registrator.jl` works but I’m getting a “Project.toml is invalid” error when attempting to register the package.

Leaving aside the unactionable and uniformative nature of the error message, I can’t actually see anything wrong with the file. Can anybody help, please?

I’m trying to register `Genie.jl` and here is the `Project.toml` file:  
[https://github.com/GenieFramework/Genie.jl/blob/master/Project.toml](https://github.com/GenieFramework/Genie.jl/blob/master/Project.toml)

Thank you

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**Author:** ![kevbonham](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kevbonham/32/216165_2.png) [@kevbonham](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kevbonham)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/status-of-registrator-jl-getting-an-invalid-project-toml-error/25546/2 "2019-06-22T13:52:44Z")

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Genie was registered under the old system right? Did you do `Pkg.METADATA_compatible_uuid("Genie")`?

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**Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/status-of-registrator-jl-getting-an-invalid-project-toml-error/25546/3 "2019-06-22T15:15:15Z")

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@kevbonham Thanks. Not as far as I’m aware - I attempted to register at some point, there were some issues and I gave up. So unless something got half-registered in METADATA, `Genie` was never registered there.

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**Author:** ![Ralph\_Smith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ralph_smith/32/10344_2.png) [@Ralph\_Smith](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ralph_Smith)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/status-of-registrator-jl-getting-an-invalid-project-toml-error/25546/4 "2019-06-22T15:25:34Z")

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I’m not sure if its absence currently causes an error, but the registry admins now want us to include

```nohighlight
[compat]
julia = "1"

```

in project files.  
Otherwise, you should be able to check your Project.toml file by using it in a working environment (`pkg> activate /some/path/to/Genie`)

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**Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/status-of-registrator-jl-getting-an-invalid-project-toml-error/25546/5 "2019-06-22T15:36:34Z")

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Thanks @Ralph_Smith, I added the `[compat]` section but I’m still getting the error.

As far as I can tell, the Package.toml works just fine, lots of users installed it and updated it for months, using the GitHub URL.

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**Author:** ![fredrikekre](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fredrikekre/32/1688_2.png) [@fredrikekre](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fredrikekre)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 4:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/status-of-registrator-jl-getting-an-invalid-project-toml-error/25546/6 "2019-06-22T16:00:11Z")

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Is there no other error message? Is this from the web interface? Maybe that has worse error mesasges. What if you try to comment `@JuliaRegistrator register` at this commit instead: [https://github.com/GenieFramework/Genie.jl/commit/cedde02db776a9268c5680f568a641448f6ff2ad](https://github.com/GenieFramework/Genie.jl/commit/cedde02db776a9268c5680f568a641448f6ff2ad)

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**Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 10:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/status-of-registrator-jl-getting-an-invalid-project-toml-error/25546/7 "2019-06-22T22:15:00Z")

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@fredrikekre Thank you. The web interface, indeed. No other message. I added the comment. Seems to have worked just fine. Something must be broken in the web UI.

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**Author:** ![christopher-dG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/christopher-dg/32/7387_2.png) [@christopher-dG](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/christopher-dG)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 1:23am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/status-of-registrator-jl-getting-an-invalid-project-toml-error/25546/8 "2019-06-23T01:23:06Z")

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I’ll look into that, sorry.

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**Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 1:54am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/status-of-registrator-jl-getting-an-invalid-project-toml-error/25546/9 "2019-06-23T01:54:26Z")

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The line it’s failing on is parsing `Project.toml` into a `Pkg.Types.Project`, and it’s because the input base64 string (from GitHub) contains newlines which are supposed to be ignored.

For example:

```julia
julia> s = strip(get_file_contents(gh, "essenciary", "Genie.jl", "Project.toml").val.content)
"bmFtZSA9ICJHZW5pZSIKdXVpZCA9ICJjNDNjNzM2ZS1hMmQxLTExZTgtMTYx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\nZGYtYWIzZjljZjk5ZWI2IgoKW2NvbXBhdF0KanVsaWEgPSAiMSIK"

julia> println(String(base64decode(s)))
name = "Genie"
uuid = "c43c736e-a2d1-11e8-161f-af95117fbd1e"
authors = ["Adrian Salceanu <e@essenciary.com>"]
version = "0.9.4"

[deps]
ArgParse = "c7e460c6-2fb9-53a9-8c5b-16f535851c63"
Dates = "ade2ca70-3891-5945-98fb-dc099432e06a"
Distributed = "8ba89e20-285c-5b6f-9357-94700520ee1b"
Gumbo = "708ec375-b3d6-5a57-a7ce-8257bf98657a"
HTTP = "cd3eb016-35fb-5094-929b-558a96fad6f3"
HttpCommon = "77172c1b-203f-54ac-aa54-3f1198fe9f90"
JSON = "682c06a0-de6a-54ab-a142-c8b1cf79cde6"
Markdown = "d6f4376e-aef5-505a-96c1-9c027394607a"
MbedTLS = "739be429-bea8-5141-9913-cc70e7f3736d"
Millboard = "39ec1447-df44-5f4c-beaa-866f30b4d3b2"
MiniLogging = "f59402ec-0262-5707-a561-770af94bc5a6"
Nettle = "49dea1ee-f6fa-5aa6-9a11-8816cee7d4b9"
Nullables = "4d1e1d77-625e-5b40-9113-a560ec7a8ecd"
OrderedCollections = "bac558e1-5e72-5ebc-8fee-abe8a469f55d"
Pkg = "44cfe95a-1eb2-52ea-b672-e2afdf69b78f"
Reexport = "189a3867-3050-52da-a836-e630ba90ab69"
Revise = "295af30f-e4ad-537b-8983-00126c2a3abe"
SHA = "ea8e919c-243c-51af-8825-aaa63cd721ce"
Serialization = "9e88b42a-f829-5b0c-bbe9-9e923198166b"
Sockets = "6462fe0b-24de-5631-8697-dd941f90decc"
URIÄÄòser = "30578b45-9adc-5946-b283-645ec420af67"
Unicode = "4ec0a83e-493e-50e2-b9ac-8f72acf5a8f5"
YAML = "ddb6d928-2868-570f-bddf-ab3f9cf99eb6"

[compat]
julia = "1"

```

Notice `URIÄÄòser`.

```julia
julia> Pkg.Types.read_project(IOBuffer(base64decode(s)))
ERROR: Could not parse project : CompositeException(Any[ParserError(1135, 1136, "expected `=`, but found `\xc4`")])
Stacktrace:
 [1] #read_project#41(::Nothing, ::Function, ::Base.GenericIOBuffer{Array{UInt8,1}}) at /build/julia/src/julia-1.1.1/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.1/Pkg/src/Types.jl:487
 [2] read_project(::Base.GenericIOBuffer{Array{UInt8,1}}) at /build/julia/src/julia-1.1.1/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.1/Pkg/src/Types.jl:480
 [3] top-level scope at none:0

```

Now if I paste that B64 string into a Python REPL:

```python
>>> import base64
>>> s = "bmFtZSA9ICJHZW5pZSIKdXVpZCA9ICJjNDNjNzM2ZS1hMmQxLTExZTgtMTYx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\nZGYtYWIzZjljZjk5ZWI2IgoKW2NvbXBhdF0KanVsaWEgPSAiMSIK"
>>> print(base64.b64decode(s).decode("utf-8"))
name = "Genie"
uuid = "c43c736e-a2d1-11e8-161f-af95117fbd1e"
authors = ["Adrian Salceanu <e@essenciary.com>"]
version = "0.9.4"

[deps]
ArgParse = "c7e460c6-2fb9-53a9-8c5b-16f535851c63"
Dates = "ade2ca70-3891-5945-98fb-dc099432e06a"
Distributed = "8ba89e20-285c-5b6f-9357-94700520ee1b"
Gumbo = "708ec375-b3d6-5a57-a7ce-8257bf98657a"
HTTP = "cd3eb016-35fb-5094-929b-558a96fad6f3"
HttpCommon = "77172c1b-203f-54ac-aa54-3f1198fe9f90"
JSON = "682c06a0-de6a-54ab-a142-c8b1cf79cde6"
Markdown = "d6f4376e-aef5-505a-96c1-9c027394607a"
MbedTLS = "739be429-bea8-5141-9913-cc70e7f3736d"
Millboard = "39ec1447-df44-5f4c-beaa-866f30b4d3b2"
MiniLogging = "f59402ec-0262-5707-a561-770af94bc5a6"
Nettle = "49dea1ee-f6fa-5aa6-9a11-8816cee7d4b9"
Nullables = "4d1e1d77-625e-5b40-9113-a560ec7a8ecd"
OrderedCollections = "bac558e1-5e72-5ebc-8fee-abe8a469f55d"
Pkg = "44cfe95a-1eb2-52ea-b672-e2afdf69b78f"
Reexport = "189a3867-3050-52da-a836-e630ba90ab69"
Revise = "295af30f-e4ad-537b-8983-00126c2a3abe"
SHA = "ea8e919c-243c-51af-8825-aaa63cd721ce"
Serialization = "9e88b42a-f829-5b0c-bbe9-9e923198166b"
Sockets = "6462fe0b-24de-5631-8697-dd941f90decc"
URIParser = "30578b45-9adc-5946-b283-645ec420af67"
Unicode = "4ec0a83e-493e-50e2-b9ac-8f72acf5a8f5"
YAML = "ddb6d928-2868-570f-bddf-ab3f9cf99eb6"

[compat]
julia = "1"

```

All better!  
I have submitted a [pull request](https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/Registrator.jl/pull/188), but this should probably be fixed in the stdlib too.

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**Author:** ![christopher-dG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/christopher-dg/32/7387_2.png) [@christopher-dG](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/christopher-dG)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 2:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/status-of-registrator-jl-getting-an-invalid-project-toml-error/25546/10 "2019-06-23T02:04:31Z")

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Maybe one day someone can rewrite the web interface with Genie and make it much better 😉

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**Author:** ![essenciary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/essenciary/32/210469_2.png) [@essenciary](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/essenciary)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 6:09am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/status-of-registrator-jl-getting-an-invalid-project-toml-error/25546/11 "2019-06-23T06:09:07Z")

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@christopher-dG Thanks for looking into it!  
I’d be very happy to contribute towards the web UI. Is there a roadmap or is it completed for now?

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**Author:** ![christopher-dG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/christopher-dg/32/7387_2.png) [@christopher-dG](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/christopher-dG)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 10:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/status-of-registrator-jl-getting-an-invalid-project-toml-error/25546/12 "2019-06-24T22:33:44Z")

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The Julia Computing folks would know more about that, but I’d imagine that they’d welcome a better working system 🙂