[BUG] Cant create owned collections using the SDK

[DappaDanDev]

It seems that requests when using the createCollection method is incorrectly routing requests. Instead of sending to:

• Expected: POST /v1/collections (for CreateCollectionRequest)
• Actual: POST /v1/data/owned (for CreateOwnedDataRequest)

I am following the correct structure using CreateCollectionRequest DTO
2. Error path proves misdirection - data[0].owner/schema comes from CreateOwnedDataRequest validation
3. API endpoints are different - collections vs data endpoints serve different purposes

The API receives the collection request at the data endpoint and tries to validate it as:

  CreateOwnedDataRequest {
    owner: Did,                    // ← Expected at data[0].owner
    collection: z.uuid(),
    data: z.array(z.record(...)),  // ← Our collection object ends up here
    acl: AclDto
  }

But the collection object has:

  CreateCollectionRequest {
    _id: z.uuid(),        // ← Gets put in data[0]
    type: "owned",        // ← Causes owner validation to fail
    name: string,
    schema: {...}         // ← Causes schema validation to fail (expects record)
  }

[tim-hm]

Hi @DappaDanDev can you share a snippet of the code where this is occuring?

[DappaDanDev]

hey @tim-hm - here is a snippet. Let me know if you need any more info

const OWNED_COLLECTION_NAME = 'user_bookmarks'

const newCollectionId = uuidv4()
        const collection = {
          _id: newCollectionId,
          type: "owned" as const,
          name: OWNED_COLLECTION_NAME,
          schema: {
            "title": "string",
            "url": "string", 
            "description": "string",
            "image": "string",
            "tags": "array",
            "archived": "boolean",
            "favorite": "boolean",
            "created_at": "string"
          }
        }
        
        console.log('🔍 DID Info:', {
          builderDid: builder.did.toString(),
          userDid: user.did.toString()
        })
        
        
        try {
          console.log('🔄 Attempting collection creation...')
          const createResults = await builder.createCollection(collection)
          console.log('✅ Collection creation result:', createResults)
          collectionId = newCollectionId
          console.log('✅ STEP 5 COMPLETE: Collection created:', collectionId)
        } catch (createError) {`

[DappaDanDev]

Here is the exact error response:
[{"node":"did:nil:02e3846c455dbceef9eff8a84127c3be1b9719ac05415efbf72790f31fa9f8027a","error":{"message":"[\n {\n \"expected\": \"string\",\n \"code\": \"invalid_type\",\n \"path\": [\n \"data\",\n 0,\n \"owner\"\n ],\n \"message\": \"Invalid input\"\n },\n {\n \"expected\": \"record\",\n \"code\": \"invalid_type\",\n \"path\": [\n \"data\",\n 0,\n \"schema\"\n ],\n \"message\": \"Invalid input\"\n }\n]"}},{"node":"did:nil:025792e96a68c0b7ef7794960327dc570704c6dd565cf2cacf206bdc72d6123f90","error":{"message":"[\n {\n \"expected\": \"string\",\n \"code\": \"invalid_type\",\n \"path\": [\n \"data\",\n 0,\n \"owner\"\n ],\n \"message\": \"Invalid input\"\n },\n {\n \"expected\": \"record\",\n \"code\": \"invalid_type\",\n \"path\": [\n \"data\",\n 0,\n \"schema\"\n ],\n \"message\": \"Invalid input\"\n }\n]"}},{"node":"did:nil:0304001592c3d2a4af4fd049f75a5623e10939b37c38cc64c264801a5567b493ab","error":{"message":"[\n {\n \"expected\": \"string\",\n \"code\": \"invalid_type\",\n \"path\": [\n \"data\",\n 0,\n \"owner\"\n ],\n \"message\": \"Invalid input\"\n },\n {\n \"expected\": \"record\",\n \"code\": \"invalid_type\",\n \"path\": [\n \"data\",\n 0,\n \"schema\"\n ],\n \"message\": \"Invalid input\"\n }\n]"}}]

[tim-hm]

When you create the collection you need to provide a valid json schema and some keys are required in the schema (eg _id). Checkout this example and let me know if you still have an issue.

[DappaDanDev]

hey @tim-hm - thanks for the info but unfortunately this still isnt working. It looks like it is expected an owner field but this is not in the example.

Here is my new collection code

const collection = {
          _id: newCollectionId,
          type: "owned" as const,
          name: OWNED_COLLECTION_NAME,
          schema: {
            $schema: 'http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#',
            type: 'array',
            uniqueItems: true,
            items: {
              type: 'object',
              properties: {
                _id: { type: 'string', format: 'uuid' },
                id: { type: 'string', format: 'uuid' },
                title: { type: 'string' },
                url: { type: 'string', format: 'uri' },
                description: {
                  type: "object",
                  properties: {
                    "%share": {
                      type: "string"
                    }
                  },
                  required: ["%share"]
                },
                image: { type: 'string' },
                tags: { 
                  type: 'array',
                  items: { type: 'string' }
                },
                archived: { type: 'boolean' },
                favorite: { type: 'boolean' },
                created_at: { type: 'string', format: 'date-time' }
              },
              required: ['_id', 'id', 'title', 'url', 'created_at']
            }
          }
        }
       ```  

[tim-hm]

The owner field should only be required for user owned collections. Can you confirm which type is in the node by listing your collections?

[DappaDanDev]

Yes - I would like to create a user owned collection. In the example you linked to there is no 'owner' field in the schema.

Maybe I'm getting the collections types confused. How do I list the. collections types in the node?

Apologies for the trouble here but thanks for the help!

[DappaDanDev]

hey @tim-hm just seeing if you had any other recommendation/resources here that could help

[tim-hm]

Its difficult to troubleshoot from the snippet — could you provide a reproducible example please?

[DappaDanDev]

Its difficult to troubleshoot from the snippet — could you provide a reproducible example please?

Here is the repo - hopefully this is a bit more helpful. Here is the specific code where I am using secretvault: https://github.com/DappaDanDev/blind-pocket/blob/sdk-bug/src/utils/secretvault.ts

[tim-hm]

The branch you provided has some compilation errors. Unfortunately I'm away the next two weeks so won't be able to assist until I return.

[DappaDanDev]

@tim-hm fixed compilation errors, my nildb subscription is expired but the faucet is down so I am not able to test as yet to see if this is working now