Cannot add a new bib entry node with empty library
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Description
Open an empty library in JabRef
Add new BibEntry node
observer error logs
XHRGET
http://localhost:23119/better-bibtex/cayw?libraryid=jabref-authors.bib-07a56394&format=simple-json
SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected end of data at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data [index-BKlN87bF.js:108:47](https://jabref.github.io/jabmap/assets/index-BKlN87bF.js)
pt https://jabref.github.io/jabmap/assets/index-BKlN87bF.js:108
GET http://localhost:23119/better-bibtex/cayw?libraryid=jabref-authors.bib-07a56394&format=simple-json Request failed (.'T_T) [index-BKlN87bF.js:110:23](https://jabref.github.io/jabmap/assets/index-BKlN87bF.js)
There're no citation keys to create nodes from ( ,_,) [index-BKlN87bF.js:110:5806](https://jabref.github.io/jabmap/assets/index-BKlN87bF.js)
Fail: There're no BibEntry nodes to add as siblings ( ,_,) [index-BKlN87bF.js:110:7140](https://jabref.github.io/jabmap/assets/index-BKlN87bF.js)
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Reproduce the problem by opening an empty library in JabMap and adding a BibEntry node, then inspect the browser logs and the referenced index-BKlN87bF.js flow. Done means an empty library no longer produces the JSON parse and missing BibEntry-node errors when adding a node.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100