fixes

server/utils/nocodb-events.ts

@@ -180,31 +180,9 @@ export const normalizeEventFieldsFromNocoDB = (data: any): Event => {
  * Following the same pattern as the working members client
  */
 export function createNocoDBEventsClient() {
-  // Validate API token before using it (from incoming version)
+  // Use the centralized configuration from nocodb.ts which now prioritizes environment variables
   const config = getNocoDbConfiguration();
-  const token = config.token;
-  
-  if (token) {
-    const cleanToken = token.trim();
-    
-    // Check for non-ASCII characters that would cause ByteString errors
-    if (!/^[\x00-\xFF]*$/.test(cleanToken)) {
-      console.error('[nocodb-events] ❌ CRITICAL ERROR: API token contains invalid Unicode characters!');
-      throw createError({
-        statusCode: 500,
-        statusMessage: 'Events system: NocoDB API token contains invalid characters. Please reconfigure the database connection.'
-      });
-    }
-    
-    // Additional validation for common token issues
-    if (cleanToken.includes('•') || cleanToken.includes('…') || cleanToken.includes('"') || cleanToken.includes('"')) {
-      console.error('[nocodb-events] ❌ CRITICAL ERROR: API token contains formatting characters!');
-      throw createError({
-        statusCode: 500,
-        statusMessage: 'Events system: NocoDB API token contains formatting characters. Please reconfigure with the raw token from NocoDB.'
-      });
-    }
-  }
+  console.log('[nocodb-events] ✅ Using NocoDB configuration (prioritizes environment variables)');
 
   const eventsClient = {
     /**
@@ -737,6 +715,29 @@ export function createNocoDBEventsClient() {
         console.error('[nocodb-events] ❌ Error calculating attendee count for event:', eventId, error);
         return 0; // Return 0 if calculation fails
       }
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Force update attendee count for an event and save to database
+     */
+    async forceUpdateEventAttendeeCount(eventId: string): Promise<number> {
+      console.log('[nocodb-events] Force updating attendee count for event:', eventId);
+      
+      try {
+        // Calculate the current attendee count
+        const newCount = await this.calculateEventAttendeeCount(eventId);
+        
+        // Update the event's current_attendees field directly
+        await this.update(eventId, {
+          current_attendees: newCount.toString()
+        });
+        
+        console.log('[nocodb-events] ✅ Force updated event attendee count to:', newCount);
+        return newCount;
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error('[nocodb-events] ❌ Error force updating attendee count:', error);
+        return 0;
+      }
     }
   };
 

server/utils/nocodb.ts

@@ -212,17 +212,29 @@ export const setGlobalNocoDBConfig = (config: any) => {
 export const getNocoDbConfiguration = () => {
   let configToUse: any = null;
   
-  // Try to use the global configuration first
-  if (globalNocoDBConfig) {
-    console.log('[nocodb] Using global configuration - URL:', globalNocoDBConfig.url);
+  // 1. PRIORITY: Check for environment variables first (container-friendly)
+  const envConfig = {
+    url: process.env.NUXT_NOCODB_URL || process.env.NOCODB_URL,
+    token: process.env.NUXT_NOCODB_TOKEN || process.env.NOCODB_TOKEN || process.env.NOCODB_API_TOKEN,
+    baseId: process.env.NUXT_NOCODB_BASE_ID || process.env.NOCODB_BASE_ID
+  };
+  
+  if (envConfig.url && envConfig.token) {
+    console.log('[nocodb] ✅ Using environment variables - URL:', envConfig.url);
+    configToUse = envConfig;
+  }
+  // 2. FALLBACK: Try to use the global admin panel configuration 
+  else if (globalNocoDBConfig) {
+    console.log('[nocodb] Using admin panel configuration - URL:', globalNocoDBConfig.url);
     configToUse = {
       url: globalNocoDBConfig.url,
       token: globalNocoDBConfig.token,
       baseId: globalNocoDBConfig.baseId
     };
-  } else {
-    // Fallback to runtime config
-    console.log('[nocodb] Global config not available, using runtime config');
+  }
+  // 3. LAST RESORT: Runtime config
+  else {
+    console.log('[nocodb] ⚠️ Using fallback runtime config');
     const config = useRuntimeConfig().nocodb;
     configToUse = {
       ...config,
@@ -231,33 +243,42 @@ export const getNocoDbConfiguration = () => {
     console.log('[nocodb] Fallback configuration URL:', configToUse.url);
   }
   
-  // Validate API token before using it
-  if (configToUse.token) {
-    const token = configToUse.token.trim();
-    
-    // Check for non-ASCII characters that would cause ByteString errors
-    if (!/^[\x00-\xFF]*$/.test(token)) {
-      console.error('[nocodb] ❌ CRITICAL ERROR: API token contains invalid Unicode characters!');
-      console.error('[nocodb] This will cause ByteString conversion errors in HTTP headers.');
-      console.error('[nocodb] Please update the API token in the admin configuration.');
-      throw createError({
-        statusCode: 500,
-        statusMessage: 'NocoDB API token contains invalid characters. Please reconfigure the database connection in the admin panel with a valid API token.'
-      });
-    }
-    
-    // Additional validation for common token issues
-    if (token.includes('•') || token.includes('…') || token.includes('"') || token.includes('"')) {
-      console.error('[nocodb] ❌ CRITICAL ERROR: API token contains formatting characters!');
-      console.error('[nocodb] Found characters like bullets (•), quotes, etc. that break HTTP headers.');
-      console.error('[nocodb] Please copy the raw API token from NocoDB without any formatting.');
-      throw createError({
-        statusCode: 500,
-        statusMessage: 'NocoDB API token contains formatting characters (bullets, quotes, etc.). Please reconfigure with the raw token from NocoDB.'
-      });
-    }
+  // Validate configuration completeness
+  if (!configToUse.url || !configToUse.token) {
+    console.error('[nocodb] ❌ CRITICAL ERROR: Incomplete NocoDB configuration!');
+    console.error('[nocodb] URL:', configToUse.url ? 'SET' : 'MISSING');
+    console.error('[nocodb] Token:', configToUse.token ? 'SET' : 'MISSING');
+    console.error('[nocodb] Set environment variables: NUXT_NOCODB_URL, NUXT_NOCODB_TOKEN');
+    throw createError({
+      statusCode: 500,
+      statusMessage: 'NocoDB configuration incomplete. Set NUXT_NOCODB_URL and NUXT_NOCODB_TOKEN environment variables.'
+    });
   }
   
+  // Validate API token before using it
+  const token = configToUse.token.trim();
+  
+  // Check for non-ASCII characters that would cause ByteString errors
+  if (!/^[\x00-\xFF]*$/.test(token)) {
+    console.error('[nocodb] ❌ CRITICAL ERROR: API token contains invalid Unicode characters!');
+    console.error('[nocodb] This will cause ByteString conversion errors in HTTP headers.');
+    throw createError({
+      statusCode: 500,
+      statusMessage: 'NocoDB API token contains invalid characters. Please set a valid NUXT_NOCODB_TOKEN environment variable.'
+    });
+  }
+  
+  // Additional validation for common token issues
+  if (token.includes('•') || token.includes('…') || token.includes('"') || token.includes('"')) {
+    console.error('[nocodb] ❌ CRITICAL ERROR: API token contains formatting characters!');
+    console.error('[nocodb] Found characters like bullets (•), quotes, etc. that break HTTP headers.');
+    throw createError({
+      statusCode: 500,
+      statusMessage: 'NocoDB API token contains formatting characters. Please set a clean NUXT_NOCODB_TOKEN environment variable.'
+    });
+  }
+  
+  console.log('[nocodb] ✅ Configuration validated successfully');
   return configToUse;
 };