fixes

server/api/admin/nocodb-config.post.ts

@@ -35,7 +35,24 @@ export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
     if (!body.url || !body.apiKey || !body.baseId || !body.tables) {
       throw createError({
         statusCode: 400,
-        statusMessage: 'All fields are required: url, apiKey, baseId, tables'
+        statusMessage: 'Missing required fields: url, apiKey, baseId, tables'
+      });
+    }
+
+    // Validate API token format - check for non-ASCII characters that would cause ByteString errors
+    const apiKey = body.apiKey.trim();
+    if (!/^[\x00-\xFF]*$/.test(apiKey)) {
+      throw createError({
+        statusCode: 400,
+        statusMessage: 'API token contains invalid characters. Please ensure you copied the token correctly without any special formatting characters.'
+      });
+    }
+
+    // Additional validation for common token issues
+    if (apiKey.includes('•') || apiKey.includes('…') || apiKey.includes('"') || apiKey.includes('"')) {
+      throw createError({
+        statusCode: 400,
+        statusMessage: 'API token contains formatting characters (bullets, quotes, etc.). Please copy the raw token from NocoDB without any formatting.'
       });
     }
 

server/api/admin/nocodb-test.post.ts

@@ -47,6 +47,23 @@ export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
       };
     }
 
+    // Validate API token format - check for non-ASCII characters that would cause ByteString errors
+    const apiKey = body.apiKey.trim();
+    if (!/^[\x00-\xFF]*$/.test(apiKey)) {
+      return {
+        success: false,
+        message: 'API token contains invalid characters. Please ensure you copied the token correctly without any special formatting characters.'
+      };
+    }
+
+    // Additional validation for common token issues
+    if (apiKey.includes('•') || apiKey.includes('…') || apiKey.includes('"') || apiKey.includes('"')) {
+      return {
+        success: false,
+        message: 'API token contains formatting characters (bullets, quotes, etc.). Please copy the raw token from NocoDB without any formatting.'
+      };
+    }
+
     console.log('[api/admin/nocodb-test.post] Testing NocoDB connection...');
     console.log('[api/admin/nocodb-test.post] URL:', body.url);
     console.log('[api/admin/nocodb-test.post] Base ID:', body.baseId);