danryan/spice — Issue #13: Spice::Role.create results in `undefined method 'name' for nil
Author: danryan
Created: 2011-12-14 02:32:37+00:00
State: open

```
merb : chef-server (api) : worker (port 4000) ~ Started request handling: Wed Dec 14 02:29:28 +0000 2011
merb : chef-server (api) : worker (port 4000) ~ Params: {"name"=>"foo", "format"=>nil, "action"=>"create", "controller"=>"roles"}
merb : chef-server (api) : worker (port 4000) ~ undefined method `name' for nil:NilClass - (NoMethodError)
/usr/share/chef-server-api/app/controllers/roles.rb:31:in `create'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/merb-core/controller/abstract_controller.rb:315:in `send'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/merb-core/controller/abstract_controller.rb:315:in `_call_action'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/merb-core/controller/abstract_controller.rb:289:in `_dispatch'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/merb-core/controller/merb_controller.rb:252:in `_dispatch'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/merb-core/dispatch/dispatcher.rb:102:in `dispatch_action'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/merb-core/dispatch/dispatcher.rb:74:in `handle'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/merb-core/dispatch/dispatcher.rb:36:in `handle'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/merb-core/rack/application.rb:17:in `call'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rack/content_length.rb:13:in `call'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/thin/connection.rb:76:in `pre_process'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/thin/connection.rb:74:in `catch'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/thin/connection.rb:74:in `pre_process'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/thin/connection.rb:57:in `process'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/thin/connection.rb:42:in `receive_data'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/eventmachine.rb:240:in `run_machine'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/eventmachine.rb:240:in `run'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/thin/backends/base.rb:57:in `start'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/thin/server.rb:156:in `start'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/merb-core/rack/adapter/thin.rb:30:in `start_server'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/merb-core/rack/adapter/abstract.rb:298:in `start_at_port'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/merb-core/rack/adapter/abstract.rb:128:in `start'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/merb-core/server.rb:174:in `bootup'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/merb-core/server.rb:159:in `daemonize'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/merb-core/server.rb:143:in `fork'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/merb-core/server.rb:143:in `daemonize'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/merb-core/server.rb:35:in `start'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/merb-core.rb:170:in `start'
/usr/sbin/chef-server:85
merb : chef-server (api) : worker (port 4000) ~ Params: {"name"=>"foo", "format"=>nil, "action"=>"create", "controller"=>"roles"}
```