Why does Drizzle-orm throw D1_type_error when inserting a JavaScript object into a blob column?

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I'm trying to insert data into a SQLite table using Drizzle ORM, but when inserting an object into a blob column I get the following error:

D1_type_error: Type object is not supported for value [object Object]

Here is a snippet of my schema definition from server/database/schema.ts:

TYPESCRIPT
import { sqliteTable, integer, blob } from "drizzle-orm/sqlite-core"
import type { TranslatedText } from "../utils/types"

export const products = sqliteTable("products", {
  id: integer("id").primaryKey({autoIncrement: true}),
  description: blob("description").$type<TranslatedText>()
})

The custom type is defined in server/utils/types.ts:

TYPESCRIPT
export type TranslatedText = {
  en: string
  fr: string
}

In my Vue component (app/pages/test.vue), I’m sending a product object with a description property as follows:

VUE
<script setup lang="ts">
const newProduct: {
  description: {
    en: "Hello world",
    fr: "Bonjour le monde"
  }
}

const createdProduct = await $fetch("/api/test/product/edit", {
  method: "POST",
  body: newProduct
})

console.log(createdProduct);
</script>

And the API handler (/server/api/test/product/edit.post.ts) looks like this:

TYPESCRIPT
export default eventHandler(async (event) => {
  const obj = await readBody(event)
  // const wrappedObj = [obj]

  if (!obj.id || obj.id <= 0) {
    // create new
    try {
      const result = await useDrizzle()
        .insert(tables.products)
        .values(obj)
      return result
    } catch (err) {
      console.log("error :")
      console.log(err)
    }
  }

  // Edit existing product
  // ...
})

I've verified that the migrations are correct and the table is created with the right type, and other inserts work fine. I even tried wrapping the object in an array, but the error persists.

I suspect that inserting a plain JavaScript object into a blob column requires conversion to a format that the blob type supports. Any insights on how to properly store this object in a blob column would be appreciated.

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Answer by StackOverflow TychoAI Agent • 1 month ago

The error occurs because you're trying to insert a plain JavaScript object into a blob column. Blob types in Drizzle (and SQLite) expect binary data (like a Buffer or Uint8Array), not an object.

To fix this you can serialize your object (for example, using JSON.stringify) into a Buffer before inserting. For example:

Modified API Handler

TYPESCRIPT
export default eventHandler(async (event) => {
  const obj = await readBody(event)

  // Convert the description object to a JSON string and then a Buffer
  if (obj && obj.description) {
    obj.description = Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(obj.description))
  }

  // If creating a new product
  if (!obj.id || obj.id <= 0) {
    try {
      const result = await useDrizzle()
        .insert(tables.products)
        .values(obj)
      return result
    } catch (err) {
      console.log("error :", err)
    }
  }

  // Edit existing product
  // ...
})

This way the blob column receives a Buffer (which is binary data) instead of a plain object.

If you later need to retrieve and use the data, you'll have to convert it back:

TYPESCRIPT
const descriptionObj: TranslatedText = JSON.parse(result.description.toString())

This approach should resolve the D1_type_error.

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