# eslint-plugin/no-missing-placeholders

📝 Disallow missing placeholders in rule report messages.

💼 This rule is enabled in the ✅ `recommended` [config](https://github.com/eslint-community/eslint-plugin-eslint-plugin#presets).

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Report messages in rules can have placeholders surrounded by curly brackets.

```js
context.report({
  node,
  message: '{{disallowedNode}} nodes are not allowed.',
  data: { disallowedNode: node.type },
});

// Resulting message: e.g. 'IfStatement nodes are not allowed.'
```

However, if no `data` argument is provided, or no matching replacement key exists in the `data` argument, the raw curly brackets will end up in the report message. This is usually a mistake.

## Rule Details

This rule aims to disallow missing placeholders in rule report messages.

Examples of **incorrect** code for this rule:

```js
/* eslint eslint-plugin/no-missing-placeholders: error*/

module.exports = {
  create(context) {
    context.report({
      node,
      message: '{{something}} is wrong.',
    });

    context.report({
      node,
      message: '{{something}} is wrong.',
      data: { somethingElse: 'foo' },
    });

    context.report(node, '{{something}} is wrong.', { somethingElse: 'foo' });
  },
};
```

Examples of **correct** code for this rule:

```js
/* eslint eslint-plugin/no-missing-placeholders: error*/

module.exports = {
  create(context) {
    context.report({
      node,
      message: 'something is wrong.',
    });

    context.report({
      node,
      message: '{{something}} is wrong.',
      data: { something: 'foo' },
    });

    context.report(node, '{{something}} is wrong.', { something: 'foo' });
  },
};
```

## When Not To Use It

If you want to use rule messages that actually contain double-curly bracket text, you should turn off this rule.

## Further Reading

- [ESLint rule docs: Using Message Placeholders](https://eslint.org/docs/latest/extend/custom-rules#using-message-placeholders)