Failed to parse some CSS files in sonarqube 7.6

[venkat255 (Teswar)]

Hi,
I’m using sonarqube developer 7.6. Some CSS files are failed to parse in sonarqube analysis stage. Sonarqube did analysis on .js and .css file but few files failed to parse. I can see some bugs on CSS files.

Please help me on this.

[agabrys (Adam Gabryś)]

Could you add some examples? It is impossible to help you without any data.

[venkat255 (Teswar)]

Only few CSS files getting this error.

15:01:56 ------------- Run sensors on module
15:01:56 Sensor SonarCSS Metrics [cssfamily]
15:01:57 Sensor SonarCSS Metrics [cssfamily] (done) | time=939ms
15:01:57 Sensor SonarCSS Rules [cssfamily]
15:02:09 Failed to parse file:///E:/test.css
15:02:09 Failed to parse file:///E:/sample/a.css
15:02:09 Failed to parse file:///E:/sample/ab.css
15:02:09 Failed to parse file:///E:/sample/exp3.css
15:02:09 Failed to parse file:///E:/sample/exp2.css
15:02:09 Failed to parse file:///E:/sample/exp1.css
15:02:09 Failed to parse file:///E:/sample/ie7.css
15:02:09 Failed to parse file:///E:/sample/main.css
15:02:09 Failed to parse file:///E:/sample/.css
15:02:09 Failed to parse file:///E:/teammed.css

[venkat255 (Teswar)]

@agabrys

The console output showing as above only.

[agabrys (Adam Gabryś)]

@venkat255

15:02:09 Failed to parse file:///E:/test.css
15:02:09 Failed to parse file:///E:/sample/a.css
15:02:09 Failed to parse file:///E:/sample/ab.css
15:02:09 Failed to parse file:///E:/sample/exp3.css
15:02:09 Failed to parse file:///E:/sample/exp2.css
15:02:09 Failed to parse file:///E:/sample/exp1.css
15:02:09 Failed to parse file:///E:/sample/ie7.css
15:02:09 Failed to parse file:///E:/sample/main.css
15:02:09 Failed to parse file:///E:/sample/.css
15:02:09 Failed to parse file:///E:/teammed.css

These paths looks invalid. How did you configure Sonar Scanner (sonar-project.properties file or other build tool configuration)?

[venkat255 (Teswar)]

@agabrys

I used classpath “org.sonarsource.scanner.gradle:sonarqube-gradle-plugin:2.7”
and I used sonarqube property in build.gradle
property “sonar.nodejs.executable”, “E:/nodejs/node.exe”
property “sonar.css.node”, “E:/nodejs/node.exe”

In same module did analysis on other files only few of them getting parse error.

[agabrys (Adam Gabryś)]

Are you sure that these files complaint CSS standard (see CSS Validation Service)?

Check also if encoding is correct, and you didn’t add BOM.

[venkat255 (Teswar)]

I’m using gradle 4.4.1 as build tool. when I validate css file in css validator it has few parse errors. But in our case few files are not considering for sonar analysis.
I can see CSS related bugs in dashboard.
Please verify @agabrys

SonarCSS fails to parse a CSS file, probably due to JSF EL usage

The analysis logs without further information about the actual error Failed to parse file:///.../foo.css It is sub-optimal that it does not give any information about what parsing error happened. (Maybe this could improved too) My guess is, that it is due to JSF EL usage, which is quite common I’d say if JSF is used. The snippet I guess is causing the error looks like: .question--content .ui-selectmanycheckbox div.ui-g > div.selected { background-color: #{coreAppearanceBean.getHeaderBackgr…

[agabrys (Adam Gabryś)]

@venkat255

when I validate css file in css validator it has few parse errors

For my knowledge SonarCSS supports only CSS code (as the name suggests). If you use any other technologies in .css files then the analyzer is not able to parse those files. The same situation you get if you for example store HTML code in .java, or PHP in .cpp files.

You have only two otpions:

1. exclude those files from analysis scope
2. change extension to different than .css

[venkat255 (Teswar)]

Sure Adam.

Thanks!