# How to fix the objectID required error on Algolia

> Learn how to fix the Algolia error that the objectID attribute is required to use action=updateObject, caused by a record with an empty objectID to remove.

Author: [Flavio Copes](https://flaviocopes.com/about/) | Published: 2022-05-17 | Topics: [Services](https://flaviocopes.com/tags/services/) | Canonical: https://flaviocopes.com/fix-algolia-objectid-required/

I am using Algolia to power the search on this blog.

From time to time I add new blog posts by downloading the [JSON](https://flaviocopes.com/json/) I prepare through a special URL of the website, and then I manually upload it through the Algolia dashboard.

That's something I could automate, but it's not a big deal to do it once in a while.

Today I got this error while uploading the JSON file:

```
Upload error: The 'objectID' attribute is required to use action=updateObject
```

Inspecting the JSON in [VS Code](https://flaviocopes.com/vscode) I found out there was one entry with `"objectID": ""`.

I removed that item and the upload worked.