From 875a9f93e6616ddb8a71238149eb1384ca177191 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mitja Felicijan <mitja.felicijan@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 23:33:52 +0100
Subject: Add validation to require group or request flags and improve error
 messages for request decoding failures

---
 main.go | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index aede524..38ad6b8 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	runner.ShowHeaders = *showHeaders
 
+	if *groupName == "" && *reqNames == "" {
+		fmt.Printf("Error: -group or -req is required\n\n")
+		runner.PrintHelp()
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+
 	if envName == "" {
 		runner.PrintHelp()
 		return
@@ -203,6 +209,9 @@ func (r *Runner) ExecuteRequests(reqNames string) error {
 
 		var req Request
 		if err := valNode.Decode(&req); err != nil {
+			if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "invalid map key") {
+				return fmt.Errorf("%sfailed to decode request %q: %w\n%sHint: Check for unquoted template variables like {{foo}} used as values%s", colorRed, name, err, colorYellow, colorReset)
+			}
 			return fmt.Errorf("%sfailed to decode request %q: %w%s", colorRed, name, err, colorReset)
 		}
 
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