Install ejs engine

Farah Javed

Full log of jsreport when starting the application

C:\source\jsreportapp>jsreport start --verbose
resolving jsreport location..
using jsreport instance passed from options
starting jsreport..
2018-09-12T15:17:47.476Z - info: Initializing jsreport@2.2.0 in development mode using configuration file: jsreport.config.json
2018-09-12T15:17:47.529Z - info: Using extension cli
2018-09-12T15:17:47.537Z - info: Using extension handlebars
2018-09-12T15:17:47.539Z - info: Using extension puppeteer-compile
2018-09-12T15:17:47.540Z - info: Using extension authentication
2018-09-12T15:17:47.546Z - debug: Extension authentication was disabled
2018-09-12T15:17:47.547Z - info: Using extension import-export
2018-09-12T15:17:47.549Z - info: Using extension templates
2018-09-12T15:17:47.549Z - info: Using extension freeze
2018-09-12T15:17:47.551Z - info: Using extension debug
2018-09-12T15:17:47.553Z - info: Using extension express
2018-09-12T15:17:47.558Z - info: Using extension tags
2018-09-12T15:17:47.560Z - info: Using extension jsrender
2018-09-12T15:17:47.560Z - info: Using extension data
2018-09-12T15:17:47.561Z - info: Using extension authorization
2018-09-12T15:17:47.563Z - debug: Extension authorization was disabled
2018-09-12T15:17:47.563Z - info: Using extension html-to-xlsx
2018-09-12T15:17:47.566Z - info: html-to-xlsx detected chrome as available html engine
2018-09-12T15:17:47.567Z - info: Using extension chrome-pdf
2018-09-12T15:17:47.571Z - debug: Chrome custom launch options are executablePath=C:\Users\..\AppData\Local\Temp\jsreport\compile\jsreport-2.2.0-r17qQMiI7\chrome\chrome
2018-09-12T15:17:47.572Z - info: Using extension child-templates
2018-09-12T15:17:47.573Z - info: Using extension licensing
2018-09-12T15:17:47.574Z - info: Using extension fs-store
2018-09-12T15:17:47.576Z - info: Using extension version-control
2018-09-12T15:17:47.640Z - info: Using extension browser-client
2018-09-12T15:17:47.642Z - info: Using extension reports
2018-09-12T15:17:47.644Z - info: Using extension text
2018-09-12T15:17:47.645Z - info: Using extension base
2018-09-12T15:17:47.647Z - info: Using extension studio
2018-09-12T15:17:47.650Z - info: Using extension pdf-utils
2018-09-12T15:17:47.652Z - info: Using extension scripts
2018-09-12T15:17:47.659Z - info: Using extension assets
2018-09-12T15:17:47.662Z - info: Using extension scheduling
2018-09-12T15:17:47.666Z - info: Using extension xlsx
2018-09-12T15:17:47.670Z - info: Using extension sample-template
2018-09-12T15:17:47.673Z - debug: Creating samples is disabled
2018-09-12T15:17:47.674Z - info: Using extension resources
2018-09-12T15:17:47.675Z - info: Using extension public-templates
2018-09-12T15:17:47.676Z - debug: Extension public-templates was disabled
2018-09-12T15:17:47.681Z - info: fs store is persisting using fs
2018-09-12T15:17:47.682Z - info: fs store is synchronizing using fs
2018-09-12T15:17:47.722Z - info: fs store is loading data
2018-09-12T15:17:47.797Z - debug: fs store sync is configured to use polling for files watcher
2018-09-12T15:17:48.010Z - info: fs store is initialized successfully
2018-09-12T15:17:50.085Z - info: Creating default express app.
2018-09-12T15:17:50.106Z - info: jsreport server successfully started on http port: 4000
2018-09-12T15:17:50.123Z - info: fs store emits sockets to synchronize underlying changes with studio
2018-09-12T15:17:50.130Z - info: Verifying license key xxxxx
2018-09-12T15:17:50.133Z - info: License key for subscription verified against the jsreport.license.json file
2018-09-12T15:17:50.137Z - info: reporter initialized
jsreport successfully started

jan_blaha

Could you please share also the server.js file content?

Farah Javed

here is file content of server.js

const jsreport = require('jsreport')()

if (process.env.JSREPORT_CLI) {
  // export jsreport instance to make it possible to use jsreport-cli
  module.exports = jsreport
} else {
  jsreport.init().then(() => {
    // running
  }).catch((e) => {
    // error during startup
    console.error(e.stack)
    process.exit(1)
  })
}

jan_blaha

hm, that looks normal, that is mystery...

I believe the key will be in this lines

resolving jsreport location..
using jsreport instance passed from options

That is something that should not be there. @bjrmatos will know better what that means.

Maybe as a workaround you can use just this to boot up

node server.js

Farah Javed

node server.js does not work

C:\source\jsreportapp>node server.js
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:596
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'node.extend'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:594:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:520:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:650:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:20:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\source\jsreportapp\node_modules\jsreport\index.js:20:16)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:702:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:713:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:612:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:551:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:543:3)

jan_blaha

I guess you have very old npm right?
Can you type this?

npm --version

I would guess you have something like v2 and you should have something like v6

Can you upgrade it and reinstall jsreport?

Farah Javed

npm and node versions are up to date

C:\>npm --version
6.4.1

C:\>node --version
v10.5.0

Farah Javed

do i need to configure anything in jsreport.config.json file so that it can detect ejs engine?

jan_blaha

No you don't need any configuration. I tried the latest npm and have no issues on windows.
I would recommend to uninstall node, remove jsreportapp. Reboot and start from scratch.

The error you posted Error: Cannot find module 'node.extend' should not happen at all if you install jsreport with your npm.
Isn't there any error when calling jsreport init ?

Farah Javed

turned off npm legacy-bundling and it worked. Thanks for the help