Ubuntu node require mongodb fails
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Hi guys -
I have just installed jsreport on an Ubuntu server. I followed some instructions found here: https://jsreport.net/learn/ubuntu.
INstall seems totally fine until running a report.
My problem is that every one of my reports pulls from MongoDB so I havebeforeRenderscript for them all and every one of them has torequire('mongodb').MongoClient;When I try to render a report I'm getting the error below. I can't find any information on "unable to require module mongodb".
I am really just migrating jsreport from my local mac to Ubuntu (I cloned reports into /data from a working install). I am not a proficient Ubuntu user so don't know why this might happen. Can anyone help?confirmed: MongoDB ^4.0.1 is in package.json dependencies. Exact same report I am testing works in another environment (mac).
Error:
A critical error occurred while trying to execute the render command (2). Error while executing user script. Unable to require module mongodb. Unexpected token {
/home/ubuntu/jsreportapp/node_modules/mongodb/lib/bson.js:10
catch { } // eslint-disable-line
^SyntaxError: Unexpected token {
at createScript (vm.js:80:10)
at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:139:10)
at Module._compile (module.js:616:28)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)
at Module.require (module.js:596:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
at Object.<anonymous> (/home/ubuntu/jsreportapp/node_modules/mongodb/lib/utils.js:10:16).1 | const MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
| ^
2 | const ObjectId = require('mongodb').ObjectID;
3 | const conns = require('./connStrings');
4 |(1).
caused by error (2):
-> stack
Error:
at onCriticalError (/home/ubuntu/jsreportapp/node_modules/jsreport-cli/lib/commands/render.js:302:19)
at exports.handler (/home/ubuntu/jsreportapp/node_modules/jsreport-cli/lib/commands/render.js:298:12)
at <anonymous>
caused by error (1):
-> meta = {"weak":true,"logged":true}
-> stack
Error: Unable to require module mongodb. Unexpected token {
/home/ubuntu/jsreportapp/node_modules/mongodb/lib/bson.js:10
catch { } // eslint-disable-line
^SyntaxError: Unexpected token {
at createScript (vm.js:80:10)
at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:139:10)
at Module._compile (module.js:616:28)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)
at Module.require (module.js:596:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
at Object.<anonymous> (/home/ubuntu/jsreportapp/node_modules/mongodb/lib/utils.js:10:16)
at safeRequire (/home/ubuntu/jsreportapp/node_modules/jsreport-core/lib/render/safeSandbox.js:201:15)
at doRequire (/home/ubuntu/jsreportapp/node_modules/jsreport-core/lib/render/safeSandbox.js:208:8)
at _require (/home/ubuntu/jsreportapp/node_modules/jsreport-core/lib/render/safeSandbox.js:66:14)
at Object.base.apply (/home/ubuntu/jsreportapp/node_modules/vm2/lib/contextify.js:469:32)
at evaluate-user-script.js:1:21
at ContextifyScript.Script.runInContext (vm.js:59:29)
at VM.run (/home/ubuntu/jsreportapp/node_modules/vm2/lib/main.js:219:62)
at run (/home/ubuntu/jsreportapp/node_modules/jsreport-core/lib/render/safeSandbox.js:171:19)
at scriptEvalChild (/home/ubuntu/jsreportapp/node_modules/jsreport-scripts/lib/scriptEvalChild.js:210:5)
at scriptExecModuleWrapper (/home/ubuntu/jsreportapp/node_modules/jsreport-core/lib/scriptExecModuleWrapper.js:34:26)
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Please try to check the mongodb and nodejs versions compatibility.
Are you able to do
require('mongodb').MongoClient;outside jsreport in normal nodejs script?
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Good call. It was the node version. Had to update to 10-something to fix the error. Had to also add the new node /bin to environment variable.
Documenting in case this helps anyone with the same problem.
Thank you
