ReferenceError: TextDecoder is not defined #3620

ekumahost · 2021-04-09T11:29:35Z

My script been throwing this error no headways..
any idea

Version: 47.0.1 and also the latest version

Platform: Linux (google cloud)

Subsystem:

Severity: high

Description:

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at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:585:3)
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at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:593:12)
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at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:653:32)
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at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:787:10)
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at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:776:30)
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at Object. (/www/node_modules/multibase/src/constants.js:4:14)
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at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:25:18)
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at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:690:17)
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at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:585:3)
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at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:593:12)
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at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:653:32)
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at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:787:10)
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at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:776:30)
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at Object. (/www/node_modules/multibase/src/base.js:3:24)
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at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:25:18)
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at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:690:17)
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at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:585:3)
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at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:593:12)
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at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:653:32)
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at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:787:10)
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at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:776:30)
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at Object. (/www/node_modules/multibase/src/util.js:3:21)
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ReferenceError: TextDecoder is not defined
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^
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const textDecoder = new TextDecoder()
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/www/node_modules/multibase/src/util.js:3

Steps to reproduce the error:

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danielcjacks · 2021-04-09T18:13:03Z

I'm having the same issue when running the Create React App example project

elmariachi111 · 2021-04-09T20:10:50Z

Same here. Created a massively simplified CRA repo to reproduce: https://github.com/elmariachi111/ipfs-textencoder-demo

achingbrain · 2021-04-09T20:43:25Z

What version of node are you running?

elmariachi111 · 2021-04-09T20:47:18Z

Built that with node 12.22, 14.15, 15.14 tried with yarn, npm, pnpm.

ekumahost · 2021-04-09T20:52:49Z

What version of node are you running?

node:10.16.0-alpine [Docker]

elmariachi111 · 2021-04-09T20:56:32Z

guess that's related to the latest multibase releases (https://github.com/multiformats/js-multibase/compare/v4.0.2...v4.0.4) they dropped the dependency on the generic web-encoding dependency lately: Gozala/web-encoding@v1.1.3...v1.1.4 . Curiously, the error seems to be thrown in a multibase module @3.1.2, but the verison that ipfs-core 0.5.4 requires is definitely ^4.0.2...

js-ipfs/packages/ipfs-core/package.json

Line 114 in 74bfce3

"multibase": "^4.0.2",

achingbrain · 2021-04-09T20:59:17Z

@ekumahost please upgrade to a supported node version - 14 or 15.

@elmariachi111 you are running in a browser and likely have a different problem

elmariachi111 · 2021-04-09T23:41:39Z

it's very lkely an issue with CRA. Runs fine inside nextjs & parcel, created 2 PRs for that: https://github.com/elmariachi111/ipfs-textencoder-demo/pulls . It's quite likely that somewhen on the way CRA support broke. I just checked whether your official CRA sample (without Typescript) runs, but I found that by plainly building and running it, it shows the same error as above... (so https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/tree/master/examples/browser-create-react-app is also not working here, node 14.15.3

RomarQ · 2021-04-10T00:44:30Z

I have a project that is also being affected by this.

Dependency tree

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  ├─┬ [email protected]
  │ └── [email protected] deduped
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    └── [email protected] deduped

Avoid using (^) in the dependencies, it is really dangerous.

RomarQ · 2021-04-10T01:03:16Z

A workaround, while it doesn't get fixed:

npm i --save-exact [email protected]

Commit that introduced the problem: Gozala/web-encoding@3992702

ekumahost · 2021-04-10T06:23:04Z

@ekumahost please upgrade to a supported node version - 14 or 15.

@elmariachi111 you are running in a browser and likely have a different problem

I think this is going to fix the issue. trying to test and verify.

elmariachi111 · 2021-04-10T09:50:33Z

A workaround, while it doesn't get fixed:
npm i --save [email protected]
Commit that introduced the problem: Gozala/web-encoding@3992702

@RomarQ think it's not helping if I install web-encoding locally ;) But you know what? When I add

  "resolutions": {
    "web-encoding": "1.1.3"
  },

to my package.json file, it just runs fine :) (might only work with yarn)

ekumahost · 2021-04-11T11:34:13Z

I have upgraded node to version >14.x and issue fixed.

…b-encoding-1.1.4 Bump web-encoding from 1.1.3 to 1.1.4

yus1uf · 2021-09-12T08:47:50Z

I am facing the same while retrieving the data from mongodb.

SgtPooki · 2022-07-20T20:41:12Z

@achingbrain This is not working for me in ipfs-webui with node version 16.12.0 when I'm trying to upgrade dependencies: ipfs/ipfs-webui#1965

> run-s -cl test:unit test:build test:e2e

[test:unit ]
[test:unit ] > [email protected] test:unit /Users/sgtpooki/code/work/protocol.ai/ipfs/webui
[test:unit ] > react-scripts test --env=jsdom --runInBand --watchAll=false
[test:unit ]
[test:unit ] watchman warning:  Recrawled this watch 1513 times, most recently because:
[test:unit ] MustScanSubDirs UserDroppedTo resolve, please review the information on
[test:unit ] https://facebook.github.io/watchman/docs/troubleshooting.html#recrawl
[test:unit ] To clear this warning, run:
[test:unit ] `watchman watch-del '/Users/sgtpooki/code/work/protocol.ai/ipfs/webui' ; watchman watch-project '/Users/sgtpooki/code/work/protocol.ai/ipfs/webui'`
[test:unit ]
[test:unit ] PASS src/bundles/node-bandwidth-chart.test.js
[test:unit ] PASS src/bundles/peer-locations.test.js
[test:unit ] PASS src/loader/AsyncRequestLoader.test.js
[test:unit ] PASS src/lib/files.test.js
[test:unit ] PASS src/lib/dnd-backend.test.js
[test:unit ] PASS src/lib/count-dirs.test.js
[test:unit ] FAIL src/bundles/files.test.js
[test:unit ]   ● Test suite failed to run
[test:unit ]
[test:unit ]     ReferenceError: TextDecoder is not defined
[test:unit ]
[test:unit ]        8 | import map from 'it-map'
[test:unit ]        9 | import last from 'it-last'
[test:unit ]     > 10 | import CID from 'cids'
[test:unit ]          | ^
[test:unit ]       11 |
[test:unit ]       12 | import { spawn, perform, send, ensureMFS, Channel, sortFiles, infoFromPath } from './utils'
[test:unit ]       13 | import { IGNORED_FILES, ACTIONS } from './consts'
[test:unit ]
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/multibase/src/util.js:3:21)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/multibase/src/base.js:3:24)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/multibase/src/constants.js:4:14)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/multibase/src/index.js:7:19)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/multihashes/src/index.js:6:19)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/cids/src/index.js:3:12)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (src/bundles/files/actions.js:10:1)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (src/bundles/files/index.js:4:1)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (src/bundles/files.test.js:3:1)
[test:unit ]
[test:unit ] FAIL src/bundles/peer-bandwidth.test.js
[test:unit ]   ● Test suite failed to run
[test:unit ]
[test:unit ]     ReferenceError: TextDecoder is not defined
[test:unit ]
[test:unit ]       1 | import multihashing from 'multihashing-async'
[test:unit ]     > 2 | import CID from 'cids'
[test:unit ]         | ^
[test:unit ]       3 | import { promisify } from 'util'
[test:unit ]       4 | import Crypto from 'crypto'
[test:unit ]       5 |
[test:unit ]
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/multibase/src/util.js:3:21)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/multibase/src/base.js:3:24)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/multibase/src/constants.js:4:14)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/multibase/src/index.js:7:19)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/multihashes/src/index.js:6:19)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/cids/src/index.js:3:12)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (test/helpers/cid.js:2:1)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (src/bundles/peer-bandwidth.test.js:4:1)
[test:unit ]
[test:unit ] FAIL src/bundles/notify.test.js
[test:unit ]   ● Test suite failed to run
[test:unit ]
[test:unit ]     ReferenceError: TextDecoder is not defined
[test:unit ]
[test:unit ]        8 | import map from 'it-map'
[test:unit ]        9 | import last from 'it-last'
[test:unit ]     > 10 | import CID from 'cids'
[test:unit ]          | ^
[test:unit ]       11 |
[test:unit ]       12 | import { spawn, perform, send, ensureMFS, Channel, sortFiles, infoFromPath } from './utils'
[test:unit ]       13 | import { IGNORED_FILES, ACTIONS } from './consts'
[test:unit ]
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/multibase/src/util.js:3:21)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/multibase/src/base.js:3:24)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/multibase/src/constants.js:4:14)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/multibase/src/index.js:7:19)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/multihashes/src/index.js:6:19)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/cids/src/index.js:3:12)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (src/bundles/files/actions.js:10:1)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (src/bundles/files/index.js:4:1)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (src/bundles/notify.js:3:1)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (src/bundles/notify.test.js:3:1)
[test:unit ]
[test:unit ] FAIL src/bundles/analytics.test.js
[test:unit ]   ● Test suite failed to run
[test:unit ]
[test:unit ]     ReferenceError: TextDecoder is not defined
[test:unit ]
[test:unit ]     > 1 | import multiaddr from 'multiaddr'
[test:unit ]         | ^
[test:unit ]       2 | import HttpClient from 'ipfs-http-client'
[test:unit ]       3 | // @ts-ignore
[test:unit ]       4 | import { getIpfs, providers } from 'ipfs-provider'
[test:unit ]
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/multibase/src/util.js:3:21)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/multibase/src/base.js:3:24)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/multibase/src/constants.js:4:14)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/multibase/src/index.js:7:19)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/multihashes/src/index.js:6:19)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/cids/src/index.js:3:12)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected][email protected]/node_modules/multiaddr/src/convert.js:5:13)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected][email protected]/node_modules/multiaddr/src/codec.js:3:17)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected][email protected]/node_modules/multiaddr/src/index.js:3:15)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (src/bundles/ipfs-provider.js:1:1)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (src/bundles/analytics.js:10:1)
[test:unit ]       at Object.<anonymous> (src/bundles/analytics.test.js:3:1)
[test:unit ]
[test:unit ] Test Suites: 4 failed, 1 skipped, 6 passed, 10 of 11 total
[test:unit ] Tests:       4 skipped, 35 passed, 39 total
[test:unit ] Snapshots:   0 total
[test:unit ] Time:        3.02 s
[test:unit ] Ran all test suites.
[test:unit ]  ELIFECYCLE  Command failed with exit code 1.

What is the fix for this?

achingbrain · 2022-07-20T22:29:02Z

This may be related to your use of JSDom in the test execution: jsdom/jsdom#2524

SgtPooki · 2023-05-26T19:39:59Z

js-ipfs is being deprecated in favor of Helia. You can #4336 and read the migration guide.

Please feel to reopen with any comments by 2023-06-02. We will do a final pass on reopened issues afterward (see #4336).

FYI, my previous issue was resolved with a jsdom global setup file.

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TypeError: TextDecoder is not a constructor when run js-ipfs/examples/browser-create-react-app/ #3624

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Merge pull request #504 from hicetnunc2000/dependabot/npm_and_yarn/we…

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…b-encoding-1.1.4 Bump web-encoding from 1.1.3 to 1.1.4

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feat: replace puppeteer with playwright for e2e tests ipfs/ipfs-webui#1802

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