isArray Deprecation notice

[Fyb3roptik]

Getting this on Deploy

DeprecationWarning: The `util.isArray` API is deprecated. Please use `Array.isArray()` instead

[TwitchBronBron]

What node version are you using? And what command were you using to deploy? (like are you running npx roku-deploy or calling it from the nodejs api?)

[Fyb3roptik]

Sorry I didnt get notification you replied. I am running gulp deploy which does rokuDeploy.deploy(args)

Node version is v23.2.0

[Fyb3roptik]

I just upgraded to 3.12.3 and still the same error. Im not seeing util.isArray in your code at all, but wonder if a dependency is still using it?

[TwitchBronBron]

I spent a little time tracking down this issue.

We used to depend on the request library, but it has been abandoned. Then, we moved to postman-request which is a fork of request but they keep their dependencies up to date. Well, it seems that package has also fallen stale.

The underlying issue comes from https://github.com/postmanlabs/form-data

(node:43448) [DEP0044] DeprecationWarning: The `util.isArray` API is deprecated. Please use `Array.isArray()` instead.
    at FormData.append (C:\projects\roku\sample-projects\standard-with-task\node_modules\@postman\form-data\lib\form_data.js:64:12)
    at Request.init (C:\projects\roku\sample-projects\standard-with-task\node_modules\postman-request\request.js:462:21)
    at new Request (C:\projects\roku\sample-projects\standard-with-task\node_modules\postman-request\request.js:228:8)
    at request (C:\projects\roku\sample-projects\standard-with-task\node_modules\postman-request\index.js:64:10)
    at Function.post (C:\projects\roku\sample-projects\standard-with-task\node_modules\postman-request\index.js:72:12)
    at results (C:\projects\roku\sample-projects\standard-with-task\node_modules\roku-deploy\dist\RokuDeploy.js:632:21)
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at RokuDeploy.doPostRequest (C:\projects\roku\sample-projects\standard-with-task\node_modules\roku-deploy\dist\RokuDeploy.js:631:29)
    at RokuDeploy.deleteInstalledChannel (C:\projects\roku\sample-projects\standard-with-task\node_modules\roku-deploy\dist\RokuDeploy.js:776:21)
    at RokuDeploy.deploy (C:\projects\roku\sample-projects\standard-with-task\node_modules\roku-deploy\dist\RokuDeploy.js:756:28)

Neither postman-request or @postman/form-data have their issues pages available. I could try to open a pull request to fix the issue, but they've also had another pull request open since October 2024.

So as I see it, our options are:

1. try to get the postman packages upgraded to fix these issues
2. fork and release our own copies with the fixes
3. do nothing because it's just a warning.

Thoughts?