I have seen slimerjs Can not resolve required module, works with phantomjs, but that one explains absolutely nothing, so I'll dare ask the question again.
I have done this:
$ npm install -g encoding
encoding@0.1.12 /home/USERNAME/.nvm/versions/node/v4.0.0/lib/node_modules/encoding
└── iconv-lite@0.4.13
So, apparently, it should be there?
Now, I'm trying this test script, as stated in https://www.npmjs.com/package/encoding - let's call it test_modload.js:
var encoding = require('encoding');
... and I try to run it with node:
$ node test_modload.js
module.js:338
throw err;
^
Error: Cannot find module 'encoding'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:336:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:286:25)
at Module.require (module.js:365:17)
at require (module.js:384:17)
at Object.<anonymous> (/path/to/test/test_modload.js:1:78)
at Module._compile (module.js:434:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:452:10)
at Module.load (module.js:355:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:310:12)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:475:10)
Apparently, here I have to use NODE_PATH:
NODE_PATH=/home/USERNAME/.nvm/versions/node/v4.0.0/lib/node_modules node test_modload.js
... and this command passes fine (i.e. returns nothing, and prints no errors).
But what if we try this with casperjs? The script becomes:
var encoding = require('encoding');
var casper = require('casper').create();
casper.run();
... and if I run with:
/home/USERNAME/.nvm/versions/node/v4.0.0/lib/node_modules/casperjs/bin/casperjs test_modload.js
... again all is fine (i.e. returns nothing, and prints no errors).
But let's try this with casperjs with slimerjs engine:
$ SLIMERJSLAUNCHER=/usr/bin/firefox46 /home/USERNAME/.nvm/versions/node/v4.0.0/lib/node_modules/casperjs/bin/casperjs --engine=slimerjs test_modload.js
Script Error: Module: Can not resolve "encoding" module required by main located at file:///home/USERNAME/.nvm/versions/node/v4.0.0/lib/node_modules/casperjs/bin/bootstrap.js
Stack:
-> file:///home/USERNAME/.nvm/versions/node/v4.0.0/lib/node_modules/casperjs/bin/bootstrap.js: 350
Eh... I guess NODE_PATH is missing?
$ NODE_PATH=/home/USERNAME/.nvm/versions/node/v4.0.0/lib/node_modules SLIMERJSLAUNCHER=/usr/bin/firefox46 /home/USERNAME/.nvm/versions/node/v4.0.0/lib/node_modules/casperjs/bin/casperjs --engine=slimerjs test_modload.js
Script Error: Module: Can not resolve "encoding" module required by main located at file:///home/USERNAME/.nvm/versions/node/v4.0.0/lib/node_modules/casperjs/bin/bootstrap.js
Stack:
-> file:///home/USERNAME/.nvm/versions/node/v4.0.0/lib/node_modules/casperjs/bin/bootstrap.js: 350
Damn it, I ran out of options. What do I do now, how can I get encoding to work with slimerjs? Note that the slimerjs docs state in https://docs.slimerjs.org/current/api/require.html that one should use require.paths, however, for node standalone, it would complain with:
Error: require.paths is removed. Use node_modules folders, or the NODE_PATH environment variable instead.
... while slimerjs doesn't output this error; but still, no change if I do require.paths.push('/home/USERNAME/.nvm/versions/node/v4.0.0/lib/node_modules'); - it still 'can not resolve "encoding" module'.
Just to make sure I have the right path, here is a listing:
$ ls /home/USERNAME/.nvm/versions/node/v4.0.0/lib/node_modules
casperjs encoding npm utf8 zombie
$ ls /home/USERNAME/.nvm/versions/node/v4.0.0/lib/node_modules/encoding/
lib LICENSE node_modules package.json README.md test
... so apparently the module is there.
So, how on earth can I get slimerjs to find and use the encoding module in a script?
