Windows x64: Error Arguments to path.join must be strings

[nzhome]

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\homestar\app>node homestar setup

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\homestar\app>node app.js {"name":"iotdb-homestar","module":"app/recipe","hostname":"MYHOMEPC","pid":15040,"level":30,"method":"_load_recipes","cookbooks_path":"cookbooks","msg":"loading recipes","time":"2015-09-07T08:16:26.761Z","v":0} {"name":"iotdb","module":"IOT","hostname":"MYHOMEPC","pid":15040,"level":30,"method":"_exit_cleanup","paramd":{"from":"exit"},"err":1,"msg":"start","time":"2015-09-07T08:16:26.765Z","v":0} path.js:233 throw new TypeError('Arguments to path.join must be strings'); ^ TypeError: Arguments to path.join must be strings at Object.win32.join (path.js:233:13) at Object.exports.cfg_envd (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\homestar\node_modules\iotdb\cfg.js:387:36) at Keystore._load (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\homestar\node_modules\iotdb\keystore.js:76:38) at new Keystore (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\homestar\node_modules\iotdb\keystore.js:57:10) at Object.keystore (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\homestar\node_modules\iotdb\keystore.js:191:21) at Object.setup (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\homestar\app\settings.js:169:19) at Object. (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\homestar\app\app.js:758:10) at Module._compile (module.js:460:26) at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:478:10) at Module.load (module.js:355:32)

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\homestar\app>

[dpjanes]

What's in "app.js"

[dpjanes]

Als (because of this line) envd.IOTDB_CFG = node_path.join(process.env['HOME'], ".iotdb");

what's in process.env['HOME']?

[nzhome]

the other two directory detections in there seems to work just fine. can you do another check to skip if it is undefined, because it looks like it will eventually find a good directory folder soon afterwards...

      console.log('process.envHOME: ' + process.env['HOME']);
      console.log('__dirname: ' + __dirname);
      console.log('node_path.dirname(process.argv[1]): ' + node_path.dirname(process.argv[1]));

process.envHOME: undefined __dirname: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\homestar\node_modules\iotdb node_path.dirname(process.argv[1]): C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\homestar\app

exports.cfgenvd = function (envd) { envd = .defaults(envd, {});

for (var key in process.env) {
    var value = process.env[key];
    if (!envd[key] && _.is.String(value)) {
        envd[key] = value;
    }
}

if (!envd.IOTDB_CFG) {
      console.log('process.envHOME: ' + process.env['HOME']);
      console.log('__dirname: ' + __dirname);
      console.log('process.argv[1]: ' + process.argv[1]);
    envd.IOTDB_CFG = node_path.join(process.env['HOME'], ".iotdb");
}

if (!envd.IOTDB_INSTALL) {
    envd.IOTDB_INSTALL = __dirname;
}

if (!envd.IOTDB_PROJECT) {
    envd.IOTDB_PROJECT = node_path.dirname(process.argv[1]);
}

[dpjanes]

It won't try to define IOTDB_CFG if there's no HOME. Try it now.

[nzhome]

you have to commit the change before I can see it.

[nzhome]

now it has this message...

{"name":"iotdb-homestar","module":"app/recipe","hostname":"MYHOMEPC","pid":24616,"level":30,"method":"_load_recipes","cookbooks_path":"cookbooks","msg":"loading recipes","time":"2015-09-09T11:48:47.144Z","v":0} {"name":"iotdb-homestar","module":"app/settings","hostname":"MYHOMEPC","pid":24616,"level":50,"method":"setup","cause":"admin hasn't completed setup","fix":"$ homestar set secrets/host 0 --uuid","msg":"missing secret","time":"2015-09-09T11:48:47.149Z","v":0}

[dpjanes]

Have you done "homestar setup"? If you have, this may be a cascade error from ignoring the HOME directory. Is there an equivalent on Windows?

On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 7:50 AM, nzhome notifications@github.com wrote:

now it has this message...

{"name":"iotdb-homestar","module":"app/recipe","hostname":"MYHOMEPC","pid":24616,"level":30,"method":"_load_recipes","cookbooks_path":"cookbooks","msg":"loading recipes","time":"2015-09-09T11:48:47.144Z","v":0} {"name":"iotdb-homestar","module":"app/settings","hostname":"MYHOMEPC","pid":24616,"level":50,"method":"setup","cause":"admin hasn't completed setup","fix":"$ homestar set secrets/host 0 --uuid","msg":"missing secret","time":"2015-09-09T11:48:47.149Z","v":0}

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/dpjanes/iotdb-homestar/issues/5#issuecomment-138886107 .

[nzhome]

yep. .. hey dpjanes did you write all this software on your own? Have you had a look at the very active nodejs homebridge project that brought me to your one?

[nzhome]

I have an idea, I will try

envd.IOTDB_CFG = node_path.join(__dirname, ".iotdb");

[nzhome]

nope that didn't work.

I thought /homestar/runner was optional. i don't have any secret keys. why is it forcing me to have runner secret keys?

[dpjanes]

1) I wasn't familiar with homebridge. Thanks for pointing this out - I'll have a look. I was familiar with https://github.com/KhaosT/HAP-NodeJS

2) There is nothing forcing you to have secret keys, so whatever error you are having is not because of that. It just telling you that you don't have keys installed! It's easy to get keys, just go to HomeStar.io and add some.

3) You still have to do "homestar setup" no matter what. This is a non-optional step and is what causes this error

{"name":"iotdb-homestar","module":"app/settings"," hostname":"MYHOMEPC","pid":24616,"level":50,"method":"setup","cause":"admin hasn't completed setup","fix":"$ homestar set secrets/host 0 --uuid","msg":"missing secret","time":"2015-09-09T11:48:47.149Z","v":0}

D.

On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 3:31 AM, nzhome notifications@github.com wrote:

nope that didn't work.

I thought /homestar/runner was optional. i don't have any secret keys. why is it forcing me to have runner secret keys?

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/dpjanes/iotdb-homestar/issues/5#issuecomment-139984518 .

[dpjanes]

Or to reiterate 1) have you done "homestar setup" 2) if you have, what's the error now?

[nzhome]

1) yes I have done homestar setup 20 times, I do homestar setup everyday for the last 7 days.. still doesn't seem to work.

2) same error.

I will keep trying.

[dpjanes]

Sorry, specifically what is the error?

D.

On Monday, September 14, 2015, nzhome notifications@github.com wrote:

1) yes I have done homestar setup 20 times, I do homestar setup everyday for the last 7 days.. still doesn't seem to work.

2) same error.

I will keep trying.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/dpjanes/iotdb-homestar/issues/5#issuecomment-140171719 .

[nzhome]

there is no error when running homestar setup, it just returns to the console without writting anything to the screen.

and running homestar normally gives {"name":"iotdb-homestar","module":"app/settings"," hostname":"MYHOMEPC","pid":24616,"level":50,"method":"setup","cause":"admin hasn't completed setup","fix":"$ homestar set secrets/host 0 --uuid","msg":"missing secret","time":"2015-09-09T11:48:47.149Z","v":0}

[dpjanes]

Hmmm. OK, I'm going to boot up a Windows machine tomorrow and try to replicate this.

D

On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 4:04 PM, nzhome notifications@github.com wrote:

there is no error when running homestar setup, it just returns to the console without writting anything to the screen.

and running homestar normally gives {"name":"iotdb-homestar","module":"app/settings"," hostname":"MYHOMEPC","pid":24616,"level":50,"method":"setup","cause":"admin hasn't completed setup","fix":"$ homestar set secrets/host 0 --uuid","msg":"missing secret","time":"2015-09-09T11:48:47.149Z","v":0}

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[dpjanes]

I'm betting that you got a whole bunch of errors when you ran "homestar setup". I think I've found all the "unix-isms" and got it working on Windows - it's working on mine now.

npm uninstall -g homestar npm install homestar

homestar help // that should list help homestar setup // should printing interesting stuff about your location homestar install homestar-wemo // assuming you have a WeMo homestar runner // it should be working

Let me know!

[nzhome]

odd thing is that

homestar help

homestar setup

does nothing, it can't even find "homestar"

and typing cd homestar/app and typing node app.js is the only way to start the app.

typing node app.js setup
does nothing.

how can I make my windows execute homestar like you do?

[dpjanes]

1)

Do you mean it does nothing, or it reports an error

2)

Did you start with "npm install -g homestar"?

If you didn't that's the problem. If you did, then likely you didn't install NodeJS correctly on windows. Make sure that wherever it is Node / NPM installs applications, it is on your PATH. This should have been set up when Node was installed.

D.

On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 8:54 PM, nzhome notifications@github.com wrote:

odd thing is that

homestar help

homestar setup

does nothing, it can't even find "homestar"

and typing cd homestar/app and typing node app.js is the only way to start the app.

typing node app.js setup

does nothing.

how can I make my windows execute homestar like you do?

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/dpjanes/iotdb-homestar/issues/5#issuecomment-140589791 .

[nzhome]

2) yep I can type "npm install -g homestar" on any path and it works.. so that means my node path is ok right?

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules>npm install -g homestar

ws@0.4.32 install C:\Users\Hamish\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\homestar\node_modules\mows\node_modules\ws (node-gyp rebuild 2> builderror.log) || (exit 0) ... C:\Users\Hamish\AppData\Roaming\npm\homestar -> C:\Users\Hamish\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\homestar\bin\homestar homestar@0.2.14 C:\Users\Hamish\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\homestar ├── url-join@0.0.1 ├── connect-fs@0.1.1 ├── open@0.0.5 ├── iotdb-transport@0.0.11 ├── iotdb-recipes@0.0.5 ├── uuid@2.0.1 ├── minimist@1.2.0 ├── cookie-parser@1.3.5 (cookie@0.1.3, cookie-signature@1.0.6) ├── passport@0.3.0 (pause@0.0.1, passport-strategy@1.0.0) ├── express-session@1.11.3 (cookie@0.1.3, cookie-signature@1.0.6, utils-merge@1.0.0, on-headers@1.0.0, parseurl@1.3.0, depd@1.0.1, crc@3.3.0, uid-safe@2.0.0, debug@2.2.0) ├── iotdb@0.10.10 (canonical-json@0.0.4, node-uuid@1.4.3, underscore@1.8.3) ├── iotdb-transport-iotdb@0.0.12 (validate@2.1.6) ├── iotdb-transport-express@0.0.18 (validate@2.1.6) ├── iotdb-transport-firebase@0.0.18 (validate@2.1.6) ├── iotdb-transport-mqtt@0.0.12 (validate@2.1.6) ├── iotdb-transport-fs@0.0.16 (rwlock@5.0.0, mkdirp@0.5.1, validate@2.1.6, watch@0.16.0) ├── passport-twitter@1.0.3 (xtraverse@0.1.0, passport-oauth1@1.0.1) ├── body-parser@1.13.3 (bytes@2.1.0, content-type@1.0.1, depd@1.0.1, qs@4.0.0, debug@2.2.0, raw-body@2.1.3, on-finished@2.3.0, http-errors@1.3.1, iconv-lite@0.4.11, type-is@1.6.8) ├── express@4.13.3 (escape-html@1.0.2, merge-descriptors@1.0.0, array-flatten@1.1.1, cookie@0.1.3, utils-merge@1.0.0, cookie-signature@1.0.6, methods@1.1.1, fresh@0.3.0, range-parser@1.0.2, vary@1.0.1, path-to-regexp@0.1.7, content-type@1.0.1, etag@1.7.0, parseurl@1.3.0, content-disposition@0.5.0, serve-static@1.10.0, depd@1.0.1, qs@4.0.0, debug@2.2.0, finalhandler@0.4.0, on-finished@2.3.0, proxy-addr@1.0.8, ├── session-file-store@0.0.20 (bagpipe@0.3.5, retry@0.6.1, fs-extra@0.23.1) ├── prompt@0.2.14 (revalidator@0.1.8, pkginfo@0.3.0, read@1.0.7, winston@0.8.3, utile@0.2.1) ├── jsonwebtoken@5.0.5 (jws@3.1.0) ├── firebase@2.2.9 (faye-websocket@0.9.3) ├── iotdb-timers@0.0.11 (suncalc@1.6.0, moment@2.9.0) ├── swig@1.4.2 (optimist@0.6.1, uglify-js@2.4.24) ├── unirest@0.4.2 (mime@1.2.11, form-data@0.2.0, request@2.51.0) ├── mows@0.0.6 (websocket-stream@0.5.1, mqtt@0.3.13, ws@0.4.32) ├── bunyan@1.5.1 (safe-json-stringify@1.0.3, mv@2.1.1, dtrace-provider@0.6.0) └── mqtt@1.4.1 (inherits@2.0.1, xtend@4.0.0, commist@1.0.0, mqtt-connection@2.1.1, readable-stream@1.0.33, mqtt-packet@3.4.1, end-of-stream@1.1.0, help-me@0.1.0, concat-stream@1.5.0, websocket-stream@2.0.2)

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules>homestar setup 'homestar' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules>cd ..

C:\Program Files\nodejs>homestar setup 'homestar' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

C:\Program Files\nodejs>cd node_modules

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules>cd homestar

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\homestar>homestar setup 'homestar' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\homestar>cd app

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\homestar\app>homestar setup

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\homestar\app>cd ..

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\homestar>cd ..

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules>cd ..

[dpjanes]

1) means Node and NPM is installed properly BUT the fact the command "homestar" isn't available means that something isn't set up correctly. I think there's an option when you install.

ALSO: I just don't run DOS, I ran the "Node Shell" or something like that, under the Start Menu > Programs > Node JS > Node Shell (or something). That might solve the problem.

On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 3:48 PM, nzhome notifications@github.com wrote:

2) yep I can type "npm install -g homestar" on any path and it works.. so that means my node path is ok right?

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules>npm install -g homestar

ws@0.4.32 install C:\Users\Hamish\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\homestar\node_modules\mows\node_modules\ws (node-gyp rebuild 2> builderror.log) || (exit 0) ... C:\Users\Hamish\AppData\Roaming\npm\homestar -> C:\Users\Hamish\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\homestar\bin\homestar homestar@0.2.14 C:\Users\Hamish\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\homestar ├── url-join@0.0.1 ├── connect-fs@0.1.1 ├── open@0.0.5 ├── iotdb-transport@0.0.11 ├── iotdb-recipes@0.0.5 ├── uuid@2.0.1 ├── minimist@1.2.0 ├── cookie-parser@1.3.5 (cookie@0.1.3, cookie-signature@1.0.6) ├── passport@0.3.0 (pause@0.0.1, passport-strategy@1.0.0) ├── express-session@1.11.3 (cookie@0.1.3, cookie-signature@1.0.6, utils-merge@1.0.0, on-headers@1.0.0, parseurl@1.3.0, depd@1.0.1, crc@3.3.0, uid-safe@2.0.0, debug@2.2.0) ├── iotdb@0.10.10 (canonical-json@0.0.4, node-uuid@1.4.3, underscore@1.8.3 ) ├── iotdb-transport-iotdb@0.0.12 (validate@2.1.6) ├── iotdb-transport-express@0.0.18 (validate@2.1.6) ├── iotdb-transport-firebase@0.0.18 (validate@2.1.6) ├── iotdb-transport-mqtt@0.0.12 (validate@2.1.6) ├── iotdb-transport-fs@0.0.16 (rwlock@5.0.0, mkdirp@0.5.1, validate@2.1.6, watch@0.16.0) ├── passport-twitter@1.0.3 (xtraverse@0.1.0, passport-oauth1@1.0.1) ├── body-parser@1.13.3 (bytes@2.1.0, content-type@1.0.1, depd@1.0.1, qs@4.0.0, debug@2.2.0, raw-body@2.1.3, on-finished@2.3.0, http-errors@1.3.1, iconv-lite@0.4.11, type-is@1.6.8) ├── express@4.13.3 (escape-html@1.0.2, merge-descriptors@1.0.0, array-flatten@1.1.1, cookie@0.1.3, utils-merge@1.0.0, cookie-signature@1.0.6, methods@1.1.1, fresh@0.3.0, range-parser@1.0.2, vary@1.0.1, path-to-regexp@0.1.7, content-type@1.0.1, etag@1.7.0, parseurl@1.3.0, content-disposition@0.5.0, serve-static@1.10.0, depd@1.0.1, qs@4.0.0, debug@2.2.0, finalhandler@0.4.0, on-finished@2.3.0, proxy-addr@1.0.8, ├── session-file-store@0.0.20 (bagpipe@0.3.5, retry@0.6.1, fs-extra@0.23.1 ) ├── prompt@0.2.14 (revalidator@0.1.8, pkginfo@0.3.0, read@1.0.7, winston@0.8.3, utile@0.2.1) ├── jsonwebtoken@5.0.5 (jws@3.1.0) ├── firebase@2.2.9 (faye-websocket@0.9.3) ├── iotdb-timers@0.0.11 (suncalc@1.6.0, moment@2.9.0) ├── swig@1.4.2 (optimist@0.6.1, uglify-js@2.4.24) ├── unirest@0.4.2 (mime@1.2.11, form-data@0.2.0, request@2.51.0) ├── mows@0.0.6 (websocket-stream@0.5.1, mqtt@0.3.13, ws@0.4.32) ├── bunyan@1.5.1 (safe-json-stringify@1.0.3, mv@2.1.1, dtrace-provider@0.6.0) └── mqtt@1.4.1 (inherits@2.0.1, xtend@4.0.0, commist@1.0.0, mqtt-connection@2.1.1, readable-stream@1.0.33, mqtt-packet@3.4.1, end-of-stream@1.1.0, help-me@0.1.0, concat-stream@1.5.0, websocket-stream@2.0.2)

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules>homestar setup 'homestar' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules>cd ..

C:\Program Files\nodejs>homestar setup 'homestar' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

C:\Program Files\nodejs>cd node_modules

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules>cd homestar

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\homestar>homestar setup 'homestar' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\homestar>cd app

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\homestar\app>homestar setup

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\homestar\app>cd ..

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\homestar>cd ..

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules>cd ..

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[nzhome]

I finally figured it out.. I had to open a cmd window

copy homestar to this folder cd C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ homestar setup

probably has something to do with the -g command line and the homestar.cmd file it creates in that folder.

npm install -g homestar

or something like that, now I get correctly

C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\npm>homestar setup change: host → e53b691a-c918-48a2-b4d0-d59532e9ad54 change: session → 22c9ed4c-246a-488e-bb20-b208dc0d164e change: machine_id → 1cc00972-31ac-4a8a-b7b6-52560ac74c84 change: latitude → -36.8641 change: longitude → 174.7621 change: locality → Auckland change: country → NZ change: region → AUK change: timezone → Pacific/Auckland change: postal_code → 1010

[dpjanes]

If this is good, can you close please!

[nzhome]

nope, it still does not work. seems there is issues with homestar. all my other npm nodejs work fine on my PC and RaspberryPI2, its just homestar.