Not able to start

[mgd216]

Greetings,

I'm trying to get mongodb-rest running on Ubuntu 10.10. I have node.js and npm installed:

me@TestBox:~/dev_apps$ sudo npm install mongodb-rest npm info it worked if it ends with ok npm info using npm@0.3.18 npm info using node@v0.5.0-pre npm info preinstall mongodb-rest@0.6.6 npm info install mongodb-rest@0.6.6 npm info postinstall mongodb-rest@0.6.6 npm info predeactivate mongodb-rest@0.6.6 npm info deactivate mongodb-rest@0.6.6 npm info postdeactivate mongodb-rest@0.6.6 npm info preactivate mongodb-rest@0.6.6 npm info activate mongodb-rest@0.6.6 npm info postactivate mongodb-rest@0.6.6 npm info build Success: mongodb-rest@0.6.6 npm ok

me@TestBox:~/dev_apps$ sudo mongodb-rest

node.js:178 throw e; // process.nextTick error, or 'error' event on first tick ^ TypeError: Object #

[tdegrunt]

Haven't tried node 0.5.0 yet, a little too new. I've tried with 0.4.2 and that seems to work!

[benjamine]

Isn't this related to Express? do you have Express installed?

[mgd216]

Thanks for the quick response, a bit new to node.js. I confirmed that express was installed:

me@TestBox:~/dev_apps$ sudo npm install express@latest npm info it worked if it ends with ok npm info using npm@0.3.18 npm info using node@v0.5.0-pre npm info range connect@>= 1.1.6 < 2.0.0 npm info preinstall connect@1.2.0 npm info preinstall express@2.2.0 npm info install connect@1.2.0 npm info postinstall connect@1.2.0 npm info predeactivate connect@1.1.5 npm info deactivate connect@1.1.5 npm info postdeactivate connect@1.1.5 npm info preactivate connect@1.2.0 npm info activate connect@1.2.0 npm info postactivate connect@1.2.0 npm info install express@2.2.0 npm info postinstall express@2.2.0 npm info predeactivate express@2.1.1 npm info deactivate express@2.1.1 npm info postdeactivate express@2.1.1 npm info preactivate express@2.2.0 npm info activate express@2.2.0 npm info postactivate express@2.2.0 npm info build Success: connect@1.2.0 npm info build Success: express@2.2.0 npm ok

From the log, appears express version 2.2.0 is installed. I see your point that 0.5.0 might be a bit new, is there a way to 'down-grade' to the 0.4.2 version? Thanks for your help.

Matt

[benjamine]

I'm not familiar with this project, but googling a bit, it seems that bodyDecoder has been renamed on Express 2, check out this topic: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/express-js/gkbCAhVewbs

the answer seems to be: "Change .bodyDecoder() to .bodyParser() and .cookieDecoder() to .cookieParser(). .staticProvider() is also now .static()."

You can try using Express 1, maybe @tdegrunt can confirm this. I don't know if compatibility with Express 2 is planned.

[mgd216]

benjamine, you are correct, looks like a version issue. I'm trying to get the 1.0.9 version of express installed, but can not figure out how to 'revert' the 2.1.1 version back to 1.0.9.

Trying: sudo npm install express@1.0.9

But just getting: Error: version not found: 1.0.9 : express/1.0.9

Maybe I'll try getting the source code down and configuring it to work with 2.1.1 with the changes you noted above. Thanks again.

Matt

[tdegrunt]

It most certainly was a version issue. Hadn't updated it to Express 2.2 at all. Just update to mongodb-rest@0.6.7, should fix your issue. Still haven't tried it with node 0.5-pre though.

Thank you!

[mgd216]

Tom,

Awesome, thanks for the quick update, that did the trick! Still getting up to speed on a lot of things. I've been a Java middle ware programmer for 6 years, need something new and exciting, this is very cool. Thanks for your help.

Matt