Example failing with Error: Cannot find module '..' on MacOS 10.10.2

[jvelliott]

Sorry if this is a noob problem, as I am new to node.js and coffeescript.

When I try running the steps in example.js, I get the following error:

[RAZORBOAR ~/src/node-slack-client] npm install

> ws@0.4.31 install /Users/jelliott/src/node-slack-client/node_modules/ws
> (node-gyp rebuild 2> builderror.log) || (exit 0)

  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/bufferutil/src/bufferutil.o
log@1.4.0 node_modules/log

should@2.0.2 node_modules/should

grunt-shell@0.5.0 node_modules/grunt-shell
└── stripcolorcodes@0.1.0

coffee-script@1.9.0 node_modules/coffee-script

grunt-release@0.6.1 node_modules/grunt-release
├── semver@2.0.11
├── shelljs@0.1.4
└── superagent@0.15.7 (methods@0.0.1, cookiejar@1.3.0, debug@0.7.4, qs@0.6.5, emitter-component@1.0.0, reduce-component@1.0.1, mime@1.2.5, formidable@1.0.14)

mocha@1.13.0 node_modules/mocha
├── diff@1.0.7
├── growl@1.7.0
├── commander@0.6.1
├── mkdirp@0.3.5
├── debug@2.1.1 (ms@0.6.2)
├── glob@3.2.3 (inherits@2.0.1, graceful-fs@2.0.3, minimatch@0.2.14)
└── jade@0.26.3 (mkdirp@0.3.0)

grunt-contrib-coffee@0.12.0 node_modules/grunt-contrib-coffee
├── uri-path@0.0.2
├── chalk@0.5.1 (escape-string-regexp@1.0.2, ansi-styles@1.1.0, supports-color@0.2.0, strip-ansi@0.3.0, has-ansi@0.1.0)
├── coffee-script@1.8.0 (mkdirp@0.3.5)
└── lodash@2.4.1

grunt-contrib-watch@0.5.3 node_modules/grunt-contrib-watch
├── tiny-lr@0.0.4 (debug@0.7.4, faye-websocket@0.4.4, noptify@0.0.3, qs@0.5.6)
└── gaze@0.4.3 (globule@0.1.0)

grunt@0.4.5 node_modules/grunt
├── which@1.0.8
├── dateformat@1.0.2-1.2.3
├── eventemitter2@0.4.14
├── getobject@0.1.0
├── rimraf@2.2.8
├── colors@0.6.2
├── async@0.1.22
├── hooker@0.2.3
├── grunt-legacy-util@0.2.0
├── exit@0.1.2
├── nopt@1.0.10 (abbrev@1.0.5)
├── lodash@0.9.2
├── minimatch@0.2.14 (sigmund@1.0.0, lru-cache@2.5.0)
├── coffee-script@1.3.3
├── underscore.string@2.2.1
├── glob@3.1.21 (inherits@1.0.0, graceful-fs@1.2.3)
├── iconv-lite@0.2.11
├── findup-sync@0.1.3 (glob@3.2.11, lodash@2.4.1)
├── grunt-legacy-log@0.1.1 (underscore.string@2.3.3, lodash@2.4.1)
└── js-yaml@2.0.5 (argparse@0.1.16, esprima@1.0.4)

ws@0.4.31 node_modules/ws
├── tinycolor@0.0.1
├── options@0.0.6
├── commander@0.6.1
└── nan@0.3.2
[RAZORBOAR ~/src/node-slack-client] cd examples
[RAZORBOAR ~/src/node-slack-client/examples] node simple.js 
module.js:338
    throw err;
          ^
Error: Cannot find module '..'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:336:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:278:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:365:17)
    at require (module.js:384:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/jelliott/Documents/ws-src/node-slack-client/examples/simple.js:11:13)
    at Module._compile (module.js:460:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:478:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:355:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:310:12)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:501:10)

Interestingly, I can run bin/slack no problem:

[RAZORBOAR ~/src/node-slack-client/] bin/slack xoxb-TOKEN
[Tue Feb 17 2015 00:00:26 GMT-0800 (PST)] INFO Connecting...
Welcome to Slack. You are mrroboto of Team funslack
You are in: #general
> /help
Commands:
/msg channel text
/join channel
/leave channel
/quit

With other googling, I've seen some people ask for the npm ls

[RAZORBOAR ~/src/node-slack-client/] npm ls
slack-client@1.3.1 /Users/jelliott/src/node-slack-client
├── coffee-script@1.9.0
├─┬ grunt@0.4.5
│ ├── async@0.1.22
│ ├── coffee-script@1.3.3
│ ├── colors@0.6.2
│ ├── dateformat@1.0.2-1.2.3
│ ├── eventemitter2@0.4.14
│ ├── exit@0.1.2
│ ├─┬ findup-sync@0.1.3
│ │ ├─┬ glob@3.2.11
│ │ │ ├── inherits@2.0.1
│ │ │ └─┬ minimatch@0.3.0
│ │ │   ├── lru-cache@2.5.0
│ │ │   └── sigmund@1.0.0
│ │ └── lodash@2.4.1
│ ├── getobject@0.1.0
│ ├─┬ glob@3.1.21
│ │ ├── graceful-fs@1.2.3
│ │ └── inherits@1.0.0
│ ├─┬ grunt-legacy-log@0.1.1
│ │ ├── colors@0.6.2
│ │ ├── lodash@2.4.1
│ │ └── underscore.string@2.3.3
│ ├─┬ grunt-legacy-util@0.2.0
│ │ ├── async@0.1.22
│ │ ├── lodash@0.9.2
│ │ └── underscore.string@2.2.1
│ ├── hooker@0.2.3
│ ├── iconv-lite@0.2.11
│ ├─┬ js-yaml@2.0.5
│ │ ├─┬ argparse@0.1.16
│ │ │ ├── underscore@1.7.0
│ │ │ └── underscore.string@2.4.0
│ │ └── esprima@1.0.4
│ ├── lodash@0.9.2
│ ├─┬ minimatch@0.2.14
│ │ ├── lru-cache@2.5.0
│ │ └── sigmund@1.0.0
│ ├─┬ nopt@1.0.10
│ │ └── abbrev@1.0.5
│ ├── rimraf@2.2.8
│ ├── underscore.string@2.2.1
│ └── which@1.0.8
├─┬ grunt-contrib-coffee@0.12.0
│ ├─┬ chalk@0.5.1
│ │ ├── ansi-styles@1.1.0
│ │ ├── escape-string-regexp@1.0.2
│ │ ├─┬ has-ansi@0.1.0
│ │ │ └── ansi-regex@0.2.1
│ │ ├─┬ strip-ansi@0.3.0
│ │ │ └── ansi-regex@0.2.1
│ │ └── supports-color@0.2.0
│ ├─┬ coffee-script@1.8.0
│ │ └── mkdirp@0.3.5
│ ├── lodash@2.4.1
│ └── uri-path@0.0.2
├─┬ grunt-contrib-watch@0.5.3
│ ├─┬ gaze@0.4.3
│ │ └─┬ globule@0.1.0
│ │   ├─┬ glob@3.1.21
│ │   │ ├── graceful-fs@1.2.3
│ │   │ └── inherits@1.0.0
│ │   ├── lodash@1.0.1
│ │   └─┬ minimatch@0.2.14
│ │     ├── lru-cache@2.5.0
│ │     └── sigmund@1.0.0
│ └─┬ tiny-lr@0.0.4
│   ├── debug@0.7.4
│   ├── faye-websocket@0.4.4
│   ├─┬ noptify@0.0.3
│   │ └─┬ nopt@2.0.0
│   │   └── abbrev@1.0.5
│   └── qs@0.5.6
├─┬ grunt-release@0.6.1
│ ├── semver@2.0.11
│ ├── shelljs@0.1.4
│ └─┬ superagent@0.15.7
│   ├── cookiejar@1.3.0
│   ├── debug@0.7.4
│   ├── emitter-component@1.0.0
│   ├── formidable@1.0.14
│   ├── methods@0.0.1
│   ├── mime@1.2.5
│   ├── qs@0.6.5
│   └── reduce-component@1.0.1
├─┬ grunt-shell@0.5.0
│ └── stripcolorcodes@0.1.0
├── log@1.4.0
├─┬ mocha@1.13.0
│ ├── commander@0.6.1
│ ├─┬ debug@2.1.1
│ │ └── ms@0.6.2
│ ├── diff@1.0.7
│ ├─┬ glob@3.2.3
│ │ ├── graceful-fs@2.0.3
│ │ ├── inherits@2.0.1
│ │ └─┬ minimatch@0.2.14
│ │   ├── lru-cache@2.5.0
│ │   └── sigmund@1.0.0
│ ├── growl@1.7.0
│ ├─┬ jade@0.26.3
│ │ └── mkdirp@0.3.0
│ └── mkdirp@0.3.5
├── should@2.0.2
└─┬ ws@0.4.31
  ├── commander@0.6.1
  ├── nan@0.3.2
  ├── options@0.0.6
  └── tinycolor@0.0.1

[jvelliott]

I'm up to date on master as of 7e7dac7

https://github.com/slackhq/node-slack-client/blob/7e7dac795bda4c39215b4334be21436c0bf1b334/examples/simple.js

[wiggly]

Similarly a node newbie and having the same problem on Linux.

[evansolomon]

Pretty sure this is because the CoffeeScript isn't compiled and by default the example JavaScript file can't load it. Can you try making the first line of code (before var Slack...) say require('coffee-script/register')?

I think that should work. Let me know, if so I'll update the example.

(note: this is just an issue with the example, not with the actual package, because the CoffeeScript is compiled to JavaScript when it's published to npm)

[wiggly-admedo]

Yes, adding that allows the example to work.

[evansolomon]

Thanks. I added that line to the example.

[jvelliott]

Confirmed working.

Thanks so much!