Reputation: 882
I am trying to use jQuery in a node.js application. It seems easy enough according to Can I use jQuery with Node.js? but when I tried to run npm install jQuery jsdom htmlparser xmlhttprequest
and simply npm install jQuery
neither one seemed to work for me. Here is the full text of the error message I got:
$ npm install jQuery jsdom htmlparser xmlhttprequest
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/htmlparser
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/jQuery
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/xmlhttprequest
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/jsdom
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/jsdom
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/htmlparser
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/xmlhttprequest
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/jQuery
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/contextify
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/cssom
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/request
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/contextify
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/cssom
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/request
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/bindings
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/bindings
> [email protected] install /Users/nicmeiring/node_modules/jsdom/node_modules/contextify
> node-gyp rebuild
info it worked if it ends with ok
spawn python [ '/Users/nicmeiring/.node-gyp/0.6.14/tools/gyp_addon',
'binding.gyp',
'-I/Users/nicmeiring/node_modules/jsdom/node_modules/contextify/build/config.gypi',
'-f',
'make' ]
ERR! Error: not found: make
at F (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:43:28)
at E (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:46:29)
at Object.oncomplete (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:57:16)
ERR! not ok
npm WARN optional dependency failed, continuing [email protected]
[email protected] ./node_modules/xmlhttprequest
[email protected] ./node_modules/jquery
[email protected] ./node_modules/htmlparser
[email protected] ./node_modules/jsdom
├── [email protected]
└── [email protected]
In my node.js application file (app.js) I include the jquery module using var $ = require('jQuery)
, but, as expected, it returns an error when I try to use jQuery in my application. Any ideas what is causing the install to fail? Thanks
UPDATE: the jquery module successfully installed but when I try to run my app I am getting a new error. Here are the scripts:
app.js
var express = require('express')
, routes = require('./routes')
, $ = require('jquery');
var app = module.exports = express.createServer();
// Configuration
app.configure(function(){
app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
app.set('view engine', 'jade');
app.use(express.bodyParser());
app.use(express.methodOverride());
app.use(require('stylus').middleware({ src: __dirname + '/public' }));
app.use(app.router);
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
});
app.configure('development', function(){
app.use(express.errorHandler({ dumpExceptions: true, showStack: true }));
});
app.configure('production', function(){
app.use(express.errorHandler());
});
// Routes
app.get('/', routes.index);
app.get('/', routes.getData);
app.listen(4000);
console.log("Express server listening on port %d in %s mode", app.address().port, app.settings.env);
and index.js
var $ = require('jquery');
exports.index = function(req, res){
console.log("rendering index.html")
res.render('layout', { title: 'Express' })
};
var link = "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=parse&format=json&callback=?"
exports.getData = $.ajax({
url: link,
dataType: JSON,
data: data,
success: function(data) {
console.log(data);
console.log(data.parse.text['*']);
}
});
and here is the error I am getting when I start up the app
Nic-Meirings-MacBook-Pro:Wiki2 nicmeiring$ node app
node.js:201
throw e; // process.nextTick error, or 'error' event on first tick
^
ReferenceError: $ is not defined
at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/nicmeiring/Sites/Wiki2/routes/index.js:16:19)
at Module._compile (module.js:441:26)
at Object..js (module.js:459:10)
at Module.load (module.js:348:31)
at Function._load (module.js:308:12)
at Module.require (module.js:354:17)
at require (module.js:370:17)
at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/nicmeiring/Sites/Wiki2/app.js:7:14)
at Module._compile (module.js:441:26)
at Object..js (module.js:459:10)
Upvotes: 1
Views: 1692
Reputation: 10413
It seems you are missing "make" which comes with Developer Tools. Here is the related SO question:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/1470005/337504
Upvotes: 2