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harsh_broh
harsh_broh

Reputation: 95

The "id" argument must be of type string. Received type object

As I created my first app and run, I got this error.

TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "id" argument must be of type string. Received type object

const electron = require("electron");

const { app, BrowserWindow } = require(electron);

let createWindow = () => {
  let window = new BrowserWindow({
    width: 800,
    height: 600,
    webPreferences: {
      nodeIntegration: true,
    },
  });

  // load the index.html file
  window.loadFile("index.html");
  
  window.webContents.openDevTools();
};

app.whenReady().then(createWindow);

// Quit when all windows closed
app.on("window-all-closed", () => {
  if (process.platform !== "darwin") {
    app.quit();
  }
});

app.on("active", () => {
  if (BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().length === 0) {
    createWindow();
  }
});

What went wrong here?

Upvotes: 9

Views: 29276

Answers (2)

connexo
connexo

Reputation: 56754

You already required electron, so use it:

const electron = require("electron");

const { app, BrowserWindow } = electron;

If all you need from electron is app and BrowserWindow, simply destructure right from the require:

const { app, BrowserWindow } = require("electron");

Upvotes: 1

mhovd
mhovd

Reputation: 4067

Your problem is here

const { app, BrowserWindow } = require(electron);

With the following fix

const { app, BrowserWindow } = require('electron');

This is because require() requires a string as a parameter.

Upvotes: 12

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