TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'request')

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HI! I get this error when trying to build from github…

the site name: relaxed-lamport-e120eb

and the log.
hope someone can help me out!
Thanks in advance!!

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9:12:33 PM: npm WARN deprecated request@2.88.2: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
9:12:36 PM: npm WARN deprecated querystring@0.2.0: The querystring API is considered Legacy. new code should use the URLSearchParams API instead.
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9:12:51 PM:   baseRelDir: true
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9:12:51 PM: ❯ Current directory
9:12:51 PM:   /opt/build/repo
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9:12:51 PM: ❯ Context
9:12:51 PM:   production
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9:12:51 PM: ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
9:12:51 PM:   1. Build command from Netlify app                             
9:12:51 PM: ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
9:12:51 PM: ​
9:12:51 PM: $ npm run build
9:12:52 PM: > cariboutou@0.1.0 build
9:12:52 PM: > vue-cli-service build
9:12:52 PM: -  Building for production...
9:13:07 PM:  ERROR  TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'request')
9:13:07 PM: TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'request')
9:13:07 PM:     at transform (/opt/build/repo/node_modules/@soda/friendly-errors-webpack-plugin/src/transformers/moduleNotFound.js:17:61)
9:13:07 PM:     at transform (/opt/build/repo/node_modules/@soda/friendly-errors-webpack-plugin/src/core/transformErrors.js:28:45)
9:13:07 PM:     at Array.reduce (<anonymous>)
9:13:07 PM:     at applyTransformations (/opt/build/repo/node_modules/@soda/friendly-errors-webpack-plugin/src/core/transformErrors.js:29:56)
9:13:07 PM:     at Array.map (<anonymous>)
9:13:07 PM:     at processErrors (/opt/build/repo/node_modules/@soda/friendly-errors-webpack-plugin/src/core/transformErrors.js:31:35)
9:13:07 PM:     at FriendlyErrorsWebpackPlugin.displayErrors (/opt/build/repo/node_modules/@soda/friendly-errors-webpack-plugin/src/friendly-errors-plugin.js:97:29)
9:13:07 PM:     at doneFn (/opt/build/repo/node_modules/@soda/friendly-errors-webpack-plugin/src/friendly-errors-plugin.js:52:14)
9:13:07 PM:     at AsyncSeriesHook.eval [as callAsync] (eval at create (/opt/build/repo/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:33:10), <anonymous>:18:1)
9:13:07 PM:     at AsyncSeriesHook.lazyCompileHook (/opt/build/repo/node_modules/tapable/lib/Hook.js:154:20)
9:13:07 PM:     at onCompiled (/opt/build/repo/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compiler.js:271:21)
9:13:07 PM:     at /opt/build/repo/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compiler.js:681:15
9:13:07 PM:     at AsyncSeriesHook.eval [as callAsync] (eval at create (/opt/build/repo/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:33:10), <anonymous>:6:1)
9:13:07 PM:     at AsyncSeriesHook.lazyCompileHook (/opt/build/repo/node_modules/tapable/lib/Hook.js:154:20)
9:13:07 PM:     at /opt/build/repo/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compiler.js:678:31
9:13:07 PM:     at AsyncSeriesHook.eval [as callAsync] (eval at create (/opt/build/repo/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:33:10), <anonymous>:6:1)
9:13:07 PM: ​
9:13:07 PM: ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
9:13:07 PM:   "build.command" failed                                        
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9:13:07 PM:   Error message
9:13:07 PM:   Command failed with exit code 1: npm run build
9:13:07 PM: ​
9:13:07 PM:   Error location
9:13:07 PM:   In Build command from Netlify app:
9:13:07 PM:   npm run build
9:13:07 PM: ​
9:13:07 PM:   Resolved config
9:13:07 PM:   build:
9:13:07 PM:     command: npm run build
9:13:07 PM:     commandOrigin: ui
9:13:07 PM:     publish: /opt/build/repo/dist
9:13:07 PM:     publishOrigin: ui
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9:13:10 PM: Build failed due to a user error: Build script returned non-zero exit code: 2
9:13:10 PM: Creating deploy upload records
9:13:11 PM: Failing build: Failed to build site
9:13:11 PM: Failed during stage 'building site': Build script returned non-zero exit code: 2
9:13:11 PM: Finished processing build request in 1m3.721552396s
#2

Hi @Posoroko,

The error lies with the code and we cannot guess where exactly in it it’s coming from. You need to check where exactly you’re trying to use foo.request where foo could be any object. If it’s not you, one of your dependencies might be causing issues and you might have to use trial and error to figure out which one it is.

#3

Hi! thanks for your answer!

I tried deleting the post, but couldn’t find how. I continued working on the code without deployin and realised this morning the it had finaly buit by itself on netlify after I pushed modifications to github. I have no clue what the bug was. :slight_smile: