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Angular8 : ng run => 'Project target does not exist.' when using i18n


Based on those tutorials : https://angular-templates.io/tutorials/about/angular-internationalization-i18n-multi-language-appand https://medium.com/@ismaestro/angular-7-example-app-with-angularcli-angular-universal-i18n-official-firebase-66deac2dc31e I'm trying to build and use an Angular 8 app using i18n as internationalisation system.

However, when I try to run npm build:ssr (cfr. below), I get An unhandled exception occurred: Project target does not exist.

Here, the angular.json:

{
    "$schema": "./node_modules/@angular/cli/lib/config/schema.json",
    "version": 1,
    "newProjectRoot": "projects",
    "projects": {
        "boilerplate": {
            "root": "",
            "sourceRoot": "src",
            "projectType": "application",
            "architect": {
                "build": {
                    "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:browser",
                    "options": {
                        "outputPath": "dist",
                        "index": "src/index.html",
                        "main": "src/main.ts",
                        "tsConfig": "tsconfig.app.json",
                        "polyfills": "src/polyfills.ts",
                        "assets": [
                            "src/assets",
                            "src/favicon.ico"
                        ],
                        "styles": [
                            "src/styles.scss"
                        ],
                        "scripts": []
                    },
                    "configurations": {
                        "en": {
                            "outputPath": "dist/browser/",
                            "baseHref": "/",
                            "i18nFile": "src/locale/messages.en.xlf",
                            "i18nFormat": "xlf",
                            "i18nLocale": "en",
                            "i18nMissingTranslation": "error",
                            "assets": [
                                {
                                    "glob": "**/*",
                                    "input": "src/assets/",
                                    "output": "/assets/",
                                    "ignore": [
                                        "base/*",
                                        "css/*",
                                        "js/*"
                                    ]
                                },
                                {
                                    "glob": "**/*",
                                    "input": "src/assets/base",
                                    "output": "/"
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        "fr": {
                            "outputPath": "dist/browser/",
                            "baseHref": "/fr/",
                            "i18nFile": "src/locale/messages.fr.xlf",
                            "i18nFormat": "xlf",
                            "i18nLocale": "fr",
                            "i18nMissingTranslation": "error",
                            "assets": [
                                {
                                    "glob": "**/*",
                                    "input": "src/assets/",
                                    "output": "/assets/",
                                    "ignore": [
                                        "base/*",
                                        "css/*",
                                        "js/*"
                                    ]
                                },
                                {
                                    "glob": "**/*",
                                    "input": "src/assets/base",
                                    "output": "/"
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        "production-en": {
                            "assets": [
                                {
                                    "glob": "**/*",
                                    "input": "src/assets/",
                                    "output": "/assets/",
                                    "ignore": [
                                        "base/*",
                                        "css/*",
                                        "js/*"
                                    ]
                                },
                                {
                                    "glob": "**/*",
                                    "input": "src/assets/base",
                                    "output": "/"
                                }
                            ],
                            "fileReplacements": [
                                {
                                    "replace": "src/environments/environment.ts",
                                    "with": "src/environments/environment.prod.ts"
                                }
                            ],
                            "optimization": true,
                            "outputHashing": "all",
                            "sourceMap": false,
                            "extractCss": true,
                            "namedChunks": false,
                            "extractLicenses": true,
                            "vendorChunk": false,
                            "budgets": [
                                {
                                    "type": "initial",
                                    "maximumWarning": "2mb",
                                    "maximumError": "5mb"
                                }
                            ],
                            "outputPath": "dist/browser/",
                            "baseHref": "/",
                            "i18nFile": "src/locale/messages.en.xlf",
                            "i18nFormat": "xlf",
                            "i18nLocale": "en",
                            "i18nMissingTranslation": "error"
                        },
                        "production-fr": {
                            "fileReplacements": [
                                {
                                    "replace": "src/environments/environment.ts",
                                    "with": "src/environments/environment.prod.ts"
                                }
                            ],
                            "optimization": true,
                            "outputHashing": "all",
                            "sourceMap": false,
                            "extractCss": true,
                            "namedChunks": false,
                            "aot": true,
                            "extractLicenses": true,
                            "vendorChunk": false,
                            "budgets": [
                                {
                                    "type": "initial",
                                    "maximumWarning": "2mb",
                                    "maximumError": "5mb"
                                }
                            ],
                            "outputPath": "dist/browser/fr/",
                            "baseHref": "/fr/",
                            "i18nFile": "src/locale/messages.fr.xlf",
                            "i18nFormat": "xlf",
                            "i18nLocale": "fr",
                            "i18nMissingTranslation": "error"
                        }
                    }
                },
                "serve": {
                    "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:dev-server",
                    "options": {
                        "browserTarget": "boilerplate:build:production-en"
                    },
                    "configurations": {
                        "fr": {
                            "browserTarget": "boilerplate:build:production-fr"
                        },
                        "en": {
                            "browserTarget": "boilerplate:build:production-en"
                        }
                    }
                },
                "extract-i18n": {
                    "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:extract-i18n",
                    "options": {
                        "browserTarget": "boilerplate:build"
                    }
                },
                "test": {
                    "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:karma",
                    "options": {
                        "main": "src/test.ts",
                        "karmaConfig": "./karma.conf.js",
                        "polyfills": "src/polyfills.ts",
                        "tsConfig": "tsconfig.spec.json",
                        "scripts": [],
                        "styles": [
                            "src/styles.scss"
                        ],
                        "assets": [
                            "src/assets",
                            "src/favicon.ico"
                        ]
                    }
                },
                "lint": {
                    "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:tslint",
                    "options": {
                        "tsConfig": [
                            "tsconfig.app.json",
                            "tsconfig.spec.json"
                        ],
                        "exclude": [
                            "**/node_modules/**"
                        ]
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "boilerplate-e2e": {
            "root": "e2e",
            "sourceRoot": "e2e",
            "projectType": "application",
            "architect": {
                "e2e": {
                    "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:protractor",
                    "options": {
                        "protractorConfig": "./protractor.conf.js",
                        "devServerTarget": "boilerplate:serve"
                    }
                },
                "lint": {
                    "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:tslint",
                    "options": {
                        "tsConfig": [
                            "e2e/tsconfig.e2e.json"
                        ],
                        "exclude": [
                            "**/node_modules/**"
                        ]
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "defaultProject": "boilerplate",
    "schematics": {
        "@schematics/angular:component": {
            "prefix": "app",
            "styleext": "scss"
        },
        "@schematics/angular:directive": {
            "prefix": "app"
        }
    }
}

and a part of the package.json:

"scripts": {
        "ng": "ng",
        "start": "ng serve",
        "build": "ng build",
        "lint": "ng lint boilerplate",

        "build:prod:en": "ng build --configuration=production-en",
        "build:prod:fr": "ng build --configuration=production-fr",
        "build:server:prod:en": "ng run boilerplate:server:production-en",
        "build:server:prod:fr": "ng run boilerplate:server:production-fr",
        "build:library": "ng build ngx-example-library",
        "build:client-and-server-bundles": "npm run build:prod:en && npm run build:prod:fr && npm run build:server:prod:en && npm run build:server:prod:fr",
        "webpack:server": "webpack --config webpack.server.config.js --progress --colors",
        "build:ssr": "npm run build:client-and-server-bundles && npm run webpack:server",
        "serve:ssr": "node dist/server"
    },

As previously explain, I would like to successfully run my Angular application with i18n. But the error message is:

[error] Error: Project target does not exist. at WorkspaceNodeModulesArchitectHost.getBuilderNameForTarget (/Users/user$ at RunCommand.runSingleTarget (/Users/user/Desktop/Boilerplate/boilerpla$ at RunCommand.runArchitectTarget (/Users/user/Desktop/Boilerplate/boiler$ at RunCommand.run (/Users/user/Desktop/Boilerplate/boilerplate/node_modu$ at RunCommand.validateAndRun (/Users/user/Desktop/Boilerplate/boilerplat$ at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:43:7) at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:778:11) at startup (internal/bootstrap/node.js:300:19) at bootstrapNodeJSCore (internal/bootstrap/node.js:826:3)

If someone already had the same issue and could explain me what I'm doing wrong ? Thx


Solution

  • I found this. The problem is:

    1) you are missing architect config in angular.json file.

    2) There is a problem at your browserTarget. The target must point to the project, not to Angular.

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    1) Please add these line to angular.json file => project => {{your project name}} => achitect: (remember to replace"{{project name}}"` to your project name)

            "server": {
              "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:server",
              "options": {
                "outputPath": "dist/"{{project name}}"/server",
                "main": "server.ts",
                "tsConfig": "tsconfig.server.json"
              },
              "configurations": {
                "production": {
                  "outputHashing": "media",
                  "fileReplacements": [
                    {
                      "replace": "src/environments/environment.ts",
                      "with": "src/environments/environment.prod.ts"
                    }
                  ],
                  "sourceMap": false,
                  "optimization": true
                }
              }
            },
            "serve-ssr": {
              "builder": "@nguniversal/builders:ssr-dev-server",
              "options": {
                "browserTarget": ""{{project name}}":build",
                "serverTarget": ""{{project name}}":server"
              },
              "configurations": {
                "production": {
                  "browserTarget": ""{{project name}}":build:production",
                  "serverTarget": ""{{project name}}":server:production"
                }
              }
            },
            "prerender": {
              "builder": "@nguniversal/builders:prerender",
              "options": {
                "browserTarget": ""{{project name}}":build:production",
                "serverTarget": ""{{project name}}":server:production",
                "routes": [
                  "/"
                ]
              },
              "configurations": {
                "production": {}
              }
            }
    

    2) Make sure you have @nguniversal/express-engine and @nguniversal/builders in your package.json: npm i @nguniversal/express-engine @nguniversal/builders -D