I am new to Node js and got some issues. Previously I was using node Js v13.8 to run my express application and it was working very well. I was using es6 syntax and type module having JS extension files. But, when I upgraded to Node 14.1.0. It's showing the following error(Same error with 13.9 as well).
TypeError [ERR_UNKNOWN_FILE_EXTENSION]: Unknown file extension "" for D:\Projects\matri-site\bin\www.
Again when I downgraded to Node 13.8, it works fine.
Here is my package.json file :
{
"name": "matri-site",
"version": "0.0.0",
"private": true,
"type": "module",
"scripts": {
"start": "node ./bin/www"
},
"dependencies": {
"bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
"buffer": "^5.5.0",
"cookie-parser": "~1.4.4",
"debug": "~2.6.9",
"express": "4.16.1",
"handlebars": "^4.7.6",
"http-errors": "~1.6.3",
"jade": "~1.11.0",
"jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.1",
"mongoose": "^5.8.9",
"morgan": "~1.9.1",
"nodemailer": "^6.4.2",
"redis": "^3.0.2",
"validator": "^12.1.0",
"validatorjs": "^3.18.1"
},
"devDependencies": {
"eslint": "^6.8.0"
}
}
Here is my WWW file:
#!/usr/bin/env node
/**
* Module dependencies.
*/
// var app = require('../app');
// var debug = require('debug')('matri-site:server');
// var http = require('http');
import app from '../app.js';
import debug from "debug";
debug.debug('matri-site:server');
import http from "http";
/**
* Get port from environment and store in Express.
*/
var port = normalizePort(process.env.PORT || '3000');
app.set('port', port);
/**
* Create HTTP server.
*/
var server = http.createServer(app);
/**
* Listen on provided port, on all network interfaces.
*/
server.listen(port);
server.on('error', onError);
server.on('listening', onListening);
/**
* Normalize a port into a number, string, or false.
*/
function normalizePort(val) {
var port = parseInt(val, 10);
if (isNaN(port)) {
// named pipe
return val;
}
if (port >= 0) {
// port number
return port;
}
return false;
}
/**
* Event listener for HTTP server "error" event.
*/
function onError(error) {
if (error.syscall !== 'listen') {
throw error;
}
var bind = typeof port === 'string'
? 'Pipe ' + port
: 'Port ' + port;
// handle specific listen errors with friendly messages
switch (error.code) {
case 'EACCES':
console.error(bind + ' requires elevated privileges');
process.exit(1);
break;
case 'EADDRINUSE':
console.error(bind + ' is already in use');
process.exit(1);
break;
default:
throw error;
}
}
/**
* Event listener for HTTP server "listening" event.
*/
function onListening() {
var addr = server.address();
var bind = typeof addr === 'string'
? 'pipe ' + addr
: 'port ' + addr.port;
debug('Listening on ' + bind);
}
Ok I write the solution here if you succeeded, in addition I also tell you the reasons for the error. WWW needs an extension, like .js (WWW.js). This is because get_format.js tries to get the type of exetension, it's all written in the error generated in the console.