Fail to import .node

[felipe-augusto]

Throws an error when trying to build:

Running the build script…
yarn run v1.22.4
$ vue-cli-service build

-  Building for production...
 ERROR  Failed to compile with 1 errors6:34:17 PM

 error  in ./node_modules/robotjs/build/Release/robotjs.node

Module parse failed: Unexpected character '�' (1:0)
You may need an appropriate loader to handle this file type, currently no loaders are configured to process this file. See https://webpack.js.org/concepts#loaders
(Source code omitted for this binary file)
 ERROR  Build failed with errors.

 @ ./node_modules/robotjs/index.js 1:14-53

Here's my vue.config.js:

module.exports = {
  pluginOptions: {
    electronBuilder: {
      nodeIntegration: true,
      externals: ['iohook'],
      chainWebpackMainProcess: config => {
        config.module.rule('node').test(/\.node$/).use('node-loader').loader('node-loader').end()
      },
      chainWebpackRendererProcess: config => {
        config.module.rule('node').test(/\.node$/).use('node-loader').loader('node-loader').end()
      },
    }
  }
}

[nklayman]

Try marking robotjs as an external:

// in vue.config.js
module.exports = {
  pluginOptions: {
    electronBuilder: {
      externals: ['robotjs']
    }
  }
}

[felipe-augusto]

@nklayman Thank you for you reply! I've just tried with the following config:

module.exports = {
  pluginOptions: {
    electronBuilder: {
      nodeIntegration: true,
      externals: ['iohook', 'robotjs']
    }
  }
}

Got the same error:

$ electron-builder install-app-deps
  • electron-builder  version=22.8.0
  • rebuilding native dependencies  dependencies=robotjs@0.6.0 platform=linux arch=x64
  • install prebuilt binary  name=robotjs version=0.6.0 platform=linux arch=x64
  • build native dependency from sources  name=robotjs
                                          version=0.6.0
                                          platform=linux
                                          arch=x64
                                          reason=prebuild-install failed with error (run with env DEBUG=electron-builder to get more information)
                                          error=prebuild-install info begin Prebuild-install version 5.3.5
    prebuild-install info looking for cached prebuild @ /home/runner/.npm/_prebuilds/71407d-robotjs-v0.6.0-electron-v76-linux-x64.tar.gz
    prebuild-install http request GET https://github.com/octalmage/robotjs/releases/download/v0.6.0/robotjs-v0.6.0-electron-v76-linux-x64.tar.gz
    prebuild-install http 404 https://github.com/octalmage/robotjs/releases/download/v0.6.0/robotjs-v0.6.0-electron-v76-linux-x64.tar.gz
    prebuild-install WARN install No prebuilt binaries found (target=8.3.4 runtime=electron arch=x64 libc= platform=linux)
    
  • rebuilding native dependency  name=robotjs version=0.6.0
Done in 65.29s.

Running the build script…
yarn run v1.22.4
$ vue-cli-service build

-  Building for production...
 ERROR  Failed to compile with 1 errors1:20:12 PM

 error  in ./node_modules/robotjs/build/Release/robotjs.node

Module parse failed: Unexpected character '�' (1:0)
You may need an appropriate loader to handle this file type, currently no loaders are configured to process this file. See https://webpack.js.org/concepts#loaders
(Source code omitted for this binary file)

 @ ./node_modules/robotjs/index.js 1:14-53

[nklayman]

Just tested it myself and in addition to marking it as an external, I also had to add app.allowRendererProcessReuse=false to background.js, because of octalmage/robotjs#580.

[felipe-augusto]

@nklayman thank you so much for your help

I was able to grab a Linux computer and it compiled like a charm, it turns out there is something wrong in my GitHub Action that is giving that error. I'll investigate what is causing that.