url.pathToFileURL is not a function : how to convert a file path to an URL in node.js?

[raphael10-collab]

I want to convert a file path to an URL.

I tried to follow the indications found in the official docs: https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v16.x/docs/api/url.html#urlpathtofileurlpath

import { pathToFileURL } from 'url'

let filepathurl = pathToFileURL(file.path)

But I get this error:

Uncaught TypeError: (0 , _url.pathToFileURL) is not a function

Or :

import url from 'url'
let filepathurl = url.pathToFileURL(file.path)

Error message:

_url.default.pathToFileURL is not a function

Other info:

node: v16.13.0
O.S. : Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop

What am I doing wrongly? How to solve the problem?

At the moment, I solved the problem using https://www.npmjs.com/package/file-url combined with this helpful suggestion for webpack configuration: react/create-react-app#11764 (comment)

But I would like to know if and how to correctly use the features of the node.js library

[royadeveloper01]

I would advice to try this node package. I saw the solution on stackoverflow

https://www.npmjs.com/package/file-url

[VoltrexKeyva]

I can't reproduce this, the code snippet looks correct. You're probably using an "incomplete" version of the Node.js binary which can cause the error although I'm unsure how you've got an incomplete version, and the errors don't seem like errors from Node.js itself since Node.js won't point out the name of the module you imported the function from, nor would it prepend a _ (_url) to the front of the module name.

I would recommend uninstalling Node.js and reinstalling it.

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[avivkeller]

(Closing stale issue)