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Viewsconst utf8Encoder = new TextEncoder(); in Node js
I am trying to use mongodb so I install mongoose package
but the problem is when I am writing like this
const express = require("express");
const dotenv = require("dotenv");
const mongoose = require("mongoose"); //getting error here
It showing me error like this
const utf8Encoder = new TextEncoder();
^
ReferenceError: TextEncoder is not defined
If I am commenting mongoose line I don't get any error but I need to use this even i checked my node version its 16.5.0 I tried looking an old post where same error occur but its not understandable to me any help ? old post link enter link description here
how to fix this error
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Answer question0
Open your encoding.js folder in node_modules>whatwg-url>dist
and write this code
"use strict";
var util= require('util');
const utf8Encoder = new util.TextEncoder();
const utf8Decoder = new util.TextDecoder("utf-8", { ignoreBOM: true });
in place of
"use strict";
const utf8Encoder = new TextEncoder();
const utf8Decoder = new TextDecoder("utf-8", { ignoreBOM: true });
all you where missing is this small part by including utils
var util= require('util');
const utf8Encoder = new util.TextEncoder();
const utf8Decoder = new util.TextEncoder("utf-8", { ignoreBOM: true });
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Open your encoding.js folder in node_modules
- Open the node_modules
- Locate the whawg-url folder and open.
- Search for dist folder - there, you'd find the encoding.js folder
- Open via VS Code or any IDE of your choice.
Replace these line of code
"use strict";
const utf8Encoder = new TextEncoder();
const utf8Decoder = new TextDecoder("utf-8", { ignoreBOM: true });
With this --
"use strict";
var util= require('util');
const utf8Encoder = new util.TextEncoder();
const utf8Decoder = new util.TextDecoder("utf-8", { ignoreBOM: true });
Then you are good to go.
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This seems to be an issue with older node versions. You need to use the latest node. If you are using nvm type
nvm use node
Note: to download latest node with nvm use this command
nvm install --lts