Empty config in @electron-forge/publisher-nucleus@6.0.0-beta.22

[dsheiko]

If you check config object assigned in https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-forge/blob/e55a9d5beb666a944ae730e6ed0a2ba6b5594c93/packages/publisher/nucleus/src/PublisherNucleus.ts#L35
it's empty (regardless of how config declared as manifest block or a separate file) and therefore the fetch function https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-forge/blob/e55a9d5beb666a944ae730e6ed0a2ba6b5594c93/packages/publisher/nucleus/src/PublisherNucleus.ts#L57 receives empty config.host and throws an error (Absolute URL required).

As a dirty workaround I had to do the following, given I have the only publisher:

 async publish({ makeResults, forgeConfig }: PublisherOptions) {
    const config = forgeConfig.publishers[0].config
...

So it publishes correctly to Nucleus server

My env: Windows 10, Node.js 10.4.1

package.json

{
  "name": "test",
  "productName": "test",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "My Electron application description",
  "main": "src/index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "electron-forge start",
    "package": "electron-forge package",
    "make": "electron-forge make",
    "publish": "electron-forge publish --target=@electron-forge/publisher-nucleus",
    "lint": "echo \"No linting configured\""
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "dmitry",
  "license": "MIT",
  "config": {
    "forge": "./forge.config.js"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@electron-forge/publisher-nucleus": "^6.0.0-beta.22",
    "electron-squirrel-startup": "^1.0.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@electron-forge/cli": "^6.0.0-beta.22",
    "@electron-forge/maker-deb": "^6.0.0-beta.22",
    "@electron-forge/maker-rpm": "^6.0.0-beta.22",
    "@electron-forge/maker-squirrel": "^6.0.0-beta.22",
    "@electron-forge/maker-zip": "^6.0.0-beta.22",
    "electron": "2.0.5"
  }
}

forge.config.js

module.exports = {
  "packagerConfig": {},
      "publishers": [
        {
          "name": "@electron-forge/publisher-nucleus",
          "config": {
            "host": "http://localhost:3030",
            "appId": "2",
            "channelId": "5542496b41ba12ab15a31862d78088f4",
            "token": "TOKEN"
          }
        }
      ],
      "makers": [
        {
          "name": "@electron-forge/maker-squirrel",
          "config": {
            "name": "test"
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "@electron-forge/maker-zip",
          "platforms": [
            "darwin"
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "@electron-forge/maker-deb",
          "config": {}
        },
        {
          "name": "@electron-forge/maker-rpm",
          "config": {}
        }
      ]
}

[MarshallOfSound]

Can you verify this is still an issue on beta.25 ❓

[dsheiko]

Well, I'm forcing 25:

npm i @electron-forge/publisher-nucleus@6.0.0-beta.25

in node_modules\@electron-forge\publisher-nucleus\package.json

"version": "6.0.0-beta.25" 

and it's still empty
node_modules@electron-forge\publisher-nucleus\dist\PublisherNucleus.js

return _asyncToGenerator(function* () {
      const config = _this.config;
      console.log( "CONFIG", config );

Now firing npm run publish:
-> CONFIG {}

An unhandled error has occurred inside Forge:
Only absolute URLs are supported
TypeError: Only absolute URLs are supported

[MarshallOfSound]

@dsheiko Can you post your forge configuration

[dsheiko]

It's above in the very first post forge.config.js
The only thing changed is 6.0.0-beta.22 in package.json changed to 6.0.0-beta.25

[MarshallOfSound]

I can't reproduce this on beta.25 locally. My package.json looks like this

{
  "name": "test-nucleus",
  "productName": "test-nucleus",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "My Electron application description",
  "main": "src/index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "electron-forge start",
    "package": "electron-forge package",
    "make": "electron-forge make",
    "publish": "electron-forge publish",
    "lint": "echo \"No linting configured\""
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "sattard",
  "license": "MIT",
  "config": {
    "forge": {
      "packagerConfig": {},
      "makers": [
        {
          "name": "@electron-forge/maker-squirrel",
          "config": {
            "name": "test_nucleus"
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "@electron-forge/maker-zip",
          "platforms": [
            "darwin"
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "@electron-forge/maker-deb",
          "config": {}
        },
        {
          "name": "@electron-forge/maker-rpm",
          "config": {}
        }
      ],
      "publishers": [
        {
          "name": "@electron-forge/publisher-nucleus",
          "config": {
            "host": "http://localhost:3030",
            "appId": "2",
            "channelId": "5542496b41ba12ab15a31862d78088f4",
            "token": "TOKEN"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "electron-squirrel-startup": "^1.0.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@electron-forge/cli": "^6.0.0-beta.25",
    "@electron-forge/maker-deb": "^6.0.0-beta.25",
    "@electron-forge/maker-rpm": "^6.0.0-beta.25",
    "@electron-forge/maker-squirrel": "^6.0.0-beta.25",
    "@electron-forge/maker-zip": "^6.0.0-beta.25",
    "@electron-forge/publisher-nucleus": "^6.0.0-beta.25",
    "electron": "2.0.5"
  }
}

And it works as expected and loads that config. Can you post more information about your environment, in particular your node version

[dsheiko]

I did it in the very first post
My env: Windows 10, Node.js 10.4.1
I asked a college to try on Node 6 and Node 8 in both cases the same results

Here my project https://file.io/FrXNWG
You just need to run

npm install
npm run publish

You are expected to have:

√ Checking your system                                                                                    
√ Resolving Forge Config                                                                                  
We need to package your application before we can make it                                                 
√ Preparing to Package Application for arch: x64                                                          
√ Preparing native dependencies                                                                           
√ Packaging Application                                                                                   
Making for the following targets: squirrel                                                                
√ Making for target: squirrel - On platform: win32 - For arch: x64                                        
√ Resolving publish target: @electron-forge/publisher-nucleus                                             
× Uploading result (1/1)                                                                                  
                                                                                                          
An unhandled error has occurred inside Forge:                                                             
Only absolute URLs are supported                                                                          
TypeError: Only absolute URLs are supported                                                               
    at getNodeRequestOptions (D:\TEST\test-nucleus\node_modules\node-fetch\lib\index.js:1284:9)           
    at D:\TEST\test-nucleus\node_modules\node-fetch\lib\index.js:1370:19                                  
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)                                                                          
    at fetch (D:\TEST\test-nucleus\node_modules\node-fetch\lib\index.js:1367:9)                           
    at D:\TEST\test-nucleus\node_modules\@electron-forge\publisher-nucleus\src\PublisherNucleus.ts:57:32  

As I previously explained, that happens because config object is empty

P.S. Maybe it happens because I explicitly force the target like

"publish": "electron-forge publish --target=@electron-forge/publisher-nucleus"

[MarshallOfSound]

@dsheiko That'll be it

"publish": "electron-forge publish --target=@electron-forge/publisher-nucleus"

We probably aren't resolving the config correctly for those cases, for now just run electron-forge publish. I'll look at fixing that case 👍

[vintprox]

https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-forge/blob/a5bec3a872a2d4463c71f0f763afc2021f4a7f33/packages/publisher/nucleus/src/PublisherNucleus.ts#L57
No port specified. Nevermind.

[malept]

@vintproykt per the docs, host includes the protocol.