Current version of web-ext (2.2.0) on npm doesn't work

[cr-nz]

I had managed to get my web-ext automatically building my extension in a shell script with this command:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
apiKey="user:123:123"
apiSecret="d4455"
web-ext sign -v --api-key="$apiKey" --api-secret="$apiSecret"

Then after it was built it recommended to do an upgrade from v2.0.0 to v2.2.0. I did that with npm. Now it no longer works anymore. All I get is this message:

[program.js][debug] Getting version from the git revision

Not even sure why git is needed!? It should be building based on the manifest file.

Here's the output of node --version && npm --version && web-ext --version which makes even less sense:

$ node --version && npm --version && web-ext --version
v6.2.1
3.9.3
Usage: web-ext [options] command

Option values can also be set by declaring an environment variable prefixed
with $WEB_EXT_. For example: $WEB_EXT_SOURCE_DIR=/path is the same as
--source-dir=/path.

To view specific help for any given command, add the command name.
Example: web-ext --help run.


Commands:
  build  Create an extension package from source
  sign   Sign the extension so it can be installed in Firefox
  run    Run the extension
  lint   Validate the extension source
  docs   Open the web-ext documentation in a browser

Options:
  --version            Show version number                             [boolean]
  --source-dir, -s     Web extension source directory.
                                                   [string] [required] [default:
                           "/home/c/Documents/deployment/webclient-updatebuild"]
  --artifacts-dir, -a  Directory where artifacts will be saved.
                                                   [string] [required] [default:
         "/home/c/Documents/deployment/webclient-updatebuild/web-ext-artifacts"]
  --verbose, -v        Show verbose output                  [boolean] [required]
  --ignore-files, -i   A list of glob patterns to define which files should be
                       ignored. (Example: --ignore-files=path/to/first.js
                       path/to/second.js "**/*.log")                     [array]
  --no-input           Disable all features that require standard input
                                                            [boolean] [required]
  -h, --help           Show help                                       [boolean]

[git-rev-sync] no git repository found

[mpopp75]

I get this after updating web-ext from 2.0.0 to 2.2.0 (via "sudo npm install --global web-ext") on my Xubuntu 16.04.3 64bit:

$ web-ext --version
SyntaxError: Unexpected token .
at exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:53:16)
at Module._compile (module.js:373:25)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)
at Module.load (module.js:343:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:300:12)
at Module.require (module.js:353:17)
at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
at Object. (/usr/lib/node_modules/web-ext/node_modules/whatwg-url/lib/public-api.js:3:15)
at Module._compile (module.js:409:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)

[kumar303]

Hi. Sorry about that. We had some bugs in the deploy script which of course took a couple deploys to fix 🌵 🔥

You can update to web-ext 2.2.2 which is now working. Let me know if you run into trouble.

Fixes:

• fix: Fix deploy script so that it always publishes a production build. #1105
• 9e7e7a4

[mpopp75]

I still get the same error message with version 2.2.2.

[kumar303]

@mpopp75 which version of Node and npm do you have?

[mpopp75]

Node is version 4.4.3 and npm is version 3.10.5.

[cr-nz]

@kumar303 Version 2.2.2 is working fine for me now, many thanks!

[itsecurityco]

I'm getting this error with node version 4.2.6 and web-ext version 2.4.0

[kumar303]

@itseco Node 6 is required to install web-ext. This is the current LTS (long term support) version of Node so it should be easy to work with.

[itsecurityco]

Thanks thats works