pact-node fails to launch mock server on windows

[bbarke]

We are using pact-node (v6.16.0) bundled with pact-karma (2.1.5) and pact-web (5.9.0)

When trying to run the pact tests on a windows machine, I'm seeing the following error

[2018-05-07T22:23:19.539Z]  INFO: pact-node@6.16.0/7872 on xxxxxx: Created 'standalone\win32-1.38.0\bin\pact-mock-service.bat service --port '3110' --consumer 'consumer' --prov
ider 'provider' --log 'C:\.....\pacts\stubserver-integration.log' --pact_dir '.....\pacts' --pact-file-writ
e-mode 'overwrite' --host 'localhost'' process with PID: 8688
[2018-05-07T22:23:24.034Z]  WARN: pact-node@6.16.0/7872 on xxxxxx: Pact exited with code 1.
[2018-05-07T22:23:24.036Z]  INFO: pact-node@6.16.0/7872 on xxxxxx: Removing Pact with PID: 8688
ERROR: The process "8688" not found.

When trying to run that bat file directly, I get the following error

C:\.....\node_modules\@pact-foundation\pact-node\standalone\win32-1.38.0\bin>pact-mock-service.bat
C:\.....\node_modules\@pact-foundation\pact-node\standalone\win32-1.38.0\lib\ruby\bin\..\bin.real\ruby.exe: No such file or directory -- UI (LoadError)

Any pointers on why this is happening?

[mefellows]

Hmm could you please share your Windows environment details?

Which shell are you running it on?

[mboudreau]

@bbarke was there any issues with your install process? There's a postinstall that runs and downloads the binary files needed for your OS. Maybe just try to reinstall it using npm uninstall @pact-foundation/pact-node; npm install @pact-foundation/pact-node.

[bbarke]

This is on Windows 10 with the regular windows terminal.

It looks like the issue was because the location/path of the project had a space in it, for example:

C:\MY UI\angular-project\ it was failing because it didn't handle the space and tried to run 'UI' as an argument, resulting in 'no such file or directory -- UI'

[mboudreau]

@bbarke wait, pact-node didn't work because of the space or just the .bat command? Because if it's the former, there's definitely an issue which shouldn't happen. Can you please confirm?

[bbarke]

Yes I can confirm this. I renamed a working pact project path to have a space in it, and pact failed to launch. I changed the name back to to not have a space, and it started working again.

[mboudreau]

@bbarke my question is, are you talking about using the command line to hit the .bat file, or using the pact-node CLI/API? Because if it's the latter, that's a bug that needs to be fixed.

[bbarke]

I'm using karma-pact, which uses the node CLI/API to start the pact stub server.

[mboudreau]

huh, okay. This might be a bug then. I'll have to investigate further, but I'm guessing it has something to do with the shell script running that wrapping it in quotes.

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[TimothyJones]

@mboudreau, if quoting is indeed the issue, then the investigation here might be useful: pact-foundation/pact-js#160

[mboudreau]

Yep, spot on. I'll fix this today if I can.

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[mboudreau]

@bbarke very sorry I haven't gotten to this yet. It's been hectic at work with GDPR :/

[mboudreau]

@bbarke good news, version 6.18.3 is going out as we speak with the windows path fixes. Please let us know how you go. Cheers.

[mefellows]

Thanks Michel!

[bbarke]

Thank you!