It seems that pkg is not compatible with Axios!

[AlirezaEthDev]

What version of pkg are you using?

5.8.1

What version of Node.js are you using?

18.15.0

What operating system are you using?

Windows

What CPU architecture are you using?

x64

What Node versions, OSs and CPU architectures are you building for?

node18-win-x64

Describe the Bug

There is Axios module in my NodeJS source code as a required module. Whenever I try to export Node code as an exe file by:
pkg app.js --update-base --targets node18-win-x64
It does its job but by the below warnings printed on PowerShell:

> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\index.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\axios.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\utils.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\helpers\bind.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\core\Axios.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\core\mergeConfig.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\defaults\index.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\helpers\formDataToJSON.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\cancel\CanceledError.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\cancel\CancelToken.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\cancel\isCancel.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\env\data.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\helpers\toFormData.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\core\AxiosError.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\helpers\spread.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\helpers\isAxiosError.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\helpers\HttpStatusCode.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\p-cancelable\index.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\helpers\buildURL.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\core\InterceptorManager.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\core\dispatchRequest.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\core\buildFullPath.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\helpers\validator.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\defaults\transitional.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\helpers\toURLEncodedForm.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\platform\index.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\platform\node\classes\FormData.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\helpers\parseHeaders.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\helpers\AxiosURLSearchParams.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\core\transformData.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\adapters\adapters.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\helpers\isAbsoluteURL.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\helpers\combineURLs.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\platform\node\index.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\adapters\http.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\adapters\xhr.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\platform\node\classes\URLSearchParams.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\core\settle.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\helpers\fromDataURI.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\helpers\AxiosTransformStream.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\helpers\formDataToStream.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\helpers\readBlob.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\helpers\ZlibHeaderTransformStream.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\helpers\cookies.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\helpers\isURLSameOrigin.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\helpers\parseProtocol.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\helpers\speedometer.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\NodeExport\node_modules\axios\lib\helpers\throttle.js

In first, I tried pkg by the latest version of axios but after that I downgraded axios previous versions.

Expected Behavior

The exe file created without any warning about axios module.

To Reproduce

Trying this command on PowerShell:
pkg app.js --update-base --targets node18-win-x64

[robertsLando]

Starting from axios 1.0.0 uses esm and pkg doesn't support them yet

[grootgordon]

In my case, I try to downgrade axios from 1.3.4 to 0.27.2, it's ok.

more info you can read issue641

[AlirezaEthDev]

In my case, I try to downgrade axios from 1.3.4 to 0.27.2, it's ok.

more info you can read issue641

Yes, I did it and it worked. But 0.27.2 is too old.

[xreyc]

compile the javascript first using ncc before using pkg.

"scripts": {
"test": "jest",
"start": "node src/index.js",
"dev": "nodemon src/index.js",
"build": "ncc build -o build/lib index.js && pkg --target node18-win-x64 -o build/server-interface.exe ./build/lib/index.js"
},

[manikanta-kondeti]

so the solution to make pkg work here is to downgrade axios to 0.27.2? or is there any update?

[mattkrins]

so the solution to make pkg work here is to downgrade axios to 0.27.2? or is there any update?

Nope. ESM support likely to never come: yao-pkg#5 (comment)

[robertsLando]

In order to use axios latest just add this to your scripts in package.json:

 "pkg": {
    "scripts": [
      "node_modules/axios/dist/node/*",
		[...]
    ],

[SDGSnS]

we solved the problem taking the CommonJS library from axios/dist ( *.cjs and *.cjs.map files) under a "lib" directory under the project root files, and requiring the axios library from there instead of using the usual require, later on removing the "axios" package from the project.

This workaround solved our issue...

we are working with node 18.18.0 and pkg node 18.5 (think is the latest supported?)

[robertsLando]

Last supported is v20: https://github.com/yao-pkg/pkg