relative path nodejs

Hello! i have a trouble with relative paths

const {created} = require(`./music/${album}/data.json`) // it works only on my computer.

const {created} = require(`./music/${album}/data.json`) // it works only on my computer.

I've tried using express, but it doesn't meet my needs ( I also entered __dirname +... but in the hosting itself, it meant /app/music/... here is my structure:

music/
  100/
    data.json
    ...
    ...
  anotherAlbum/
    data.json
    ...
    ...
index.js

music/
  100/
    data.json
    ...
    ...
  anotherAlbum/
    data.json
    ...
    ...
index.js

I looked for solutions, but I didn't find the right one. I would be very grateful if someone would help me or refer to an existing answer

Solution:

Hello! i have a trouble with relative paths

const {created} = require(`./music/${album}/data.json`) // it works only on my computer.

const {created} = require(`./music/${album}/data.json`) // it works only on my computer.

...

Jump to solution

47 Replies

Percy•2y ago

Project ID: 393bf30a-2bf5-46b1-8b01-daf56f0ef6ed

zippwicknessOP•2y ago

393bf30a-2bf5-46b1-8b01-daf56f0ef6ed

zippwicknessOP•2y ago

Brody•2y ago

does node 16 even support importing JSON like that?

zippwicknessOP•2y ago

it appeared to be some linux or railway bug because in my repository this folder has different name, but here it is lowercase

Brody•2y ago

your error shows the import path as all lowercase, what should the filename be called

zippwicknessOP•2y ago

LoliThumb like in github repository in latest commit

Brody•2y ago

sus name the import path involves string interpolation, so print the album variable on the line before the import statement, see if that is also lowercase

zippwicknessOP•2y ago

it is "lolithumb"

Brody•2y ago

loli

zippwicknessOP•2y ago

i don't know how fs read this

Brody•2y ago

I didn't say anything about fs read

zippwicknessOP•2y ago

local it works great

Brody•2y ago

that doesn't necessarily mean it's a railway specific issue try this please?

zippwicknessOP•2y ago

i've tested it it returns with small characters because fs said that this folder have only small characters why is the LoliThumb folder written correctly on my computer, on the github repository, and probably also correctly on the server, but fs on the server searches for it with small letters, although there are a lot of similar folders with large and small letters?

Brody•2y ago

good question

zippwicknessOP•2y ago

Maybe it's stupid, but I'm surprised

Brody•2y ago

I shall do some testing

zippwicknessOP•2y ago

async function asyncLoop() {
        const albums = await fs.readdirSync('./music');
        const tracksPromises = [];

        for (const album of albums) {
            let tracks = [], images = [];
            if (album !== 'data.json') {
                const raw = fs.readdirSync(`./music/${album}/`);

                for (const t of raw) {
                    const link = encodeURI(process.env.DOMAIN + `/music/${album}/` + t);
                    if (!isImage(`music/${t}`)) {
                        const promise = getAudioDurationInSeconds(`music/${album}/${t}`)
                            .then((duration) => {
                                tracks.push({ link, duration, title: t.replace(/\.[^/.]+$/, "") });
                            });
                        tracksPromises.push(promise);
                    } else {
                        images.push(t);
                    }
                }

                await Promise.all(tracksPromises);
                tracksPromises.length = 0;
                console.log(album)
                obj[album] = {
                    published: dates[album].published,
                    relative: DateTime.fromSeconds((dates[album].published / 1000)).setLocale('en-GB').toRelativeCalendar(),
                    tracks: tracks,
                    cover: encodeURI(process.env.DOMAIN + `/music/${album}/` + images.find(x => x.replace(/\.[^/.]+$/, "") == "1")),
                    pic: encodeURI(process.env.DOMAIN + `/music/${album}/` + images.find(x => x.replace(/\.[^/.]+$/, "") == "2"))
                }
            }
        }
    }

async function asyncLoop() {
        const albums = await fs.readdirSync('./music');
        const tracksPromises = [];

        for (const album of albums) {
            let tracks = [], images = [];
            if (album !== 'data.json') {
                const raw = fs.readdirSync(`./music/${album}/`);

                for (const t of raw) {
                    const link = encodeURI(process.env.DOMAIN + `/music/${album}/` + t);
                    if (!isImage(`music/${t}`)) {
                        const promise = getAudioDurationInSeconds(`music/${album}/${t}`)
                            .then((duration) => {
                                tracks.push({ link, duration, title: t.replace(/\.[^/.]+$/, "") });
                            });
                        tracksPromises.push(promise);
                    } else {
                        images.push(t);
                    }
                }

                await Promise.all(tracksPromises);
                tracksPromises.length = 0;
                console.log(album)
                obj[album] = {
                    published: dates[album].published,
                    relative: DateTime.fromSeconds((dates[album].published / 1000)).setLocale('en-GB').toRelativeCalendar(),
                    tracks: tracks,
                    cover: encodeURI(process.env.DOMAIN + `/music/${album}/` + images.find(x => x.replace(/\.[^/.]+$/, "") == "1")),
                    pic: encodeURI(process.env.DOMAIN + `/music/${album}/` + images.find(x => x.replace(/\.[^/.]+$/, "") == "2"))
                }
            }
        }
    }

Brody•2y ago

..are you hosting free music?

zippwicknessOP•2y ago

no i'm creating some kind of portfolio

Brody•2y ago

this is copyright free music?

zippwicknessOP•2y ago

i don't know maybe yes

Brody•2y ago

you cant distribute music that isnt copyright free

zippwicknessOP•2y ago

why

Brody•2y ago

https://railway.app/legal/fair-use

Brody•2y ago

please remove this functionally from your app

zippwicknessOP•2y ago

but what about a folders?

Brody•2y ago

sorry but im not gonna help you with an issue that also involves breaking railway's tos i dont say this to be rude, i just dont want your account to get banned

zippwicknessOP•2y ago

i don't have any copyright's for these art

Brody•2y ago

then you cant host it

zippwicknessOP•2y ago

but with copyrights i can?

Brody•2y ago

if you have the copyright or permission to host the music/artwork, then yes, but you dont and that means you are in clear violation of tos

zippwicknessOP•2y ago

it's another matter thank you

Brody•2y ago

thank you for understanding, please remove that content from your app

zippwicknessOP•2y ago

done

Brody•2y ago

much appreciated, i really dont mean to come off as rude, but it would be unfortunate to wake up to a banned account one day

zippwicknessOP•2y ago

sorry for ruffling nerves and wasting your time. I really appreciate that you are helping me and even helped me avoid being banned (although I did not even suspect that I would ever encounter this) and thank you!

Brody•2y ago

i will do some testing on this filename stuff, but computer is acting up real good right now files keep their casing in my testing https://test-service2.up.railway.app/

zippwicknessOP•2y ago

can you show me the code of searching files in relative path? or it is railway's tool

Brody•2y ago

there was no code involved i used https://github.com/vercel/serve

zippwicknessOP•2y ago

wow it's useful

Brody•2y ago

the code

import * as fs from 'fs';

const files = await fs.readdirSync('./data');

for (const file of files) {
    console.log(file);
}

import * as fs from 'fs';

const files = await fs.readdirSync('./data');

for (const file of files) {
    console.log(file);
}

Brody•2y ago

the output

Brody•2y ago

so this is an issue in your code somewhere

zippwicknessOP•2y ago

okay thanks

Brody•2y ago

that is definitely not how you use that

Gaming

Programming

relative path nodejs