TypeError: string.replace is not a function!?

Developers
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Hi All,

I had a working system YESTERDAY on and now I suddenly get this errors:

c:\Users\me\Documents\GitHub\mennekes.modbus>homey app run
× TypeError: string.replace is not a function
    at fn (C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\homey\node_modules\figures\index.js:143:19)
    at module.exports (C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\homey\lib\Log.js:9:18)
    at Settings._getSettings (C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\homey\lib\Settings.js:44:34)
    at async Settings.get (C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\homey\lib\Settings.js:51:5)
    at async AthomApi.getActiveHomey (C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\homey\lib\AthomApi.js:206:25)
    at async App.run (C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\homey\lib\App.js:137:19)
    at async exports.handler (C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\homey\bin\cmds\app\run.js:43:5)

I did not change anything! No code, no nothing.

I can validate, build, but Run throws me there strange errors.

Anyone a idea?

2

The homey app is trying to read its settings file (on Windows that’s probably C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\athom-cli\settings.json, not sure) and failing. I can’t say why.

3

I tried to reinstall homey npm package

  • removed any possible local packages “npm uninstall homey”
  • removed any possible global packages “npm uninstall -g homey”
  • re-installed global package “npm install -g homey”

Did not resolve the error.

4

As I said, the issue is with the settings file. That will not be removed or overwritten when you (re-)install the homey executable.

5

Ah right,

The json was empty, but the homey cli directory contained data.
Removed the complete dir and after that it seems to work again… strange, but resolved!

@robertklep
Correction, It could run “homey app run” ONCE. After quiting with ctrl+c I tried again with homey app run, but it gives again the initial errer.

Best regards