Cucumber-js: The "from" argument must be of type string. Received type undefined

[stefdelec]

I am trying to use steps I wrote and publish on npm
Here is the error I have:

> cucumber-js e2e/src/**/*.feature --require ./node_modules/@myProject/uat/dist/*.step.js

TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "from" argument must be of type string. Received type undefined
at validateString (internal/validators.js:125:11)
at Object.relative (path.js:1162:5)
at getDefinitionLineAndUri (/home/myname/Documents/myProject/mysubProjectV2/node_modules/@myProject/uat/node_modules/cucumber/lib/support_code_library_builder/build_helpers.js:184:27)
at buildStepDefinitionConfig (/home/myname/Documents/myProject/mysubProjectV2/node_modules/@myProject/uat/node_modules/cucumber/lib/support_code_library_builder/build_helpers.js:124:7)
at SupportCodeLibraryBuilder.defineStep (/home/myname/Documents/myProject/mysubProjectV2/node_modules/@myProject/uat/node_modules/cucumber/lib/support_code_library_builder/index.js:51:79)
at Object.<anonymous> (/home/myname/Documents/myProject/mysubProjectV2/node_modules/@myProject/uat/dist/click.step.js:40:12)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:778:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:789:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:653:32)
at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:593:12)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:585:3)
at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:692:17)
at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:25:18)
at supportCodePaths.forEach.codePath (/home/myname/Documents/myProject/mysubProjectV2/node_modules/cucumber/lib/cli/index.js:142:42)
at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
at Cli.getSupportCodeLibrary (/home/myname/Documents/myProject/mysubProjectV2/node_modules/cucumber/lib/cli/index.js:142:22)

I have found that this is this.cwd which is undefined. What can i do?

If I copy paste my steps in the root directory (where the package.json is), I don't have any error. So the problem is: I cannot not --require from node_modules.

[jonathanwork]

did you try from node_modules in your local directory ?

[VivekLande]

any resolution for this issue? I am getting this error with Cucumber 7

[davidjgoss]

@stefdelec @VivekLande this is likely related to either

• your steps package depending on a different version of cucumber than your host project
• working locally with your steps package npm link'd

In either case you can end up with two different cucumber-js instances at runtime which can cause this (you could check this by looking in your node_modules hierarchy).

I'm working on documenting this in #1540 - take a look at the workaround and see if that works for you?

[VivekLande]

Thanks @davidjgoss, I am able to resolved the issue with the solution provided by you.

[csurfleet]

This workaround isn't working for me. I've definitely not got cucumber installed elsewhere. I've been on this for hours and I'm getting nowhere. This is my package json dependencies:

"dependencies": {
    "@cucumber/cucumber": "^7.0.0",
    "@cucumber/cucumber-expressions": "^12.0.0",
    "gherkin-testcafe": "^5.0.0",
    "testcafe": "^1.13.0"
  }

I've searched my node_modules folder and cucumber isn't in there multiple times. I've no idea where to go next

[charlierudolph]

@csurfleet can you please create a minimal reproducible example?