You can do following if you are not willing to type ‘yes’ everytime you install. npm_config_yes=true npx cowsay “hello” See this https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2226 npx also has a –yes flag you can use to bypass the prompt: npx –yes some-npm-package This is undocumented if you run npx –help, but the documentation for this flag is hidden in … Read more
It depends where you are using node.js in your apps and how sensitive are they. LTS (Long Term Support, currently v6.11.2) – as was mentioned in the comment, will have support and maintenance for at least 18months. So its better to use this one in Production for node.js as a back-end service. Stable (currently v8.3.0) … Read more
This method works like magic: https://blog.playmoweb.com/speed-up-your-builds-with-docker-cache-bfed14c051bf Docker has a special way of caching things for you, and apparently it’s best to use the inborn caching ability. Cannot say I completely understand how it works, but it does work. If you follow this pattern, it will work for you: FROM mhart/alpine-node:5.6.0 WORKDIR /src # Expose the … Read more
Using the regex from this answer, this simple solution removes all hidden files from the result: fs.readdir(‘/path/to/directory’, (err, list) => { list = list.filter(item => !(/(^|\/)\.[^\/\.]/g).test(item)); // Your code });
Your express application has gzip compression enabled as indicated by the Content-Encoding: gzip header, so the response body is compressed with gzip before sending over the network. Transferred size is when compressed, and size is decompressed in the browser. Express is doing this on the fly, so even though your file is not compressed on … Read more
You need to import the default export from express instead of the namespace (which is an object with all named exports). In your app.ts this should be all you need: // Change these import express from “express”; import bodyParser from “body-parser”; The difference is: // Namespace import import * as express from “express”; const app … Read more
npm >= 6.9.0 can handle aliases, https://npm.community/t/release-npm-6-9-0/5911.
First delete the package-lock.json and then try npm install
There is node-opencv module, you might use it in order to perform heavy operation like image comparison. Good topic on that is here: Simple and fast method to compare images for similarity
You add custom error handling middleware – which is regular middleware but with 4 arguments instead of 3 – to the middleware stack. In this error handler you use res.status(code).send(jsonResponse) to send the json error. A simple quick example that will always send status 500 JSON errors: const bodyParser = require(‘body-parser’) const express = require(‘express’) … Read more