iohook: Error: Cannot find module 'iohook'

Hi, I have created an electron app that uses the ioHook library in it, as soon as I pack the app running (using yarn run build) and try to open the packaged app (both in mac and windows) the app crashes claiming it can’t find the module.

If I run the app using yarn start or electron . it works perfectly!

Expected Behavior

I would’ve expected it to get compiled with the rest of the libraries I use.

Current Behavior

Currently, the app crashes saying “Uncaught exception: Error: Cannot find module ‘ioHook’” and then the stack trace.

Possible Solution

Not sure, wish I had 😃

Steps to Reproduce (for bugs)

I added the library using yarn add iohook
imported the library using const ioHook = require('iohook');
Called it in my code and used the relevant event listeners.
Tried to wrap it as a packaged app and run it

Context

I am trying to get the library running as part of an electron app without the need to install the library nowhere externally.

Your Environment

Version used: 1.7.0 (since this is the newest version I saw it is supported)
Environment name and version (e.g. Chrome 39, node.js 5.4): NodeJS 9.2.0 (since this is the newest version I saw it is supported)
Operating System and version (desktop or mobile): MacOS (High Sierra) and Windows 10 x64
Link to your project: It’s a private repo

Any ideas? Hope I gave enough info!

Thanks, Eyal

About this issue

Original URL
State: closed
Created 6 years ago
Reactions: 1
Comments: 54 (3 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

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joglabsdotcom on Apr 15, 2019

Hm, it’s simple to solve.

For example, if you have error like this

Error: Cannot find module '../node_modules/iohook/builds/electron-v75-darwin-x64/build/Release/iohook.node'

See part of error message electron-v75-darwin-x64, put their to package.json

  "iohook": {
    "targets": [
      "electron-75"
    ],
    "platforms": [
      "darwin"
    ],
    "arches": [
      "x64"
    ]
  }

and install iohook again

npm i -S iohook

That it’s.

Work for me.

inomdzhon on Mar 10, 2020

A note to anyone installing with Yarn: be sure to remove iohook from your global cache before reinstalling or you won’t end up with the builds for the environments that you’ve added.

yarn cache clean iohook

apodolny on Apr 4, 2020

@zxc23 thank you for your reply, I was able to find the solution, I was using the latest electron version, but it seems, for now, it is only supported on 8.x.x, this comment here explains basically everything you need to do:

https://github.com/wilix-team/iohook/issues/241#issuecomment-652517691

felipe-augusto on Jul 30, 2020

Hi @Djiit ,

I actually referred to the yarn run build command which packs the app. I tried now to get rid of the --asar flag from the electron-packager command so the library won’t make an archive file from the source code. that actually solved the problem! and my app works just fine. BUT! I do want to “hide” my code inside an archive file. so I assume once the app is in an archive, it can’t find the ioHook library.

Any ideas? I am digging into it now and will come back with updates.

egantz on May 2, 2018

Hi Djiit! Thanks so much for the quick reply. yeah I def did it and actually added all the electron versions available since I get an error when I don’t do it. my ioHook config in my package.json looks like this:

"iohook": {
    "targets": [
      "node-59",
      "electron-47",
      "electron-54",
      "electron-57"
    ],
    "platforms": [
      "win32",
      "darwin"
    ],
    "arches": [
      "x64",
      "ia32"
    ]
  }

Then, I am running yarn add ioHook to re-fetch the binaries.

But, still as soon as I try to compile the app and run the result - I get the same error that the ioHook library is missing.

egantz on Mar 21, 2018

Hi there,

Did you add the ‘iohook’ config in your package.json ? According to your env, i’ll say :

"iohook": {
  "targets": [
    "node-59",
    "electron-54"
  ],
  "platforms": [
    "win32",
    "darwin"
  ],
  "arches": [
    "x64",
    "ia32"
  ]
}

And then re-download your dependencies; this way it will fetch prebuild versions of iohook for node (the one you use in development and when using electron . AND for electron (the one you are supposed to use in production.

Djiit on Mar 21, 2018