Error: write EPIPE

[aderbas]

Sorry if anyone has had this problem and it has been fixed, I have not found it. I'm trying to run the basic example documentation in the application's Docker container.

Below is my Dockerfile and the error.

# Dockerizing project

FROM node:14-alpine

# Service port
ARG PORT

RUN apk add --no-cache msttcorefonts-installer fontconfig
RUN update-ms-fonts

# Create app directory
RUN mkdir -p /home/node/app/node_modules && chown -R node:node /home/node/app
WORKDIR /home/node/app

# Copy package.json
COPY package*.json ./

# Install dependencies
RUN npm install

# App source
COPY . .

# Change onwner to node user
RUN chown -R node:node /home/node/app

# Chanhe user to node user
USER node

# Bind port
EXPOSE $PORT

CMD ["npm", "start"]

I get this error:

events.js:292
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: write EPIPE
    at afterWriteDispatched (internal/stream_base_commons.js:156:25)
    at writeGeneric (internal/stream_base_commons.js:147:3)
    at Socket._writeGeneric (net.js:785:11)
    at Socket._write (net.js:797:8)
    at writeOrBuffer (internal/streams/writable.js:358:12)
    at Socket.Writable.write (internal/streams/writable.js:303:10)
    at PDF.PdfExec [as exec] (/home/node/app/node_modules/html-pdf/lib/pdf.js:156:15)
    at PDF.PdfToFile [as toFile] (/home/node/app/node_modules/html-pdf/lib/pdf.js:85:8)
    at /home/node/app/node_modules/pdf-creator-node/index.js:42:20
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
Emitted 'error' event on Socket instance at:
    at emitErrorNT (internal/streams/destroy.js:106:8)
    at emitErrorCloseNT (internal/streams/destroy.js:74:3)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:80:21) {
  errno: -32,
  code: 'EPIPE',
  syscall: 'write'
}

On my machine it works perfectly. Only in the container that generates the error. Anyone to help? Appreciate.

[mhassan1]

maybe related? nodejs/node#40553

can you try FROM node:14.17-alpine instead?

[aderbas]

Thanks for the answer. The same error Error: write EPIPE
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[duncanmapes]

this is happening to me on AWS Lambda too, runtime nodejs14.x

[FZampetti]

I have the same issue, has anyone fixed it?

[fedotovdev]

+, has anyone fixed it?

[EstebanCardenas14]

hi, had the same problem
I solved it by declaring the path of the phantomjs.

when i said "project_name" is the name of the project where you develop
i opened the folder node_modules and review if exist the phantomjs folder, opened the most simillar folder "phantomjs-prebuilt", go to bin and in this point you see a file with the name phantomjs, this is the route

const options = {
phantomPath: "../<project_name>/node_modules/phantomjs-prebuilt/bin/phantomjs",
format: "A3",
marginTop: '0.5in',
border: '0.25in',
};

[vitorfreitas]

For me, moving from node:14-alpine to node:14 solved the problem. Probably the alpine image misses some dependencies required for this library to work.

[hajareshyam]

I think this is image related issue. Closing the defect.

[umerchaudhary34]

I'm having this issue
Can somebody help?

[shashankpandey2012]

Can anyone help here please

Error occurred Error: write EPIPE
at afterWriteDispatched (internal/stream_base_commons.js:156:25)
at writeGeneric (internal/stream_base_commons.js:147:3)
at Socket._writeGeneric (net.js:787:11)
at Socket._write (net.js:799:8)
at doWrite (_stream_writable.js:403:12)
at writeOrBuffer (_stream_writable.js:387:5)
at Socket.Writable.write (_stream_writable.js:318:11)
at PDF.PdfExec [as exec] (D:\home\site\wwwroot\node_modules\html-pdf\lib\pdf.js:156:15)
at PDF.PdfToBuffer [as toBuffer] (D:\home\site\wwwroot\node_modules\html-pdf\lib\pdf.js:46:8)
at D:\home\site\wwwroot\node_modules\pdf-creator-node\index.js:55:20
at new Promise () {
errno: 'EPIPE',
code: 'EPIPE',
syscall: 'write'
}

I am facing the similar issue. I also tried adding phantomPath in options and pointing correctly to node_modules/phantomjs-prebuilt/bin/phantomjs as suggested but still its not resolved.

Its working perfectly fine in local. However, when deployed in Azure Function App. It breaks.
Node.js Version: 12.19.0

[EstebanCardenas14]

maybe if you are in nodejs do the command "npm rebuild", sometimes the dependencies are wrong, "rebuild" fixes it

[shashankpandey2012]

@EstebanCardenas14 Tried as suggested but no luck.

[AYOUBBASIDI]

I'm facing the same error , It works fine locally , but when I've containerized the app in the docker the error appears.
Has anyone fixed it?

[nelsoncv]

Im facing same issue on RHEL 8.7, tried set the phantomPath too. No issue running on local macbook.

node:events:491
throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
^

Error: write EPIPE
at WriteWrap.onWriteComplete [as oncomplete] (node:internal/stream_base_commons:94:16)
Emitted 'error' event on Socket instance at:
at emitErrorNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:151:8)
at emitErrorCloseNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:116:3)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21) {
errno: -32,
code: 'EPIPE',
syscall: 'write'
}

[nelsoncv]

Found solution elsewhere on other package that uses phantomjs, the issue is i ran on local and sync node_modules to servers(due to server has no internet access). So a rebuild is required.

npm rebuild phantomjs-prebuilt

[kaljonwal]

2023-12-07T08:46:54.243Z 676a6d2e-3e26-4198-9829-315d350e1ced ERROR Uncaught Exception {
"errorType": "Error",
"errorMessage": "write EPIPE",
"code": "EPIPE",
"errno": "EPIPE",
"syscall": "write",
"stack": [
"Error: write EPIPE",
" at WriteWrap.onWriteComplete [as oncomplete] (internal/stream_base_commons.js:94:16)"
]
}

i'm getting this error
base image
public.ecr.aws/lambda/nodejs:20