TypeError: this.opts.request is not a function

[matt-bro]

Hi guys,

I followed the instructions on the matrix site, on how to implement the client with node js.
I am using the matrix js sdk 4.0.0 and node js 12.10.0
After I run the node js application I receive an error "this.opts.request is not a function".
The same code is working for me in an electron app.

Here is the source code and the error message below:

const sdk = require('matrix-js-sdk') ;
const myUserId = "userid";
const myAccessToken = "accesstoken";  
const client = sdk.createClient({  
    baseUrl: "url",  
    accessToken: myAccessToken,  
    userId: myUserId  
 })  
 client.startClient();  
 client.once('sync', function(state, prevState, res) {  
    console.log(state); // state will be 'PREPARED' when the client is ready to use  
});   

/Users/matt/.nvm/versions/node/v12.10.0/bin/node --inspect-brk=5072 index.js
Debugger listening on ws://127.0.0.1:5072/603a1fcb-cd96-4268-a8c1-d45351dfc03d
For help, see: https://nodejs.org/en/docs/inspector
Debugger attached.
Getting saved sync token...
Getting push rules...
Got saved sync token
Getting saved sync...
null: Getting push rules failed
null: TypeError: this.opts.request is not a function
message: "this.opts.request is not a function"
stack: "TypeError: this.opts.request is not a function
    at MatrixHttpApi._request (/Users/matt/Projects/Other/strapi/my-first-matrix-client/node_modules/matrix-js-sdk/lib/http-api.js:711:23)
    at MatrixHttpApi.requestOtherUrl (/Users/matt/Projects/Other/strapi/my-first-matrix-client/node_modules/matrix-js-sdk/lib/http-api.js:587:17)
    at MatrixHttpApi.request (/Users/matt/Projects/Other/strapi/my-first-matrix-client/node_modules/matrix-js-sdk/lib/http-api.js:545:17)
    at MatrixHttpApi.authedRequest (/Users/matt/Projects/Other/strapi/my-first-matrix-client/node_modules/matrix-js-sdk/lib/http-api.js:497:33)
    at MatrixClient.MatrixBaseApis.getPushRules (/Users/matt/Projects/Other/strapi/my-first-matrix-client/node_modules/matrix-js-sdk/lib/base-apis.js:1633:21)
    at getPushRules (/Users/matt/Projects/Other/strapi/my-first-matrix-client/node_modules/matrix-js-sdk/lib/sync.js:506:35)
    at SyncApi.sync (/Users/matt/Projects/Other/strapi/my-first-matrix-client/node_modules/matrix-js-sdk/lib/sync.js:666:5)
    at MatrixClient.startClient (/Users/matt/Projects/Other/strapi/my-first-matrix-client/node_modules/matrix-js-sdk/lib/client.js:4682:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/matt/Projects/Other/strapi/my-first-matrix-client/index.js:11:9)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:933:14)"
__proto__: Error {constructor: , name: "TypeError", message: "", …}
Waiting for saved sync before retrying push rules...
Got reply from saved sync, exists? false
ERROR

Did someone have a similar problem with a node only implementation?

[SebastianRiga]

I recieve the same error when calling client.startClient({initialSyncLimit: 10}), also from the examples.

[gavtaylor]

Ive been having this issue as well trying to get hubot connecting to matrix, I had to drop back to v2.4.6 before it started working.

[freelock]

Same issue here -- upgrading my bot to matrix-js-sdk@4 fails with this error, works fine at @2 (but not @3.

[uhoreg]

I think this is caused by https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/blob/develop/src/index.ts#L20 . As I understand it, using import in this way returns a promise, rather than the actual module. So I think we either need to do matrixcs.request(await import("request"));, or else import * as request from "request"; matrixcs.request(request);

[t3chguy]

await import there wouldn't work in an env without top-level async-await, the latter sounds sane though

[jt0in3e]

I would like to reopen the issue since there is a similar error.
I've installed matrix-sdk-js using Node.js v16.15.0 and initiated client as per example. Received TypeError: this.opts.request is not a function. Also tried with nodejs v12, import or require of SDK, using async ... await function, but the same issue.
any ideas?

[matt-bro]

Did you try to downgrade the matrix js sdk version, to see if this improves the problem? It really helped us in the past to downgrade and compare a working old version of the sdk with a newer one.

[dcolley]

Downgrading the matrix sdk version is not a solution... discussion continues here #2415

[safalbk]

any solution?? plz

[t3chguy]

@safalbk see #2415 (comment)