Error setting Cloud Code file: On Windows, absolute paths must be valid file:// URLs. Received protocol 'c:'

[rjcodedev]

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Issue Description

this issue occur when I pass __dirname + '/cloud/main.js' cloud params in new ParseServer instance in my windows laptop

Steps to reproduce

clone parse-server-example and run it in windows laptop
or you can create your own parse-server setup and run it

Server

• Parse Server version: 6.3.1
• Operating system: windows 11
• Local or remote host (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Heroku, Digital Ocean, etc): local

Database

• System (MongoDB or Postgres): MongoDB
• Database version: 7.0
• Local or remote host (MongoDB Atlas, mLab, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, etc): local

Client

• SDK (iOS, Android, JavaScript, PHP, Unity, etc): javascript
• SDK version: 4.1.0

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[rjcodedev]

also forgot to mention that work perfectly fine in macos

[mtrezza]

Then this looks more like a URL issue than a Parse Server issue. Maybe post what the value is that you are setting for cloud.

[rjcodedev]

import path from 'path';
const __dirname = path.resolve();

export const config = { databaseURI: 'mongodb://0.0.0.0:27017/dev', cloud: __dirname + "/cloud/main.js", appId: 'myAppId', masterKey: 'masterkey', //Add your master key here. Keep it secret! serverURL: 'http://localhost:1337/parse', // Don't forget to change to https if needed };

my current code looks like this

[mtrezza]

Add const cloudPath = __dirname + "/cloud/main.js"; and what is the value of cloudPath? And is main.js a ESM or CJS?

[rjcodedev]

{"type":"module"}
code from main.js
await import('./functions.js');

output of this line of codeconst cloudPath = __dirname + "/cloud/main.js"; is C:\mycompany\parse-server-example/cloud/main.js

[rjcodedev]

I also tried this path './cloud/main.js' path still not working

[mtrezza]

The error explains the issue:

On Windows, absolute paths must be valid file URLs.

Your path is C:\mycompany\parse-server-example/cloud/main.js but it should start with file:// protocol.

I'm closing this as it does not seem to be a Parse Server issue.

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[rjcodedev]

I have tried this file://C:/mycompany/parse-server-example/cloud/main.js but not working
@mtrezza