Facing issues while executing cloud functions in appwrite

For some reason appwrite is not able to access the node-appwrite module

TypeScript

Error [ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND]: Cannot find package 'node-appwrite' imported from /usr/local/server/src/function/main.js
    at new NodeError (node:internal/errors:372:5)
    at packageResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:954:9)
    at moduleResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:1003:20)
    at defaultResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:1218:11)
    at ESMLoader.resolve (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:580:30)
    at ESMLoader.getModuleJob (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:294:18)
    at ModuleWrap.<anonymous> (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:80:40)
    at link (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:78:36)

TL;DR

Developers are facing issues with cloud functions in Appwrite. To solve it, they need to add a build command (`npm install`) in the console settings. The error is due to the node-appwrite module not being accessed properly in the code.

What's the code?

How do you have imported appwrite?

Are you sure it's imported correctly?

TypeScript

import { Client, Users, Query } from 'node-appwrite';

export default async ({ req, res, log, error }) => {
  // Initialize Appwrite client
  const client = new Client()
    .setEndpoint("https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1")
    .setProject("PROJECT")
    .setKey('API_KEY'); // Ensure you have this key set in your environment variables

  const users = new Users(client);

  if (req.method === 'POST' && req.path === '/webhook') {
    const order = req.body.data.attributes;
    log(order);

    const userEmail = order.user_email;
    if (!userEmail) {
      error('User email not found in webhook payload.');
      return res.json({ success: false }, 400);
    }

    try {
      // Search for the user by email
      const searchResult = await users.list([Query.equal("email", userEmail)]);
      if (!searchResult || searchResult.users.length === 0) {
        error(`User with email ${userEmail} not found.`);
        return res.json({ success: false }, 404);
      }

      // Update user labels
      const user = searchResult.users[0];
      const updatedLabels = [...new Set([...(user.labels || []), 'pro'])];
      await users.update(user.$id, { labels: updatedLabels });
      log(`Added "pro" label to user ${user.$id}.`);

      return res.json({ success: true });
    } catch (err) {
      error(`Failed to update user: ${err.message}`);
      return res.json({ success: false }, 500);
    }
  } else {
    return res.send('HELLO !!', 200);
  }
};

did you add build command??

No, is the build command needed ?? Cause have used the same template in other projects & it was working

yupp. if you intend to add an external package, you need to add build command, usually - npm install for nodejs. Save the build settings & redeploy the function.

oh okay I will try that

Facing the same err 😭

from the error you posted, a build command should fix it. is there any other error? could you tell what steps did you take?

Hey you can have a look at the source code above. This is the package.json

TypeScript

{
  "name": "webhooks",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "main.js",
  "type": "module",
  "scripts": {
    "build": "npm install"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "node-appwrite": "^13.0.0"
  }
}