Node.js error : %1 is not a valid Win32 application

Question

Hi I downloaded a copy of my project from a running Node.js server and tried running it but encountered the following error :

Error :

E:\Projects\Smart Automation Web\Zigma_copy\automator\node_modules\bcrypt\node_modules\bindings\bindings.js:79
        throw e
              ^
Error: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.
E:\Projects\Smart Automation Web\Zigma_copy\automator\node_modules\bcrypt\build\Release\bcrypt_lib.node
    at Error (native)
    at Module.load (module.js:355:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:310:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:365:17)
    at require (module.js:384:17)
    at bindings (E:\Projects\Smart Automation Web\Zigma_copy\automator\node_modules\bcrypt\node_modules\bindings\bindings.js:74:15)
    at Object.<anonymous> (E:\Projects\Smart Automation Web\Zigma_copy\automator\node_modules\bcrypt\bcrypt.js:3:35)
    at Module._compile (module.js:460:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:478:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:355:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:310:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:365:17)
    at require (module.js:384:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (E:\Projects\Smart Automation Web\Zigma_copy\automator\api\services\UserManager.js:2:14)
    at Module._compile (module.js:460:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:478:10)

How I tried to run my application :

1. I downloaded the complete app folder from my server using FTP
2. I opened the project through webstorm IDE
3. I opened its terminal and typed : npm install
4. It was success .
5. Then I typed sails lift and got the following error .

I am a novice and not able to find why it fails . Though I can read the error and it said something about my UserManager.js , so I am atatching that here too .

UserManager.js :

var jwt = require('jsonwebtoken')
var bcrypt = require('bcrypt');

var jwtSecret = "werisdkf120sdkfr84rwerf";
var ISSUER = "home-automator.com";
var EXPIRY_TIME = 120*500;

function genToken(user) {
  var token = jwt.sign({id: user.id}, jwtSecret, {issuer: ISSUER, expiresInMinutes: EXPIRY_TIME});
  return token;
}

module.exports = {
  hashPassword: function (plainTxtPassword, salt, next) {
    salt = salt || bcrypt.genSaltSync(6);
    bcrypt.hash(plainTxtPassword, salt, function (err, hash) {
      if (err) {
        return next({err: {message: "Something went wrong. Please try again later."}});
      }
      next(null, hash, salt);
    })
  },

  createUser: function (newUser, next) {
    User.findOneByEmail(newUser.email, function (err, user) {
      if (err) {
        return next({err: {message: "Failed to create user. Please try again later."}});
      }

      if (user) {
        return next({err: {message: "Email already registered. Please try a different email address."}})
      }

      User.create(newUser, function (err, user) {
        if (err) {
          return next({err: err});
        }

        next(null, user);
      })
    })
  },

  generateAuthToken: function (user) {
    return genToken(user);
  },

  generateAuthTokenFromPassword: function (username, password, next) {
    User.findOne({email: username}, function (err, user) {
      if (err) {
        return next({err: {message: "Something went wrong, please try again later."}});
      }

      if (!user) {
        return next({err: {message: "Invalid email address and/or password. Please enter valid login credentials and try again."}})
      }

      bcrypt.compare(password, user.encrypted_password, function (err, valid) {
        if (err) {
          return next({err: {message: "Something went wrong, please try again later."}});
        }
        if (!valid) {
          return next({err: {message: "Invalid email address and/or password. Please try again with valid login credentials."}});
        }
        else {
          next(null, user, genToken(user));
        }
      })
    })
  },

  getUserFromAuthToken: function (token, next) {
    jwt.verify(token, jwtSecret, {issuer: ISSUER}, function (err, user) {
      if (err) {
        return next(err);
      }

      User.findOne({id: user.id}, function (err, userData) {
        if (err) next(err);
        return next(null, userData);
      })
    })
  }
}

This is what I got after deleting node_modules and doing npm install again . Also now looks some packages are missing because of errors :

E:\Projects\Smart Automation Web\Zigma_copy\automator>npm install
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Critical vulnerability fix in v5.0.0. See https://auth0.com/blog/2015/03/31/critical-vulnerabilities-in-json-web-token-libraries/
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: DEPRECATED. See readme: https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt-lib-contrib
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Security update: Versions below 3.0.0 are deprecated.
/


> [email protected] install E:\Projects\Smart Automation Web\Zigma_copy\automator\node_modules\bcrypt
> node-gyp rebuild


E:\Projects\Smart Automation Web\Zigma_copy\automator\node_modules\bcrypt>node "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\node-gyp-bin\\..\..\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: Can't find Python executable "python", you can set the PYTHON env variable.
gyp ERR! stack     at failNoPython (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:103:14)
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:64:11
gyp ERR! stack     at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (evalmachine.<anonymous>:99:15)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 6.3.9600
gyp ERR! command "node" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd E:\Projects\Smart Automation Web\Zigma_copy\automator\node_modules\bcrypt
gyp ERR! node -v v0.12.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v1.0.2
ERR! not ok
-


> [email protected] preinstall E:\Projects\Smart Automation Web\Zigma_copy\automator\node_modules\sails
> node ./lib/preinstall_npmcheck.js

Sails.js Installation: Checking npm-version successful
\


> [email protected] install E:\Projects\Smart Automation Web\Zigma_copy\automator\node_modules\sails-mongo\node_modules\mongodb\node_modules\kerberos
> (node-gyp rebuild 2> builderror.log) || (exit 0)


E:\Projects\Smart Automation Web\Zigma_copy\automator\node_modules\sails-mongo\node_modules\mongodb\node_modules\kerberos>node "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\node-gyp-bin\\..\..\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild
/


> [email protected] install E:\Projects\Smart Automation Web\Zigma_copy\automator\node_modules\sails-mongo\node_modules\mongodb\node_modules\bson
> (node-gyp rebuild 2> builderror.log) || (exit 0)


E:\Projects\Smart Automation Web\Zigma_copy\automator\node_modules\sails-mongo\node_modules\mongodb\node_modules\bson>node "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\node-gyp-bin\\..\..\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild
-


> [email protected] install E:\Projects\Smart Automation Web\Zigma_copy\automator\node_modules\sails\node_modules\sails-hook-sockets\node_modules\socket.io\node_modules\engine.io\node_modules\ws
> (node-gyp rebuild 2> builderror.log) || (exit 0)

\
E:\Projects\Smart Automation Web\Zigma_copy\automator\node_modules\sails\node_modules\sails-hook-sockets\node_modules\socket.io\node_modules\engine.io\node_modules\ws>node "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\node-gyp-bin\\..\..\node_mo
dules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild
-
> [email protected] install E:\Projects\Smart Automation Web\Zigma_copy\automator\node_modules\sails\node_modules\sails-hook-sockets\node_modules\socket.io-client\node_modules\engine.io-client\node_modules\ws
> (node-gyp rebuild 2> builderror.log) || (exit 0)


E:\Projects\Smart Automation Web\Zigma_copy\automator\node_modules\sails\node_modules\sails-hook-sockets\node_modules\socket.io-client\node_modules\engine.io-client\node_modules\ws>node "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\node-gyp-bin\
\..\..\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild
npm ERR! Windows_NT 6.3.9600
npm ERR! argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install"
npm ERR! node v0.12.0
npm ERR! npm  v2.5.1
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! [email protected] install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] install script 'node-gyp rebuild'.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the bcrypt package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls bcrypt
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     E:\Projects\Smart Automation Web\Zigma_copy\automator\npm-debug.log

Solution

I had this error trying to deploy on Windows too.

Delete the folder containing npm-bcrypt on the deployment server inside your project folder node_modules (..programs\server\node_modules).

On the deployment server, run:

npm install bcrypt

And it will re-install bcrypt which should solve that error for you. In addition, you will need Python >2.5 and <3.0 to properly handle fibers. If you install the latest version it likely won't work properly.

Comments

[Yoruba]

Upgrading to a newer version of bcrypt was for me the solution. After trying Roger K his solution.

[ssedwards]

I deleted the folder on the server and run "npm install bcrypt --save" after a build step in DevOps. This didn't work and got bcrypt_lib.node is not a valid Win32 application.