RE: npm install -- MIDRANGE-L

Not sure how tightly locked down it is, but npm does support an HTTP
proxy: https://jjasonclark.com/how-to-setup-node-behind-web-proxy/

If that doesn't work, but the IBM i can access local systems, you can set
up an npm caching proxy on a system that can access the internet:
http://willcodefor.beer/setup-your-own-npm-cache-server/

"MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 11/30/2016
04:12:53 PM:

From: Peter Connell <Peter.Connell@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 11/30/2016 04:13 PM
Subject: RE: npm install
Sent by: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

If I can't get npm install to work then is their another way to
install the request-debug module?
Like, does the install just add a new .js script into some folder
within the Node tree?

Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Aaron Bartell
Sent: Thursday, 1 December 2016 9:51 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: npm install

*>On my Windows 7 pro box, I use the so-called "Git Bash" *

Oh man, I didn't know this. Just installed on my Windows7 virtual
machine and ran a test. Worked without issue. Here's a screenshot:
http://bit.ly/2gLrPZF

Thanks for sharing that.

Aaron Bartell
IBM i hosting, starting at $157/month. litmis.com/spaces

On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 1:45 PM, Scott Klement

<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

You can get bash on any version of Windows... just not using
Microsoft's version of it.

On my Windows 7 pro box, I use the so-called "Git Bash" (which is a
package that includes both git and an environment with the bash shell)

for Windows. Works brilliantly. And, lets face it, you're going to
want git in addition to bash :-)

In the past, I used Cygwin with it's bash shell (or even tcsh if you
prefer that as I do). I was doing that way back on Windows 98. It's
basically like having PASE on my PC, except it's more like Linux than

AIX.

Don't feel like you have to run Windows 10 to have a good shell :-)

On 11/29/2016 8:43 AM, Aaron Bartell wrote:

Hi Peter,

Make sure DNS on the IBM i is configured.

Also, if you're on Windows 10 then you can install Bash for a better
shell
experience:
http://www.howtogeek.com/249966/how-to-install-and-use-the-
linux-bash-shell-on-windows-10/

Aaron Bartell
IBM i hosting, starting at $157/month. litmis.com/spaces

On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 1:08 AM, Peter Connell
<Peter.Connell@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Scott,

Thanks for that.
I downloaded putty.exe to my PC => STRTCPSVR *SSHD => clicked

putty.exe => entered host name => logged on as i5 user => npm
install request-debug Then I see the spinning bar character but it
hangs there.
When I close the session the putty.log shows exactly the same
garbage [0G\ lines as before.
However, QSYSOPR show the error sshd[33524]: fatal: Cannot bind any

address.

Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Scott Klement
Sent: Tuesday, 29 November 2016 6:35 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: npm install

Peter,

I would recommend using a "real" Unix terminal rather than 5250.
The way I do that is by running the SSH daemon (STRTCPSVR *SSHD) and

connecting with the free Putty client from Windows.
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

There are many other ways, though.

The funny codes you see like [0G\ are escape sequences that direct
the terminal to do something. They will not show up correctly in a
5250 terminal.

In your example, it looks like it's trying to make a "spinning" bar
character by erasing and drawing characters in the same position of
the screen. Just a little "while you wait" type of animation that
won't work in 5250 and just looks confusing.

By using a real terminal you can, hopefully, see what the actual
error is.

-SK

On 11/28/2016 8:05 PM, Peter Connell wrote:

I'm on little journey thru Node.js now that I know that IBM support

it

and I'm kinda taken with it.

I want to debug HTTP requests and have seen some useful examples
using

request-debug but it does not seem to be installed.

I can successfully use the request library (which for some reason I

have

to specify the full path) to get HTTP responses from a 3rd party
server but when I add the require for request-debug I get an error.

var request =
require('/QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData/Node/lib/node_modules/npm/node_mod
ule
s/request');
require('request-debug')(request);

Cannot find module 'request-debug'

I googled and found some advice from Aaron Bartell who has used npm

install from QSH or QP2TERM so I tried npm install require-debug

But it just repeated outputs lines of garbage like [0G\ [0G| [0G/
[0G- [0G\ [0G| [0G/ [0G- [0G\ [0G| [0G/ [0G- [0G\

Same thing no matter what the name of the module to be installed

is.

Peter

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