npm create indiekit fails at URL.canParse(value)

[jphastings]

Description of the bug

Running the npm create command specified in the guide triggers an error while parsing the given URL.

Steps to reproduce

1. Run the npm create command on a Macbook (M2) running Sonoma 14.0.
2. At the prompt to add your website's URL add any URL, any text, or nothing.
3. See error:

$ npm create indiekit indiekit.byjp.me

Welcome to Indiekit! (create-indiekit v1.0.0-beta.6)
If you encounter a problem, visit https://github.com/getindiekit/indiekit/issues to file a new issue.

> Gathering details…
? What is your website’s URL? › https://www.byjp.me
file:///Users/jp/.npm/_npx/5afa545f499565d0/node_modules/create-indiekit/lib/setup-prompts.js:8
      URL.canParse(value)
          ^

TypeError: URL.canParse is not a function
    at TextPrompt.validate [as validator] (file:///Users/jp/.npm/_npx/5afa545f499565d0/node_modules/create-indiekit/lib/setup-prompts.js:8:11)
    at TextPrompt.validate (/Users/jp/.npm/_npx/5afa545f499565d0/node_modules/prompts/lib/elements/text.js:73:28)
    at TextPrompt.submit (/Users/jp/.npm/_npx/5afa545f499565d0/node_modules/prompts/lib/elements/text.js:85:16)
    at ReadStream.keypress (/Users/jp/.npm/_npx/5afa545f499565d0/node_modules/prompts/lib/elements/prompt.js:32:16)
    at ReadStream.emit (node:events:513:28)
    at emitKeys (node:internal/readline/utils:357:14)
    at emitKeys.next (<anonymous>)
    at ReadStream.onData (node:internal/readline/emitKeypressEvents:61:36)
    at ReadStream.emit (node:events:525:35)
    at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:315:12)
npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path /Users/jp/src/personal
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command sh -c -- create-indiekit indiekit.byjp.me

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/jp/.npm/_logs/2023-12-10T12_54_46_246Z-debug-0.log

Expected behaviour

It should set up a new indiekit instance.

Environment

• IndieKit 1.0.0-beta6
• macOS 14.0 (Sonoma)
• Macbook M2

Additional context

Pressing Ctrl-C (instead of entering a URL) results in a semi-successful run of the create script (the publication key in package.json is empty, and text in the readme & description in package.json refer to the side "undefined")

[paulrobertlloyd]

Thanks for filing this bug.

URL.canParse() is available in all Node versions after 18.17.0, so this error shouldn’t return if you have Node 18.17.0 or above installed. Do you know which version you had installed when you got this error?

I note that the docs say Node v20 is the minimum supported version, but the version check in the create-indiekit package currency only warns you if v16 or below is installed. I’ll update that, which hopefully means this error won’t be shown.

[jphastings]

Hi @paulrobertlloyd, this is exactly the issue — I have multiple versions of node on my machine and this was using v16.19.0! Thanks for the explanation — I think the dependency check change is a great idea too! 🙇

All is working now 😊 Thanks for the help (and feel free to close this issue as/when that suits!)