Error start Appium Server programmmatically

The problem

Cannot instantiate Appium server programmatically on Ms Window 10 even install nodejs and appium 1.10.

Environment

• Appium version (or git revision) that exhibits the issue: 1.10
• Last Appium version that did not exhibit the issue (if applicable): NA
• Desktop OS/version used to run Appium: 1.10
• Node.js version (unless using Appium.app|exe):
• Mobile platform/version under test: Android 6
• Real device or emulator/simulator: Real Device
• Appium CLI or Appium.app|exe:

Details

Cannot start Appium server programmatically but can start server from Appium GUI.

Link to Appium logs

[RemoteTestNG] detected TestNG version 6.14.3 C:\Users\kwong\Workspace\Appium\appiumjs\main.js:4 import { init as logsinkInit } from ‘./logsink’; ^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token { at new Script (vm.js:79:7) at createScript (vm.js:251:10) at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:303:10) at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:657:28) at Object.Module._extensions…js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:700:10) at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:599:32) at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:538:12) at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:530:3) at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:742:12) at startup (internal/bootstrap/node.js:283:19) Jan 04, 2019 9:17:20 AM com.peterwkc.manager.AndroidDriverManager setup INFO: Exception: The local appium server has not been started. The given Node.js executable: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe Arguments: [C:\Users\kwong\Workspace\Appium.\appiumjs\main.js, --port, 39074, --address, 127.0.0.1, --log, C:\Users\kwong\Workspace\Appium\log\appium.log, --log-level, DEBUG, --async-trace, true, --session-override, --default-capabilities, {"app": "C:/Users/kwong/Workspace/Appium/…/apk/Flipkart.apk", "appActivity": "com.flipkart.android.SplashActivity", "appPackage": "com.flipkart.android", "deviceName": "Sony Xperia Z2", "noReset": "false", "platformName": "Android", "platformVersion": "6.0", "skipUnlock": "true"}] Process output: C:\Users\kwong\Workspace\Appium\appiumjs\main.js:4 import { init as logsinkInit } from ‘./logsink’; ^ SyntaxError: Unexpected token { at new Script (vm.js:79:7) at createScript (vm.js:251:10) at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:303:10) at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:657:28) at Object.Module._extensions…js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:700:10) at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:599:32) at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:538:12) at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:530:3) at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:742:12) at startup (internal/bootstrap/node.js:283:19)

Jan 04, 2019 9:17:20 AM com.peterwkc.testManager.AndroidManager tearDown INFO: Exception: null

Not produce.

Code To Reproduce Issue [ Good To Have ]

try {
			File appDir = new File(System.getProperty("user.dir"));
	        File app = new File(appDir, "..\\apk\\Flipkart.apk");
			
	        // apk Capabilities
			DesiredCapabilities caps = new DesiredCapabilities();
	        caps.setCapability("deviceName", "Sony Xperia Z2");
	        //caps.setCapability("BROWSER_NAME", "Android");
	        caps.setCapability("platformVersion", "6.0");
	        caps.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.PLATFORM_NAME, Platform.ANDROID);
	        //caps.setCapability("udid", "WUJ01N4RQ3"); // DeviceId from "adb devices" command
	        caps.setCapability("platformName", "Android");
	        caps.setCapability("app", app.getAbsolutePath());
	        caps.setCapability("appPackage", "com.flipkart.android");
	        caps.setCapability("appActivity","com.flipkart.android.SplashActivity");
	        
	        // Appium Capabilities
	        caps.setCapability("skipUnlock","true");
	        caps.setCapability("noReset","false");

	        appiumBuilder = new AppiumServiceBuilder();
	        appiumBuilder.withAppiumJS(new File(".\\appiumjs\\main.js"));
	        appiumBuilder.usingDriverExecutable(new File("C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe"));
	        appiumBuilder.withIPAddress("127.0.0.1");
	        appiumBuilder.usingAnyFreePort();
	        appiumBuilder.withCapabilities(caps);
	        appiumBuilder.withStartUpTimeOut(3, TimeUnit.MINUTES);
	        appiumBuilder.withLogFile(new File(System.getProperty("user.dir") + "\\log\\appium.log"));
	        appiumBuilder.withArgument(GeneralServerFlag.SESSION_OVERRIDE);
	        appiumBuilder.withArgument(GeneralServerFlag.LOG_LEVEL, "DEBUG");
	        appiumBuilder.withArgument(GeneralServerFlag.ASYNC_TRACE, "true");
	        
	        appiumServer = AppiumDriverLocalService.buildService(appiumBuilder);
	        appiumServer.start();
	        //new URL("http://127.0.0.1:47233/wd/hub")
			driver = new AndroidDriver<MobileElement>(appiumServer, caps);
			driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
			
		} catch (Exception ex) {
			LogManager.logger.log(Level.INFO, "Exception: " + ex.getMessage());
		}

Please help. A billion thanks in advance.

[mykola-mokhnach]

Try to uninstall the stuff completely via npm and then install it again. Also make sure the node version in PATH is the correct one (>= 8.0)

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