The "path" argument must be one of type string, Buffer, or URL. Received type boolean

Hi @BlueHatbRit,

I was trying to generate a PDF file with your module with the programmatic API and I would like to keep the generated temporary HTML file (passed the debug: true to the options object). When the program is executed I get the error message mentioned in the title. I was using the following code (this example code is from the README):

const mdpdf = require('mdpdf');
const path = require('path');

let options = {
    source: path.join(__dirname, 'README.md'),
    destination: path.join(__dirname, 'output.pdf'),
    debug: true,
    pdf: {
        border : {
            top: "20mm",
            left: "20mm",
            right: "20mm",
            bottom: "20mm"
        },
        format: 'A4',
        orientation: 'portrait'
    }
};

mdpdf.convert(options).then((pdfPath) => {
    console.log('PDF Path:', pdfPath);
}).catch((err) => {
    console.error(err);
});

This is the full output of the program:

TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "path" argument must be one of type string, Buffer, or URL. Received type boolean
    at Object.open (fs.js:408:3)
    at WriteStream.open (internal/fs/streams.js:267:12)
    at new WriteStream (internal/fs/streams.js:254:10)
    at Object.createWriteStream (fs.js:1731:10)
    at writeFile.then.then.then.then.then.then (C:\wamp64\www\pdf\node_modules\mdpdf\src\index.js:199:51)
    at tryCatcher (C:\wamp64\www\pdf\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\util.js:16:23)
    at Promise._settlePromiseFromHandler (C:\wamp64\www\pdf\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\promise.js:512:31)
    at Promise._settlePromise (C:\wamp64\www\pdf\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\promise.js:569:18)
    at Promise._settlePromise0 (C:\wamp64\www\pdf\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\promise.js:614:10)
    at Promise._settlePromises (C:\wamp64\www\pdf\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\promise.js:694:18)
    at _drainQueueStep (C:\wamp64\www\pdf\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\async.js:138:12)
    at _drainQueue (C:\wamp64\www\pdf\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\async.js:131:9)
    at Async._drainQueues (C:\wamp64\www\pdf\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\async.js:147:5)
    at Immediate.Async.drainQueues [as _onImmediate] (C:\wamp64\www\pdf\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\async.js:17:14)
    at runCallback (timers.js:705:18)
    at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:676:5)

Despite of the error message, every file is generated (even the _temp.html)

Can you take a look?

Thanks!

[BlueHatbRit]

Hi @enisz, so sorry for the delay. The weekend was very busy and I unfortunately can only maintain this in my spare time.

I’ve just had a look and it would seem the documentation example is out of date which is really awful, so sorry! The debug option should actually be the path you wish to save the html debug file.

I hope this hasn’t delayed you too much. I’m going to update the documentation now.

[BlueHatbRit]

Sounds like a great use of mdpdf! Good to know people are using the api as well, I thought most people just used the cli. Do feel free to send PR’s or put in feature suggestions, I don’t get a huge amount of time for it these days but I’m always looking to improve the project when I can.

Thanks for sharing the details 😃