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Browser sync throws a TypeError on init

See original GitHub issue

BrowserSync throws a TypeError when it attempts to reload:

[12:02:53] TypeError: undefined is not a function
    at Object.init (/Users/conti/dev/foodjournal-web/node_modules/browser-sync/lib/public/init.js:25:25)
    at Gulp.<anonymous> (/Users/conti/dev/foodjournal-web/gulpfile.js:39:15)
    at module.exports (/Users/conti/dev/foodjournal-web/node_modules/gulp/node_modules/orchestrator/lib/runTask.js:34:7)
    at Gulp.Orchestrator._runTask (/Users/conti/dev/foodjournal-web/node_modules/gulp/node_modules/orchestrator/index.js:273:3)
    at Gulp.Orchestrator._runStep (/Users/conti/dev/foodjournal-web/node_modules/gulp/node_modules/orchestrator/index.js:214:10)
    at Gulp.Orchestrator.start (/Users/conti/dev/foodjournal-web/node_modules/gulp/node_modules/orchestrator/index.js:134:8)
    at Gulp.<anonymous> (/Users/conti/dev/foodjournal-web/node_modules/gulp/index.js:36:18)
    at Gaze.<anonymous> (/Users/conti/dev/foodjournal-web/node_modules/gulp/node_modules/vinyl-fs/node_modules/glob-watcher/index.js:18:14)
    at Gaze.emit (events.js:110:17)
    at Gaze.emit (/Users/conti/dev/foodjournal-web/node_modules/gulp/node_modules/vinyl-fs/node_modules/glob-watcher/node_modules/gaze/lib/gaze.js:129:32)

That points to the browser-sync gulp task:

gulp.task('browser-sync', function () {
  browserSync.init({
     server: {
       baseDir: "./public"
     }
   })
})

Any idea what could be going wrong? I’m using version 2.8.2.

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Created 8 years ago
Comments:8 (2 by maintainers)

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shakyShanecommented, Aug 18, 2015

Make sure you call create() first.

var browserSync = require('browser-sync').create();
var gulp = require('gulp');

gulp.task('browser-sync', function () {
  browserSync.init({
     server: {
       baseDir: "./public"
     }
   })
})

1reaction

devnixcommented, Dec 5, 2016

I’m also affected by this bug, only when I inclide this Javascript, I have no idea where could be the problem: http://imulus.github.io/retinajs/

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