CF error: "the gm/convert binaries can't be found"

Version info

firebase-functions: 2.0.5

firebase-tools: 4.2.1

firebase-admin: 6.0.0

Test case

I use Imagick to scale images and to check their dimensions. Everything worked okay until yesterday, when CF started throwing errors when running Imagick commands using the npm module gm.

Steps to reproduce

Use Imagick in code. The code deploys successfully. But after some deploys the imagick cannot be used, and after some deploys, it can be.

const im = gm.subClass({ imageMagick: true });
// ...
im(tmpFilePath).identify('%w', (err, result) => {
// ...
})
// ...
im(tmpFilePath).scale(size, 0).write(targetFileName, err => {
// ...
})
// ...

Were you able to successfully deploy your functions?

Yes. No errors during deploy.

Expected behavior

Imagick binary is available. NPM module gm can be used. Just like two days ago.

Actual behavior

Using gm the following error occurs

Error: Could not execute GraphicsMagick/ImageMagick: identify "-ping" "-format" "%w" "/tmp/photo_1540550839532" this most likely means the gm/convert binaries can't be found
    at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/srv/node_modules/gm/lib/command.js:232:12)
    at emitOne (events.js:116:13)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:211:7)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:196:12)
    at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:372:16)
    at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:138:11)
    at process._tickDomainCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:218:9)

Sometimes, after redeploy (with no change to the code whatsoever) it works, until there is a new deploy that brakes it. There is no way to tell if the deploy will have this problem without actually running the code.

[Flucadetena]

Hey @Jbz797 I did find the errors in my case. I opened two new issues that may help you.

Import gm with ES6 Use .webp

If you are using typescript as I was, the first issue is the one to follow. And the current solution is to import gm with require. You don’t get Types but it works.

Hope it helps! 😉

[Flucadetena]

Hi I’m running into the same issue. I’ve updated everything and theres now way I can solve the problem.

My dependencies:

"dependencies": {
    "@google-cloud/vision": "^2.1.2",
    "@sendgrid/mail": "^7.3.0",
    "@types/cors": "^2.8.8",
    "@types/gm": "^1.18.9",
    "@types/express": "4.17.7",
    "axios": "^0.21.0",
    "cors": "^2.8.5",
    "firebase-admin": "^9.3.0",
    "firebase-functions": "^3.11.0",
    "gm": "^1.23.1",
    "log4js": "^6.3.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@types/node": "^14.14.2",
    "firebase-functions-test": "^0.2.2",
    "tslint": "^6.1.3",
    "typescript": "^4.0.3"
  }, 

The error:

Error treating the img and resizing: Error: Error: Could not execute GraphicsMagick/ImageMagick: gm "convert" "-quality" "50" "/tmp/original.jpg" "-fill" "rgb(247,247,247)" "-fuzz" "5%" "-opaque" "rgb(255,255,255)" "-resize" "1000x^" "+profile" "\"*\"" "+comment" "/tmp/1000.webp" this most likely means the gm/convert binaries can't be found

In local works perfectly. Thanks