Loading iohook doesn't work

Describe the bug Using vue-cli + vue-cli-electron-installer Added the iohook settings according to my setup Edited package.json

"iohook": {
    "targets": [
      "node-83",
      "electron-85"
    ],
    "platforms": [
      "win32",
      "darwin"
    ],
    "arches": [
      "x64",
      "ia32"
    ]
  },

npm i

I can see the correct build .node file in my node_modules, but npm run electron:serve throws an error :

Error: Cannot find module '/Users/useruser/Projects/project/dist_electron/builds/electron-v85-darwin-x64/build/Release/iohook.node'
    at webpackEmptyContext (webpack:///./node_modules/iohook_sync?:2:10)
    at eval (webpack:///./node_modules/iohook/index.js?:10:80)
    at Object../node_modules/iohook/index.js (/Users/useruser/Projects/project/dist_electron/index.js:1163:1)
    at __webpack_require__ (/Users/useruser/Projects/project/dist_electron/index.js:20:30)
    at eval (webpack:///./src/background.js?:16:16)
    at Module../src/background.js (/Users/useruser/Projects/project/dist_electron/index.js:2451:1)
    at __webpack_require__ (/Users/useruser/Projects/project/dist_electron/index.js:20:30)
    at eval (webpack:///multi_./src/background.js?:1:18)
    at Object.0 (/Users/useruser/Projects/project/dist_electron/index.js:2522:1)
    at __webpack_require__ (/Users/useruser/Projects/project/dist_electron/index.js:20:30)

I tried to manually copy the iohook.node file in the expected folder structure (under dist_electron/builds/electron-v85-darwin-x64/build/Release/) but it also does not work (although the file exists).

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Create a vue-cli project, add vue-cli-plugin-electron-installer, and add iohook as a dependency.

Environment (please complete the following information):

System:
    OS: macOS 11.1
    CPU: (16) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9880H CPU @ 2.30GHz
  Binaries:
    Node: 14.15.3 - /usr/local/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.22.10 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
    npm: 6.14.9 - /usr/local/bin/npm
  Browsers:
    Chrome: Not Found
    Edge: Not Found
    Firefox: 84.0.2
    Safari: Not Found
  npmPackages:
    @vue/babel-helper-vue-jsx-merge-props:  1.2.1
    @vue/babel-helper-vue-transform-on:  1.0.2
    @vue/babel-plugin-jsx:  1.0.3
    @vue/babel-plugin-transform-vue-jsx:  1.2.1
    @vue/babel-preset-app:  4.5.11
    @vue/babel-preset-jsx:  1.2.4
    @vue/babel-sugar-composition-api-inject-h:  1.2.1
    @vue/babel-sugar-composition-api-render-instance:  1.2.4
    @vue/babel-sugar-functional-vue:  1.2.2
    @vue/babel-sugar-inject-h:  1.2.2
    @vue/babel-sugar-v-model:  1.2.3
    @vue/babel-sugar-v-on:  1.2.3
    @vue/cli-overlay:  4.5.11
    @vue/cli-plugin-babel: ~4.5.0 => 4.5.11
    @vue/cli-plugin-eslint: ~4.5.0 => 4.5.11
    @vue/cli-plugin-router: ~4.5.0 => 4.5.11
    @vue/cli-plugin-vuex: ~4.5.0 => 4.5.11
    @vue/cli-service: ~4.5.0 => 4.5.11
    @vue/cli-shared-utils:  4.5.11
    @vue/component-compiler-utils:  3.2.0
    @vue/eslint-config-prettier: ^6.0.0 => 6.0.0
    @vue/preload-webpack-plugin:  1.1.2
    @vue/web-component-wrapper:  1.2.0
    eslint-plugin-vue: ^6.2.2 => 6.2.2
    vue: ^2.6.11 => 2.6.12
    vue-cli-plugin-electron-builder: ~2.0.0-rc.6 => 2.0.0-rc.6
    vue-eslint-parser:  7.4.1
    vue-hot-reload-api:  2.3.4
    vue-loader:  15.9.6 (16.1.2)
    vue-router: ^3.2.0 => 3.5.1
    vue-style-loader:  4.1.2
    vue-template-compiler: ^2.6.11 => 2.6.12
    vue-template-es2015-compiler:  1.9.1
    vuex: ^3.4.0 => 3.6.2
    vuex-electron: ^1.0.3 => 1.0.3
  npmGlobalPackages:
    @vue/cli: 4.5.11

[michelvermeulen]

SUCCESS!

So thanks to both your comments, I think I figured it out. iohook was in my devDependencies, and moving it to dependencies + adding to the externals did the trick!

Guys, I can’t stress enough how this was a pin in my *** so massive thanks! 💙

[nklayman]

@michelvermeulen I don’t see anything that looks like it would cause an issue. Adding it as an external worked for me (and for @Wurielle), so I don’t think it is an issue with this plugin, so I’ll close this. If you can create a demo repo that shows the error and post it here, I’ll look into it. Otherwise, I can’t really help you as I can’t trigger the error myself.