Question

Serverless Function Error: Cannot find module '@sendgrid/mail'

**Invoking a Function in the console returns this error in the console:

Error: Cannot find module '@sendgrid/mail'

In the output:

The function did not initialize properly.

The function was deployed from my local machine using:

doctl serverless deploy . --remote-build

This is the package.json file:

{
    "name": "my-func-name",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "My func desc",
    "main": "index.js",
    "scripts": {
      "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
    },
    "author": "Mor Sagmon",
    "license": "ISC",
    "dependencies": {
      "@sendgrid/mail": "^7.7.0",
      "cors": "^2.8.5",
      "dotenv": "^16.3.1",
      "express": "^4.18.2"
    }
  }

And this is the index.js file:

const sgMail = require('@sendgrid/mail');

// Assuming SENDGRID_API_KEY and SENDER_EMAIL are set as environment variables
sgMail.setApiKey(process.env.SENDGRID_API_KEY);

async function main(args) {
    const { to, templateId, dynamicData, unsubscribeGroupId, emergencyByPass } = args;

    // Default response
    let response = { "body": "Invalid request payload" };

    // Validate the request payload
    if (!to || !templateId || !dynamicData) {
        return response;
    }

    // Construct the email object
    const msg = {
        to: to,
        from: process.env.SENDER_EMAIL,
        template_id: templateId,
        dynamic_template_data: dynamicData,
        mail_settings: { bypass_list_management: { enable: emergencyByPass } },
        ...(unsubscribeGroupId ? { asm: { group_id: unsubscribeGroupId } } : {}),
    };

    try {
        // Send the email using SendGrid
        await sgMail.send(msg);
        response.body = { message: 'Email sent successfully' };
    } catch (error) {
        console.error(error);
        response = { "body": { "error": 'Failed to send email', details: error.message } };
    }

    return response;
}

And the project.yml file:

parameters: {}
environment: {}
packages:
    - name: app
      shared: false
      environment: {}
      parameters: {}
      annotations: {}
      functions:
        - name: security
          binary: false
          main: ""
          runtime: nodejs:18
          web: true
          webSecure: false
          parameters: {}
          environment: {}
          annotations: {}
          limits: {
            timeout: 3000
          }
        - name: send-email
          binary: false
          main: ""
          runtime: nodejs:18
          web: true
          webSecure: false
          parameters: {}
          environment: {}
          annotations: {}
          limits: {
            timeout: 8000
          }

What am I missing here?


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Bobby Iliev
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March 7, 2024
Accepted Answer

Hey hey!

I’ve just tried to reproduce this on my end:

  • My hello.js:
const sgMail = require('@sendgrid/mail');

async function main(args) {
    if (sgMail) {
        console.log('sgMail is available');
    } else {
        console.log('sgMail is not available');
    }
    return {"body": "Hello World!"};
}

exports.main = main;
  • My package.json:
{
    "name": "hello-world",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "My func desc",
    "main": "hello.js",
    "scripts": {
      "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
    },
    "author": "Mor Sagmon",
    "license": "ISC",
    "dependencies": {
      "@sendgrid/mail": "^7.7.0",
      "cors": "^2.8.5",
      "dotenv": "^16.3.1",
      "express": "^4.18.2"
    }
}
  • My project.yaml:
parameters: {}
environment: {}
packages:
  - name: sample
    shared: false
    environment: {}
    parameters: {}
    annotations: {}
    functions:
      - name: hello
        binary: false
        main: ""
        runtime: nodejs:18
        web: true
        webSecure: false
        parameters: {}
        environment: {}
        annotations: {}
        limits:
          timeout: 90000
  • Running the function:

Maybe try adding exports.main = main; in your index.js? If this still does not work, could you share the structure of your repository? Or possibly feel free to setup a demo GitHub project and share the link here so I could test your code directly and submit a PR with posssible fixes!

Best,

Bobby

This is now solved. It seems to be a bug on DO’s end. I had a .ignore file with a single line in it: node_modules. However, there was no node_modules folder. Once I deleted the .ignore file - it worked with no complaining on missing dependencies.

It seems like some bug in the way DO interprets the .ignore file for the Function. After all, if I’m ignoring a missing file/folder - it should not break dependencies…

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