Error on build: parseQuery should get a string as first argument

[Meligy]

Please provide us with the following information:

OS?

Windows 7, 8 or 10. Linux (which distribution). Mac OSX (Yosemite? El Capitan?)

Mac OSX Sierra

Versions.

Please run ng --version. If there's nothing outputted, please run in a Terminal: node --version and paste the result here:

Could not start watchman; falling back to NodeWatcher for file system events.
Visit http://ember-cli.com/user-guide/#watchman for more info.
angular-cli: local (v1.0.0-beta.16, branch: master)
node: 6.6.0
os: darwin x64

Repro steps.

Was this an app that wasn't created using the CLI? What change did you do on your code? etc.

ng new test-app --link-cli
cd test-app
ng build

The log given by the failure.

Normally this include a stack trace and some more information.

At the end of the output I see:

ERROR in ./src/main.ts
Module build failed: Error: parseQuery should get a string as first argument
    at Object.parseQuery (/Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/loader-utils/index.js:68:9)
    at compiler (/Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/awesome-typescript-loader/src/index.ts:35:45)
    at Object.loader (/Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/awesome-typescript-loader/src/index.ts:18:18)
 @ multi main

Looking further up:

 10% building modules 3/6 modules 3 active ...ode_modules/style-loader/addStyles.jsError: parseQuery should get a string as first argument
    at Object.parseQuery (/Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/loader-utils/index.js:68:9)
    at compiler (/Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/awesome-typescript-loader/src/index.ts:35:45)
    at Object.loader (/Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/awesome-typescript-loader/src/index.ts:18:18)
    at LOADER_EXECUTION (/Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/loader-runner/lib/LoaderRunner.js:114:14)
    at runSyncOrAsync (/Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/loader-runner/lib/LoaderRunner.js:115:4)
    at iterateNormalLoaders (/Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/loader-runner/lib/LoaderRunner.js:224:2)
    at iterateNormalLoaders (/Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/loader-runner/lib/LoaderRunner.js:213:10)
    at /Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/loader-runner/lib/LoaderRunner.js:228:3
    at Object.context.callback (/Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/loader-runner/lib/LoaderRunner.js:106:13)
    at Object.module.exports (/Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/angular2-template-loader/index.js:32:10)
    at LOADER_EXECUTION (/Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/loader-runner/lib/LoaderRunner.js:114:14)
    at runSyncOrAsync (/Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/loader-runner/lib/LoaderRunner.js:115:4)
    at iterateNormalLoaders (/Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/loader-runner/lib/LoaderRunner.js:224:2)
    at /Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/loader-runner/lib/LoaderRunner.js:197:4
    at Storage.finished (/Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/enhanced-resolve/lib/CachedInputFileSystem.js:39:16)
    at /Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:78:16
    at FSReqWrap.readFileAfterClose [as oncomplete] (fs.js:445:3) 'Error: parseQuery should get a string as first argument\n    at Object.parseQuery (/Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/loader-utils/index.js:68:9)\n    at compiler (/Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/awesome-typescript-loader/src/index.ts:35:45)\n    at Object.loader (/Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/awesome-typescript-loader/src/index.ts:18:18)\n    at LOADER_EXECUTION (/Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/loader-runner/lib/LoaderRunner.js:114:14)\n    at runSyncOrAsync (/Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/loader-runner/lib/LoaderRunner.js:115:4)\n    at iterateNormalLoaders (/Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/loader-runner/lib/LoaderRunner.js:224:2)\n    at iterateNormalLoaders (/Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/loader-runner/lib/LoaderRunner.js:213:10)\n    at /Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/loader-runner/lib/LoaderRunner.js:228:3\n    at Object.context.callback (/Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/loader-runner/lib/LoaderRunner.js:106:13)\n    at Object.module.exports (/Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/angular2-template-loader/index.js:32:10)\n    at LOADER_EXECUTION (/Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/loader-runner/lib/LoaderRunner.js:114:14)\n    at runSyncOrAsync (/Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/loader-runner/lib/LoaderRunner.js:115:4)\n    at iterateNormalLoaders (/Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/loader-runner/lib/LoaderRunner.js:224:2)\n    at /Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/loader-runner/lib/LoaderRunner.js:197:4\n    at Storage.finished (/Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/enhanced-resolve/lib/CachedInputFileSystem.js:39:16)\n    at /Users/Meligy/Code/github/angular/angular-cli/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:78:16\n    at FSReqWrap.readFileAfterClose [as oncomplete] (fs.js:445:3)'
1060ms building modules 

Mention any other details that might be useful.

This is with linked CLI post beta-16.

I discovered it at 790a1b4 andI kept running git checkout for earlier commits till f6a39b2 to avoid the problem and it's still there. Now not sure where it starts.

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Thanks! We'll be in touch soon.

[DeWitt-A]

I believe this was related to webpack .25 and font awesome. Adding this to the config fixed it for me.

"loader-utils": "^0.2.16"

[filipesilva]

I can't repro this myself, and as far as I can tell webpack.25 is using that version of loader-utils: https://github.com/webpack/webpack/blob/master/package.json#L14

You seem to be using the master branch, did you made sure to clear your node_modules and reinstall? Sometimes versions can get stale, or some other package might have busted semver.

[CarreraPHP]

@filipesilva, I am getting the same error when i got add "--aot" to the "ng serve" command. If i continue to use with "--aot", I am getting "missing app.module.ngFactory.ts file" error. However, if i rerun the ng serve after each modifications everything is working fine.

My angular-cli version is "beta17" & os is "sierra".

[CarreraPHP]

I am getting below error with "ng build --prod".

[filipesilva]

@CarreraPHP try updating to beta.17 by following https://github.com/angular/angular-cli#updating-angular-cli. I think this is related with stale dependencies.

[CarreraPHP]

@filipesilva, Thank you.

The error didn't occur until now post the cache clean and install as mentioned in the URI provided by U.

Do i need to follow the same steps even when i clone the repo and use "npm link" inside the clone & "npm link angular-cli" inside the project?

[filipesilva]

I wouldn't advise you doing that for your projects. There's a bug with npm link where dependencies can be lost when doing npm install.

Regardless, even when using master version, packages need to be kept up to date.

[theunreal]

Any temporary solution for this?

[Meligy]

I'm unable to reproduce this.

Here's what I recommend you do to test it:

• Go to the folder where you cloned the CLI, ensure you are on master branch and reset changes, and git pull

• Then in the same folder, delete node_modules folder, then run:

  npm cache clear
  npm install
  npm link
  

• Then go to a completely different folder outside the repo, and run the actual test:

  ng new test-app-fixed --link-cli
  cd test-app-fixed
  ng build
  

For the record, I ran this on macOS Sierra, with this Node version reported by ng --version:

angular-cli: local (v1.0.0-beta.17, branch: master)
node: 6.6.0
os: darwin x64

(NPM 3.10.8)

[Elecash]

@DeWitt-A your solution worked for me, thanks!

In case anyone wants to fix this just go to your package.json and on your dependencies add loader-utils fixed to 0.2.16.

"devDependencies": {
    "@angular/compiler-cli": "2.2.1",
    "@types/jasmine": "2.5.38",
    "@types/node": "^6.0.42",
    "angular-cli": "1.0.0-beta.21",
    "codelyzer": "~1.0.0-beta.3",
    "commitizen": "^2.8.6",
    "ghooks": "^1.3.2",
    "jasmine-core": "2.5.2",
    "jasmine-spec-reporter": "2.5.0",
    "karma": "1.2.0",
    "karma-chrome-launcher": "^2.0.0",
    "karma-cli": "^1.0.1",
    "karma-jasmine": "^1.0.2",
    "karma-remap-istanbul": "^0.2.1",
    "protractor": "4.0.9",
    "semantic-release": "^6.3.2",
    "ts-node": "1.2.1",
    "tslint": "3.13.0",
    "typescript": "~2.0.3",
    "loader-utils": "0.2.16",
    "webdriver-manager": "10.2.5"
}

[Meligy]

Are you still seeing this with latest beta 22-*?