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I am new to the whole stack of node.js, phantom.js, casper.js and spooky.js. I have everything installed (in Windows), with PATH updated and followed this example:

https://github.com/WaterfallEngineering/SpookyJS

I got this error:

C:\node_modules\spooky>node examples/hello.js

events.js:68
        throw arguments[1]; // Unhandled 'error' event
                       ^
Error: Child terminated with non-zero exit code 127
    at Spooky._spawnChild.Spooky._instances.(anonymous function) (C:\node_module
s\spooky\lib\spooky.js:82:17)
    at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:96:17)
    at Process._handle.onexit (child_process.js:678:10)

Anyone has any clue why and how to fix it? I run casperjs googlelinks.js just fine. But with node.js and spooky.js, it gave me trouble.

Artjom B.
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  • Have a look at this Bug: [node examples/hello.js does not work](https://github.com/WaterfallEngineering/SpookyJS/issues/14) – mike Nov 28 '12 at 09:51
  • Yah I saw that github thread but look like there was no solution either. – HP. Nov 28 '12 at 23:39
  • That bug is fixed now. You can specify the command to run in the config object you pass to the Spooky constructor. – lawnsea Feb 17 '13 at 22:55

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This is due to the CasperJS Windows executable being named casperjs.bat instead of casperjs. See this comment on the bug @mike mentioned.

Unfortunately, you'll have to hack around this bug for the moment. I will release a fix for that this week.

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This is based on the workaround provided by @mike and @lawnsea, which did lead me to the solution, but were not immediately clear to a beginner like me. The tip from minaki also helped me understand what to do: https://github.com/WaterfallEngineering/SpookyJS/issues/14

INSTALL SPOOKY.JS ON WINDOWS 7 WITH NPM.

I'm using:

  • Win7 64 bit
  • Node v0.10.17
  • CasperJS 1.1.0-DEV
  • PhantomJS 1.9.2
  • Added everything to my $PATH already

Steps:

  • Fresh directory: mkdir spookytest, cd spookytest
  • npm install spooky
  • open spookytest\node_modules\spooky\lib\spooky.js in a text editor
  • Change Line 26 (defaults.child.command) from 'casperjs' to 'casperjs.bat'
  • Change Line 30 (defaults.child.transport) from 'stdio' to 'http'
  • Save and go back to the spookytestdirectory
  • node node_modules/spooky/examples/hello.js

--> Hello, from Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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