Is it possible to add a dependency to a node.js version?

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My upgraded node-red module requires node v10+ to be able to execute N-API threadsafe functions.

Is there a way that this can be specified in the package.json file to prevent users without v10+ performing the upgrade (for example via the palette) and failing with compile errors (from node-gyp)?

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You can add an engines section to your package.json - https://docs.npmjs.com/files/package.json#engines

However, by default, that will only produce an advisory warning in the log. Strict checking is only done if the user has enabled it in their own npm configuration.

Worth remembering that Node 8 is no longer maintained (as of a couple weeks ago) so users should really be on Node 10 at least.

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I notice that the node red docs suggest that V8 is still supported in node-red. Should that be amended?

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Node-RED does still support being run on Node 8. That hasn't changed. But you'll also note it says it is going end of life 31st December 2019.

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I've added engines section now to my node module, but I still didn't get the advisory message using node v8.12 and node-red v0.8.4.

17 Jan 19:24:35 - [info] Upgrading module: node-red-contrib-energenie-ener314rt to version: 0.3.2
17 Jan 19:26:24 - [warn] Installation of module node-red-contrib-energenie-ener314rt failed:
17 Jan 19:26:24 - [warn] ------------------------------------------
17 Jan 19:26:24 - [warn]

energenie-ener314rt@0.3.2 install /home/pi/.node-red/node_modules/energenie-ener314rt
node-gyp rebuild
make: Entering directory '/home/pi/.node-red/node_modules/energenie-ener314rt/build'
CC(target) Release/obj.target/ener314rt/C/achronite/napi_energenie.o
../C/achronite/napi_energenie.c:58:5: error: unknown type name ânapi_threadsafe_functionâ
napi_threadsafe_function tsfn;
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from ../C/achronite/napi_energenie.c:4:0:
../C/achronite/napi_energenie.c: In function âtx_openThings_receive_threadâ:
../C/achronite/napi_energenie.c:628:12: warning: implicit declaration of function ânapi_acquire_threadsafe_functionâ [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
assert(napi_acquire_threadsafe_function(addon_data->tsfn) == napi_ok);
^
../C/achronite/napi_energenie.c:645:20: warning: implicit declaration of function ânapi_call_threadsafe_functionâ [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
assert(napi_call_threadsafe_function(addon_data->tsfn,
^
../C/achronite/napi_energenie.c:647:50: error: ânapi_tsfn_blockingâ undeclared (first use in this function)
napi_tsfn_blocking) == napi_ok);
^
../C/achronite/napi_energenie.c:647:50: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
../C/achronite/napi_energenie.c:658:12: warning: implicit declaration of function ânapi_release_threadsafe_functionâ [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
assert(napi_release_threadsafe_function(addon_data->tsfn, napi_tsfn_release) == napi_ok);
^
../C/achronite/napi_energenie.c:658:63: error: ânapi_tsfn_releaseâ undeclared (first use in this function)
assert(napi_release_threadsafe_function(addon_data->tsfn, napi_tsfn_release) == napi_ok);
^
../C/achronite/napi_energenie.c: In function âtc_openThings_receive_threadâ:
../C/achronite/napi_energenie.c:672:45: error: ânapi_tsfn_releaseâ undeclared (first use in this function)
napi_tsfn_release) == napi_ok);
^
../C/achronite/napi_energenie.c:677:22: warning: assignment makes integer from pointer without a cast [-Wint-conversion]
addon_data->tsfn = NULL;
^
../C/achronite/napi_energenie.c: In function âtf_openThings_receive_threadâ:
../C/achronite/napi_energenie.c:747:22: warning: implicit declaration of function ânapi_create_threadsafe_functionâ [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
status = napi_create_threadsafe_function(env,
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ener314rt.target.mk:105: recipe for target 'Release/obj.target/ener314rt/C/achronite/napi_energenie.o' failed
make: Leaving directory '/home/pi/.node-red/node_modules/energenie-ener314rt/build'
make: *** [Release/obj.target/ener314rt/C/achronite/napi_energenie.o] Error 1
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: make failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:262:23)
gyp ERR! stack at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:214:7)
gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:198:12)
gyp ERR! System Linux 4.14.71-v7+
gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/pi/.node-red/node_modules/energenie-ener314rt
gyp ERR! node -v v8.12.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
gyp ERR! not ok
npm WARN node-red-project@0.0.1 No repository field.
npm WARN node-red-project@0.0.1 No license field.
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.2.9 (node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.2.9: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"arm"})
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! energenie-ener314rt@0.3.2 install: node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the energenie-ener314rt@0.3.2 install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2020-01-17T19_26_23_021Z-debug.log
17 Jan 19:26:24 - [warn] ------------------------------------------