require('google-gax') returns errors

[stephenplusplus]

I installed only google-gax in a fresh directory (Node v10/npm v6.1.0), and tried to require the module from the Node console:

> node
> require('google-gax')
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir '/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/google/api'
    at Object.fs.readdirSync (fs.js:895:3)
    at exports.readdir (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/sync/fs.js:18:20)
    at Object.safeCall [as safe] (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/call.js:24:8)
    at DirectoryReader.readNextDirectory (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/directory-reader.js:78:10)
    at Readable.DirectoryReader.stream._read (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/directory-reader.js:57:18)
    at Readable.read (_stream_readable.js:449:10)
    at readdirSync (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/sync/index.js:27:21)
    at Function.readdirSyncStat (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/index.js:34:10)
    at ReaderSync.dynamicApi (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/fast-glob/out/providers/reader-sync.js:61:24)
    at ReaderSync.api (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/fast-glob/out/providers/reader-sync.js:53:25)
> Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir '/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/google/logging/type'
    at Object.fs.readdirSync (fs.js:895:3)
    at exports.readdir (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/sync/fs.js:18:20)
    at Object.safeCall [as safe] (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/call.js:24:8)
    at DirectoryReader.readNextDirectory (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/directory-reader.js:78:10)
    at Readable.DirectoryReader.stream._read (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/directory-reader.js:57:18)
    at Readable.read (_stream_readable.js:449:10)
    at readdirSync (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/sync/index.js:27:21)
    at Function.readdirSyncStat (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/index.js:34:10)
    at ReaderSync.dynamicApi (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/fast-glob/out/providers/reader-sync.js:61:24)
    at ReaderSync.api (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/fast-glob/out/providers/reader-sync.js:53:25)
> Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir '/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/google/longrunning'
    at Object.fs.readdirSync (fs.js:895:3)
    at exports.readdir (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/sync/fs.js:18:20)
    at Object.safeCall [as safe] (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/call.js:24:8)
    at DirectoryReader.readNextDirectory (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/directory-reader.js:78:10)
    at Readable.DirectoryReader.stream._read (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/directory-reader.js:57:18)
    at Readable.read (_stream_readable.js:449:10)
    at readdirSync (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/sync/index.js:27:21)
    at Function.readdirSyncStat (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/index.js:34:10)
    at ReaderSync.dynamicApi (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/fast-glob/out/providers/reader-sync.js:61:24)
    at ReaderSync.api (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/fast-glob/out/providers/reader-sync.js:53:25)
> Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir '/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/google/protobuf'
    at Object.fs.readdirSync (fs.js:895:3)
    at exports.readdir (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/sync/fs.js:18:20)
    at Object.safeCall [as safe] (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/call.js:24:8)
    at DirectoryReader.readNextDirectory (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/directory-reader.js:78:10)
    at Readable.DirectoryReader.stream._read (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/directory-reader.js:57:18)
    at Readable.read (_stream_readable.js:449:10)
    at readdirSync (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/sync/index.js:27:21)
    at Function.readdirSyncStat (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/index.js:34:10)
    at ReaderSync.dynamicApi (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/fast-glob/out/providers/reader-sync.js:61:24)
    at ReaderSync.api (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/fast-glob/out/providers/reader-sync.js:53:25)
> Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir '/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/google/rpc'
    at Object.fs.readdirSync (fs.js:895:3)
    at exports.readdir (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/sync/fs.js:18:20)
    at Object.safeCall [as safe] (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/call.js:24:8)
    at DirectoryReader.readNextDirectory (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/directory-reader.js:78:10)
    at Readable.DirectoryReader.stream._read (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/directory-reader.js:57:18)
    at Readable.read (_stream_readable.js:449:10)
    at readdirSync (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/sync/index.js:27:21)
    at Function.readdirSyncStat (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/index.js:34:10)
    at ReaderSync.dynamicApi (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/fast-glob/out/providers/reader-sync.js:61:24)
    at ReaderSync.api (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/fast-glob/out/providers/reader-sync.js:53:25)
> Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir '/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/google/type'
    at Object.fs.readdirSync (fs.js:895:3)
    at exports.readdir (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/sync/fs.js:18:20)
    at Object.safeCall [as safe] (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/call.js:24:8)
    at DirectoryReader.readNextDirectory (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/directory-reader.js:78:10)
    at Readable.DirectoryReader.stream._read (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/directory-reader.js:57:18)
    at Readable.read (_stream_readable.js:449:10)
    at readdirSync (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/sync/index.js:27:21)
    at Function.readdirSyncStat (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/index.js:34:10)
    at ReaderSync.dynamicApi (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/fast-glob/out/providers/reader-sync.js:61:24)
    at ReaderSync.api (/Users/stephen/dev/play/play-1528906553/node_modules/fast-glob/out/providers/reader-sync.js:53:25)
> { routingHeader: { fromParams: [Function: fromParams] },
  constructSettings: [Function: constructSettings],
  StreamType:
   { '1': 'SERVER_STREAMING',
     '2': 'CLIENT_STREAMING',
     '3': 'BIDI_STREAMING',
     SERVER_STREAMING: 1,
     CLIENT_STREAMING: 2,
     BIDI_STREAMING: 3 },
  StreamDescriptor: [Function: StreamDescriptor],
  LongrunningDescriptor: [Function: LongrunningDescriptor],
  operation: [Function: operation],
  BundleDescriptor: [Function: BundleDescriptor],
  BundleExecutor: [Function: BundleExecutor],
  PathTemplate: [Function: PathTemplate],
  PageDescriptor: [Function: PageDescriptor],
  createApiCall: [Function: createApiCall],
  grpc:
   { GrpcClient:
      { [Function: GrpcClient]
        _resolveFile: [Function],
        createByteLengthFunction: [Function] },
     GoogleProtoFilesRoot:
      { [Function: GoogleProtoFilesRoot] _findIncludePath: [Function] } },
  lro:
   { [Function: lro]
     SERVICE_ADDRESS: 'longrunning.googleapis.com',
     ALL_SCOPES: [] },
  createByteLengthFunction: undefined,
  version: '0.17.0' }

[stephenplusplus]

@JustinBeckwith PTAL!

[crwilcox]

Just adding notes. I have v8.11.1 and it works fine.
EDIT: I may have been mistaken and this may have failed.

[stephenplusplus]

I tried that version as well as v10.4.1, as well as on another computer (OS X, previously tested on Windows). Same error.

Note that this doesn't happen if you just require('google-gax') from inside a file. It's only when you require('google-gax') in a Node console.

[crwilcox]

I just retried and am seeing issues in, v8.11.3, v10.4.1

crwilcox@redrover ~/scratch> nvm use 10
Now using node v10.4.1 (npm v6.1.0)
crwilcox@redrover ~/scratch> cd testnode10
crwilcox@redrover ~/s/testnode10> npm install google-gax

> grpc@1.12.3 install /Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/grpc
> node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build --library=static_library

[grpc] Success: "/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v64-darwin-x64-unknown/grpc_node.node" is installed via remote

> protobufjs@6.8.6 postinstall /Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/protobufjs
> node scripts/postinstall

npm WARN saveError ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/package.json'
npm notice created a lockfile as package-lock.json. You should commit this file.
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/package.json'
npm WARN testnode10 No description
npm WARN testnode10 No repository field.
npm WARN testnode10 No README data
npm WARN testnode10 No license field.

+ google-gax@0.17.1
added 312 packages from 305 contributors and audited 2207 packages in 20.022s
found 0 vulnerabilities

crwilcox@redrover ~/s/testnode10> node
> require('google-gax')
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir '/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/google/api'
    at Object.fs.readdirSync (fs.js:895:3)
    at exports.readdir (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/sync/fs.js:18:20)
    at Object.safeCall [as safe] (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/call.js:24:8)
    at DirectoryReader.readNextDirectory (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/directory-reader.js:78:10)
    at Readable.DirectoryReader.stream._read (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/directory-reader.js:57:18)
    at Readable.read (_stream_readable.js:449:10)
    at readdirSync (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/sync/index.js:27:21)
    at Function.readdirSyncStat (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/index.js:34:10)
    at ReaderSync.dynamicApi (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/fast-glob/out/providers/reader-sync.js:61:24)
    at ReaderSync.api (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/fast-glob/out/providers/reader-sync.js:53:25)
> Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir '/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/google/logging/type'
    at Object.fs.readdirSync (fs.js:895:3)
    at exports.readdir (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/sync/fs.js:18:20)
    at Object.safeCall [as safe] (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/call.js:24:8)
    at DirectoryReader.readNextDirectory (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/directory-reader.js:78:10)
    at Readable.DirectoryReader.stream._read (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/directory-reader.js:57:18)
    at Readable.read (_stream_readable.js:449:10)
    at readdirSync (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/sync/index.js:27:21)
    at Function.readdirSyncStat (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/index.js:34:10)
    at ReaderSync.dynamicApi (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/fast-glob/out/providers/reader-sync.js:61:24)
    at ReaderSync.api (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/fast-glob/out/providers/reader-sync.js:53:25)
> Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir '/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/google/longrunning'
    at Object.fs.readdirSync (fs.js:895:3)
    at exports.readdir (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/sync/fs.js:18:20)
    at Object.safeCall [as safe] (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/call.js:24:8)
    at DirectoryReader.readNextDirectory (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/directory-reader.js:78:10)
    at Readable.DirectoryReader.stream._read (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/directory-reader.js:57:18)
    at Readable.read (_stream_readable.js:449:10)
    at readdirSync (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/sync/index.js:27:21)
    at Function.readdirSyncStat (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/index.js:34:10)
    at ReaderSync.dynamicApi (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/fast-glob/out/providers/reader-sync.js:61:24)
    at ReaderSync.api (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/fast-glob/out/providers/reader-sync.js:53:25)
> Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir '/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/google/protobuf'
    at Object.fs.readdirSync (fs.js:895:3)
    at exports.readdir (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/sync/fs.js:18:20)
    at Object.safeCall [as safe] (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/call.js:24:8)
    at DirectoryReader.readNextDirectory (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/directory-reader.js:78:10)
    at Readable.DirectoryReader.stream._read (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/directory-reader.js:57:18)
    at Readable.read (_stream_readable.js:449:10)
    at readdirSync (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/sync/index.js:27:21)
    at Function.readdirSyncStat (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/index.js:34:10)
    at ReaderSync.dynamicApi (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/fast-glob/out/providers/reader-sync.js:61:24)
    at ReaderSync.api (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/fast-glob/out/providers/reader-sync.js:53:25)
> Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir '/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/google/rpc'
    at Object.fs.readdirSync (fs.js:895:3)
    at exports.readdir (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/sync/fs.js:18:20)
    at Object.safeCall [as safe] (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/call.js:24:8)
    at DirectoryReader.readNextDirectory (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/directory-reader.js:78:10)
    at Readable.DirectoryReader.stream._read (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/directory-reader.js:57:18)
    at Readable.read (_stream_readable.js:449:10)
    at readdirSync (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/sync/index.js:27:21)
    at Function.readdirSyncStat (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/index.js:34:10)
    at ReaderSync.dynamicApi (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/fast-glob/out/providers/reader-sync.js:61:24)
    at ReaderSync.api (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/fast-glob/out/providers/reader-sync.js:53:25)
> Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir '/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/google/type'
    at Object.fs.readdirSync (fs.js:895:3)
    at exports.readdir (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/sync/fs.js:18:20)
    at Object.safeCall [as safe] (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/call.js:24:8)
    at DirectoryReader.readNextDirectory (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/directory-reader.js:78:10)
    at Readable.DirectoryReader.stream._read (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/directory-reader.js:57:18)
    at Readable.read (_stream_readable.js:449:10)
    at readdirSync (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/sync/index.js:27:21)
    at Function.readdirSyncStat (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/lib/index.js:34:10)
    at ReaderSync.dynamicApi (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/fast-glob/out/providers/reader-sync.js:61:24)
    at ReaderSync.api (/Users/crwilcox/scratch/testnode10/node_modules/fast-glob/out/providers/reader-sync.js:53:25)
> { routingHeader: { fromParams: [Function: fromParams] },
  constructSettings: [Function: constructSettings],
  StreamType:
   { '1': 'SERVER_STREAMING',
     '2': 'CLIENT_STREAMING',
     '3': 'BIDI_STREAMING',
     SERVER_STREAMING: 1,
     CLIENT_STREAMING: 2,
     BIDI_STREAMING: 3 },
  StreamDescriptor: [Function: StreamDescriptor],
  LongrunningDescriptor: [Function: LongrunningDescriptor],
  operation: [Function: operation],
  BundleDescriptor: [Function: BundleDescriptor],
  BundleExecutor: [Function: BundleExecutor],
  PathTemplate: [Function: PathTemplate],
  PageDescriptor: [Function: PageDescriptor],
  createApiCall: [Function: createApiCall],
  GrpcClient:
   { [Function: GrpcClient]
     _resolveFile: [Function],
     createByteLengthFunction: [Function] },
  GoogleProtoFilesRoot:
   { [Function: GoogleProtoFilesRoot] _findIncludePath: [Function] },
  lro:
   { [Function: lro]
     SERVICE_ADDRESS: 'longrunning.googleapis.com',
     ALL_SCOPES: [] },
  createByteLengthFunction: [Function],
  version: '0.17.1' }

[JustinBeckwith]

I have a suspicion this line has something to do with it:
googleapis/gax-nodejs@783cb88#diff-bb99529408df06caafed25d9e0cd083fL39

Digging deeper.

[JustinBeckwith]

So my investigation led me here:
https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-proto-files/blob/master/load.js#L22

I'm not super familiar with that codebase, so I'm not sure how that's supposed to work. If I add a leading __dirname in with the rest of the path, it seems to work (but tests fail). @alexander-fenster @stephenplusplus any insights on what might be happening here?