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getStream doesn't work on node 18

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
node.js, typescript
Domain
api, backend

Research direction

Start by reproducing the failure with Node 18.8.0 using client.api(imageUrl).getStream() from the report, then trace the SDK entry point for .getStream() and how its response is handled. Done means the call returns a stream that supports stream.on('data', ...) for the reported photo request.

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Description

breaking change P0

Bug Report

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Description

The .getStream() method doesn't work when running on node 18.

Console Errors: [Is there any console error]

TypeError: stream.on is not a function

Screenshots: [If applicable, add screenshots to help explain your problem]

image

Steps to Reproduce

Here is a small application to reproduce the issue(just include the IDs):

import 'isomorphic-fetch'; // unnecessary and can be removed
import { Client } from '@microsoft/microsoft-graph-client';

const tenantId = '';
const clientId = '';
const clientSecret = '';
const userID = '';

const createAccessToken = async ({ tenantId, clientId, clientSecret }) => {
  const params = new URLSearchParams();
  params.append('grant_type', 'client_credentials');
  params.append('client_id', clientId);
  params.append('client_secret', clientSecret);
  params.append('scope', 'https://graph.microsoft.com/.default');

  const response = await fetch(
    `https://login.microsoftonline.com/${tenantId}/oauth2/v2.0/token`,
    {
      method: 'POST',
      body: params,
    }
  );

  const { access_token } = await response.json();

  return access_token;
};

const createClient = async connectionConfig => {
  const accessToken = await createAccessToken(connectionConfig);

  return Client.init({
    authProvider: done => {
      done(null, accessToken);
    },
  });
};

const run = async () => {
  const imageUrl = `/users/${userID}/photo/$value`;
  const client = await createClient({ tenantId, clientId, clientSecret });

  const photo = await client.api(imageUrl).get();
  console.log({ photo }); // <-- photo is loaded

  const stream = await client.api(imageUrl).getStream();
  // fails with: stream.on is not a function
  stream.on('data', data => {
    console.log(data);
  });
};

run();

Expected behavior: [What you expected to happen]

a stream to be returned by .getStream() function

Actual behavior: [What actually happened]

.getStream() function is not returning a stream

Additional Context

Node 18 is used

Usage Information

Request ID - Value of the requestId field if you are receiving a Graph API error response

SDK Version - [SDK version you are using]

3.0.2

  • Node (Check, if using Node version of SDK)

Node Version - [The version of Node you are using]

18.8.0

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