When will Cloudinary support node 18 or a later version? about cloudinary_npm

[tamaracloudinary]

Hi @alamgir8, if you are using react (front-end) import cloudinary from "cloudinary/lib/cloudinary"; you can't configure cloudinary using node.js code cloudinary.config({ cloud_name... if you want to delete assets from the client side, please refer to the docs here: https://cloudinary.com/documentation/upload_images#deleting_client_side_uploaded_assets

Subject: Regarding Cloudinary Configuration and Client-Side Asset Deletion

Hi @alamgir8, if you are using React on the front-end, the following import statement is typically used to import the Cloudinary library:

import cloudinary from "cloudinary/lib/cloudinary";

However, it is important to note that configuring Cloudinary using Node.js code, specifically cloudinary.config({ cloud_name..., is not compatible with the front-end implementation in React.

Regarding the deletion of assets from the client side, we recommend referring to our documentation, which provides detailed instructions on the process. You can find the relevant information at the following link:https://cloudinary.com/documentation/upload_images#deleting_client_side_uploaded_assets

Thanks
-Tamara

[aleksandar-cloudinary]

Hi @alamgir8, Thanks for reporting. Could you please share a bit more details about what isn't working once you upgraded to Node JS version 18? Do you have trouble installing the SDK or any errors during runtime etc?

[alamgir8]

Hi @aleksandar-cloudinary I'm trying to delete an image from the client side in react app and my configuration is like this

import cloudinary from "cloudinary/lib/cloudinary";

cloudinary.config({
  cloud_name: import.meta.env.VITE_APP_CLOUD_NAME,
  api_key: import.meta.env.VITE_APP_CLOUDINARY_API_KEY,
  api_secret: import.meta.env.VITE_APP_CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET,
});

and inside the delete function calling the Cloudinary uploader to destroy/delete the image

await cloudinary.v2.uploader.destroy(public_id);

It worked properly on Node version 16 but did not work on Node version 18

And the error is this
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'node') at node_modules/cloudinary/lib/utils/index.js (index.js:69:84) at __require2 (chunk-WQG2LZMB.js?v=6276bb8f:16:50) at node_modules/cloudinary/lib/cloudinary.js (cloudinary.js:3:17) at __require2 (chunk-WQG2LZMB.js?v=6276bb8f:16:50) at cloudinary_lib_cloudinary.js?v=6276bb8f:6:16

[tamaracloudinary]

Hi @alamgir8 , you can try updating your Cloudinary library to the latest version. Please try running the following command in your project directory npm install cloudinary@latest or if you are using yarn, you can run: yarn add [e-mail] will update the Cloudinary library to the latest version available.

Additionally, if you are using any other dependencies or plugins alongside Cloudinary, ensure that they are also compatible with Node.js 18 and up-to-date.

Please let me know if the issue was resolved.

[alamgir8]

Hi @tamaracloudinary i'm using Cloudinary latest version "cloudinary": "^1.37.1",. Also tried to re-install this npm install cloudinary@latest, but still had the same issue, it crashed the app.

And all other packages are compatible with Node 18, I checked that..

[rnamba-cloudinary]

Hey @alamgir8 any chance you can send us a reproducible environment for us to test in?