TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "path" argument must be of type string. Received null about gulp-imagemin

[sindresorhus]

The SVGO config format changed: a1579c0

[chriswthomson]

I also get this. Reverting to 7.1.0 solves it. Looks to me like an issue with the conversion to ESM.

[jmartsch]

Same problem here

You can solve this problem with renaming gulpfile.esm.js back to gulpfile.js and adding "type": "module" to package.json. However, there will be some restrictions:

1. There must be a gulpfile.js file directly in the root directory. So you can't have an index.js file inside gulpfile.js directory instead.
2. Any import of a JavaScript file (except modules installed with npm) must contain an extension.

For now this is the only solution I've found for 8.0.0.

[chriswthomson]

My setup is as described (recently converted the package so it no longer uses esm). I get the error, but only on SVG files.

// Copy images
function images() {
	return gulp.src(`${config.src}/img/**/*`)
		.pipe(imagemin([
			mozjpeg({
				quality: 80,
			}),
			svgo({
				plugins: [
					{removeViewBox: false},
				]
			}),
			imageminPngquant({
				quality: [0.6, 0.8],
				dithering: 1,
			}),
		]))
		.pipe(gulp.dest(`${config.dist}/img`));
}

If I remove the SVG files from src/img the error doesn't happen.

[chriswthomson]

Thanks @sindresorhus, changing the config format fixed the issue for me.

[DaveyJake]

The SVGO config format changed: a1579c0

Please add this to the documentation as it would've save a lot more time.

Hi there. Sorry for noticing so late. Currently, I don't have resources to try it out, so I'll close the issue and reopen it if anything goes wrong. Thanks!