TypeError: fs.stat is not a function (IPFS JS)

Question

I'm learning ipfs js based on the tutorial, but while I'm following I'm having trouble typing node main.js in the terminal like this:

/Users/username/Documents/coding/ipfs-test/node_modules/lock-me/src/unix.js:9
    (cb) => fs.stat(name, (err, stats) => {
               ^

TypeError: fs.stat is not a function
    at waterfall (/Users/username/Documents/coding/ipfs-test/node_modules/lock-me/src/unix.js:9:16)
    at nextTask (/Users/username/Documents/coding/ipfs-test/node_modules/async/waterfall.js:16:14)
    at exports.default (/Users/username/Documents/coding/ipfs-test/node_modules/async/waterfall.js:26:5)
    at unixLock (/Users/username/Documents/coding/ipfs-test/node_modules/lock-me/src/unix.js:8:3)
    at lock (/Users/username/Documents/coding/ipfs-test/node_modules/lock-me/src/index.js:53:5)
    at Object.exports.lock (/Users/username/Documents/coding/ipfs-test/node_modules/ipfs-repo/src/lock.js:23:3)
    at IpfsRepo._openLock (/Users/username/Documents/coding/ipfs-test/node_modules/ipfs-repo/src/index.js:168:18)
    at waterfall (/Users/username/Documents/coding/ipfs-test/node_modules/ipfs-repo/src/index.js:96:20)

This is code written in main.js:

const IPFS = require('ipfs');
console.log("Imported IPFS");
const mynode = new IPFS();
console.log("Starting Server");

mynode.on('ready', async () => {
    console.log("Server Started");
    const version = await mynode.version();
    console.log(version.version);
});

Information: I'm using node js version 8.13.0, The IPFS JS I'm using is version 0.32.3, With OS MacOS Bigsur 11.4

Is there a solution to this problem? Thanks ^^

Answer 1

I'm not sure what tutorial you're following, but here's a minimal example of getting your code to run using js-ipfs 0.55.3:

const IPFS = require('ipfs');
console.log("Imported IPFS");

async function run() {
    console.log("Starting Server");
    const mynode = await IPFS.create();

    console.log("Server Started");
    const version = await mynode.version();
    console.log(version.version);
}

run();