Uncaught node.js Error

[kenetik]

[deepsweet]

nice :)

i'll take a look, thanks.

[Ne-Ne]

@deepsweet just checked, still getting the error above. Intermittent on some svgs..

[Vasilich]

i have exact the same error but on windows
.
Uncaught node.js Error

TypeError: Argument must be a string
at eval (file:///C:/Temp/nw74320_26661/script.js:103:55)
at Object.eval as oncomplete
.

with all of SVGs i tested (~10).should i post some of them?

[yashilanka]

i Have also same error, every time i drag a svg file in to this window it shows me above error...

[gchtr]

I had the same error both with svgo-gui and gulp-svgo and tried exporting it from Adobe Illustrator in a different format.

With a little trial and error I found out that the error occurs when the option Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilites is checked:

If you look at the files, you can see the difference and where it might get stuck.

Example: Simple black rectangle svg:

preserve capabilites unchecked

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- Generator: Adobe Illustrator 17.1.0, SVG Export Plug-In . SVG Version: 6.00 Build 0)  -->
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
<svg version="1.1" id="Ebene_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px"
     viewBox="0 0 100 100" enable-background="new 0 0 100 100" xml:space="preserve">
<rect x="8" y="13" width="83" height="41"/>
</svg>

preserve capabilites checked

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <!-- Generator: Adobe Illustrator 17.1.0, SVG Export Plug-In . SVG Version: 6.00 Build 0)  -->
    <!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd" [
        <!ENTITY ns_extend "http://ns.adobe.com/Extensibility/1.0/">
        <!ENTITY ns_ai "http://ns.adobe.com/AdobeIllustrator/10.0/">
        <!ENTITY ns_graphs "http://ns.adobe.com/Graphs/1.0/">
        <!ENTITY ns_vars "http://ns.adobe.com/Variables/1.0/">
        <!ENTITY ns_imrep "http://ns.adobe.com/ImageReplacement/1.0/">
        <!ENTITY ns_sfw "http://ns.adobe.com/SaveForWeb/1.0/">
        <!ENTITY ns_custom "http://ns.adobe.com/GenericCustomNamespace/1.0/">
        <!ENTITY ns_adobe_xpath "http://ns.adobe.com/XPath/1.0/">
    ]>
    <svg version="1.1" id="Ebene_1" xmlns:x="&ns_extend;" xmlns:i="&ns_ai;" xmlns:graph="&ns_graphs;"
         xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 100 100"
         enable-background="new 0 0 100 100" xml:space="preserve">
    <switch>
        <foreignObject requiredExtensions="&ns_ai;" x="0" y="0" width="1" height="1">
            <i:pgfRef  xlink:href="#adobe_illustrator_pgf">
            </i:pgfRef>
        </foreignObject>
        <g i:extraneous="self">
            <rect x="8" y="13" width="83" height="41"/>
        </g>
    </switch>
    <i:pgf  id="adobe_illustrator_pgf">
        <![CDATA[
        eJzsveuSJLeVJvgE/g6xP9pMHBtGA46ra8faLCIjU60eXWii1N27PWO0UjFFVasutKqitOqX2YfZ
    F9vvOwfwC+BRmSSrxJppJozFTAccgONycK4f/u7/+OzzT09fvvr9/afuaA7D3/3dzev7J29fvf7p
    QZ4efv78+Tdv3r7mo5/85pODTUeDQqef5y9KwX++f/3m2auXP2WWlcw7vv2TX3zzpydvDj/7H9GO...

[IanOliver]

Thanks @lgaechter, I had the same problem and can confirm that unchecking the 'Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities' option before saving the SVG prevents this error from happening in SVG GUI.

[Nettsentrisk]

I'm getting the error even when not checking off that option in Illustrator.

[kevbost]

In the Illustrator export, make sure "CSS Properties: " is NOT set to "Style Attributes (Entity References)".

I switched to just "Style Attributes" and did not receive the error again.