TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE] when execute gitbook init

[muzhicaoming]

wangzhimengdeMacBook:books wangzhimeng$ gitbook init
warn: no summary file in this book
info: create README.md
info: create SUMMARY.md

TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "data" argument must be of type string or an instance of Buffer, TypedArray, or DataView. Received an instance of Promise

[muzhicaoming]

the reason may be that it is not compatible for the newest version of the node.js

[Fanlu91]

I got the same issue.

➜  gitbook gitbook init
warn: no summary file in this book
info: create SUMMARY.md

TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "data" argument must be of type string or an instance of Buffer, TypedArray, or DataView. Received an instance of Promise
➜  gitbook gitbook -V
CLI version: 2.3.2
GitBook version: 3.2.3
➜  gitbook node -v
v14.3.0

[vvguoliang]

I got the same issue.

TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "data" argument must be of type string or an instance of Buffer, TypedArray, or DataView. Received an instance of Promise

[zumdar]

same issue with me too

[danvinhe]

me too

[emredc1337]

same issue lolz

[zixun]

me too

[BH1SCW]

me too, found a useful link, BTW
https://xmuli.tech/posts/d7327716/

[jhfnetboy]

TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "data" argument must be of type string or an instance of Buffer, TypedArray, or DataView. Received an instance of Promise

me too

[ghost]

wangzhimengdeMacBook:books wangzhimeng$ gitbook init warn: no summary file in this book info: create README.md info: create SUMMARY.md

TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "data" argument must be of type string or an instance of Buffer, TypedArray, or DataView. Received an instance of Promise

Question

@muzhicaoming, any progress made trying to fix this issue? Just curious.

[Kry1702]

me too ， Try to lower the node.js version, it works fine in v12.22.12 version, no error message appears.