PhantomJS doesn't run .create() - npm

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Hardware - Macbook Pro 2019 - Catalina 10.15.5
using Visual Studio Code
In my project we have the following issue;
On a Linux machine it is working, on a Windows machine it is working, on my machine is NOT working.
The code that is not working is this one.
phantom.create().then(function (ph) {
ph.createPage().then(function (page) {
page.property('paperSize', {
format: 'A4',
orientation: 'portrait',
margin: '0'
}).then(function () {
it is crashing on the phantom.create() function.
I tried to do variations, to see the objects getting built, like,
ph = phantom.create();
console.log('after the phantom create ');
console.log(ph);
console.log('this is the ph **');
(async function (ph) {
page = ph.createPage().then(
function (page) {
page.property('paperSize', {
format: 'A4',
orientation: 'portrait',
margin: '0'
Still crashing.
Using wait and async
(async function() {
ph = await phantom.create();
page = await instance.createPage();
ph.createPage().then(function (page) {
page = page;
page.property('paperSize', {
format: 'A4',
orientation: 'portrait',
margin: '0'
}).
In terminal when I do:
Node > require('phantom').create()
I get the following
> require('phantom').create()
Promise {
Phantom {
logger:
{ info: [Function],
debug: [Function],
error: [Function],
warn: [Function] },
process:
ChildProcess {
domain: [Domain],
_events: [Object],
_eventsCount: 2,
_maxListeners: undefined,
_closesNeeded: 3,
_closesGot: 0,
connected: false,
signalCode: null,
exitCode: null,
killed: false,
spawnfile: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/phantomjs/lib/phantom/bin/phantomjs',
_handle: [Process],
spawnargs: [Array],
pid: 14804,
stdin: [Socket],
stdout: [Socket],
stderr: [Socket],
stdio: [Array] },
commands: Map {},
events: Map {},
heartBeatId:
Timeout {
_called: false,
_idleTimeout: 100,
_idlePrev: [TimersList],
_idleNext: [TimersList],
_idleStart: 3640,
_onTimeout: [Function: bound heartBeat],
_timerArgs: undefined,
_repeat: 100,
_destroyed: false,
domain: [Domain],
[Symbol(asyncId)]: 40,
[Symbol(triggerAsyncId)]: 6 } },
domain:
Domain {
domain: null,
_events:
{ removeListener: [Function: updateExceptionCapture],
newListener: [Function: updateExceptionCapture],
error: [Function: debugDomainError] },
_eventsCount: 3,
_maxListeners: undefined,
members: [] } }
When I use the debugger it's crashing on line
ph = phantom.create();
and resume debugger and then pause it's stuck on async_hooks.js - line const fn = function(asyncId) giving an enless loop until I get a timeout.
function emitHookFactory(symbol, name) {
// Called from native. The asyncId stack handling is taken care of there
// before this is called.
// eslint-disable-next-line func-style
const fn = function(asyncId) {
active_hooks.call_depth += 1;
// Use a single try/catch for all hook to avoid setting up one per
// iteration.
try {
for (var i = 0; i < active_hooks.array.length; i++) {
if (typeof active_hooks.array[i][symbol] === 'function') {
active_hooks.array[i][symbol](asyncId);
}
}
I also tried changing the launch.json and adding
"skipFiles": [
"inspector_async_hook.js",
"async_hooks.js",
"node_internals/**/*.js"
],
Still stucks on async_hooks.js though.
Any ideas what might be the reason?
Should I change to a Windows machine?
I'm installing a VM in the meantime.