gulp-durandal TypeError: req.toUrl is not a function - durandal

Question

I try to implement gulp to my durandal project as explain on Durandal gulp doc
main.js file is successfully build, but when trying to click something that will open a modal dialog, it will show this error (firefox):
TypeError: req.toUrl is not a function
url = req.toUrl(nonStripName),
main.js (line 48306, col 16)
here my configuration on gulpfile.js
var gulp = require('gulp');
var durandal = require('gulp-durandal');
gulp.task('default', function(cb)
{
durandal({
baseDir: 'public_html/app',
main: 'main.js',
output: 'main.js',
almond: true,
minify: false
})
.on('error', function(err) {
console.error('error. ' + err);
})
.pipe(gulp.dest('public_html/build'))
.on('end', cb);
});
I'm also came across with this answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/23329383/1889014
But i'm not sure if this is related to my issue.
Can someone please help or guide me through this ? Thanks!

Answer 1

I also had this issue using gulp, Durandal and modal dialogs. Adding a getView function to the viewmodel that returns the url for the view fixes it.
eg
function getView() {
return "views/theView.html";
}
I am sure there must be a better way of solving this problem but this seems to work in the few places I have needed it.

Answer 2

I have experienced this error due to writing the view name using the wrong case. E.g. if the file is called myView.html but you require 'MyView'.

Answer 3

I am not building using gulp-durandal because it's giving very odd errors, and requirejs is working much better directly. I fixed this error by including all views manually in my requirejs build config.
include: [
'text!customWidgets/alertsSection/title.html', //custom
'text!customWidgets/alertsSection/body.html', //custom
'text!customWidgets/exclusions/body.html', //custom
'text!customWidgets/exclusions/title.html', //custom
'text!customWidgets/submit/body.html', //custom
'text!customWidgets/submit/title.html', //custom
]
There are many more files in my include due to the nature of durandal and the dynamic loading of views... but I don't want to spam everyone :)