Cannot deploy a node js express with openai on render.. getting error of AbortController not defined

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Good day Everyone, Please I am stuck here. I already deployed without openai integration but once incorporated it to my code my render deployed failed. try confirming by deploying without it and it worked but once i integrate it does not worked again. It only worked on the local server.
this is the error: ReferenceError: AbortController is not defined
Aug 24 10:22:05 AM at Object. (/opt/render/project/src/node_modules/openai/_shims/agent.node.js:21:19)
Aug 24 10:22:05 AM at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1068:30)
Aug 24 10:22:05 AM at Object.Module._extensions…js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1097:10)
Aug 24 10:22:05 AM at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:933:32)
Aug 24 10:22:05 AM at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:774:14)
Aug 24 10:22:05 AM at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:957:19)
Aug 24 10:22:05 AM at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:88:18)
Aug 24 10:22:05 AM at Object. (/opt/render/project/src/node_modules/openai/core.js:62:17)
Aug 24 10:22:05 AM at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1068:30)
Aug 24 10:22:05 AM at Object.Module._extensions…js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1097:10)

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Hi and welcome to the developer forum!

What version of NodeJS are you running? That error is typically associated with running an old version.

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Thanks for the swift response. Using Node version 14.17.0 (default)

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I’m fairly sure you need 16.6 or above for it to work.

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should the env be in this format: NODE_VERSION: 16.6.0

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It is working now, Thank you very much

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Good day, and sorry for asking here despite the main question is already answered and resolved but as I have the same issue despite trying to update Node version , I kept having the same error
I have the same problem but I am running node v18.12.1
the only difference that I am running nodemon server instead
and here the package.json of different installed packages:
“dependencies”: {
“cors”: “^2.8.5”,
“dotenv”: “^16.0.3”,
“express”: “^4.18.2”,
“nodemon”: “^3.0.1”,
“node”: “^18.12.1”,
“openai”: “^4.3.0”
}

I tried to deploy in different servers as render or gcloud app engine, always having the same trouble

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Hi, please create a new thread and list the exact error message and your server environment details.

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I have the same problem when I need to deploy my app to render. How did you solve this? I have this message:

Sep 5 02:51:13 PM  ReferenceError: AbortController is not defined
Sep 5 02:51:13 PM      at file:///opt/render/project/src/server/node_modules/openai/_shims/agent.node.mjs:10:19
Sep 5 02:51:13 PM      at ModuleJob.run (internal/modules/esm/module_job.js:152:23)
Sep 5 02:51:13 PM      at async Loader.import (internal/modules/esm/loader.js:177:24)
Sep 5 02:51:13 PM      at async Object.loadESM (internal/process/esm_loader.js:68:5)
Sep 5 02:51:13 PM  [nodemon] app crashed - waiting for file changes before starting...
Sep 5 02:52:18 PM  ==> No open HTTP ports detected
Sep 5 02:52:18 PM  ==> https://render.com/docs/web-services#host-and-port-configuration
Sep 5 03:08:18 PM  ==> Using Node version 14.17.0 (default)
Sep 5 03:08:18 PM  ==> Docs on specifying a Node version: https://render.com/docs/node-version
Sep 5 03:08:18 PM  ==> Starting service with 'npm run start'
Sep 5 03:08:21 PM  
Sep 5 03:08:21 PM  > server@1.0.0 start /opt/render/project/src/server
Sep 5 03:08:21 PM  > nodemon index
Sep 5 03:08:21 PM  
Sep 5 03:08:23 PM  [nodemon] 3.0.1
Sep 5 03:08:23 PM  [nodemon] to restart at any time, enter `rs`
Sep 5 03:08:23 PM  [nodemon] watching path(s): *.*
Sep 5 03:08:23 PM  [nodemon] watching extensions: js,mjs,cjs,json
Sep 5 03:08:23 PM  [nodemon] starting `node index.js`
Sep 5 03:08:31 PM  file:///opt/render/project/src/server/node_modules/openai/_shims/agent.node.mjs:10
Sep 5 03:08:31 PM    AbortController = AbortControllerPolyfill;
Sep 5 03:08:31 PM                    ^
Sep 5 03:08:31 PM  
Sep 5 03:08:31 PM  ReferenceError: AbortController is not defined
Sep 5 03:08:31 PM      at file:///opt/render/project/src/server/node_modules/openai/_shims/agent.node.mjs:10:19
Sep 5 03:08:31 PM      at ModuleJob.run (internal/modules/esm/module_job.js:152:23)
Sep 5 03:08:31 PM      at async Loader.import (internal/modules/esm/loader.js:177:24)
Sep 5 03:08:31 PM      at async Object.loadESM (internal/process/esm_loader.js:68:5)
Sep 5 03:08:31 PM  [nodemon] app crashed - waiting for file changes before starting...
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I just figured it out - if anyone is also still encountering this after you’ve updated node to 16.6 or greater - you have to change the environment variable in render as well, and theres a few ways to do that. Render automatically runs 14.4 by default so you have to tell it run a greater version

The easiest is just specifying NODE_VARIABLE in the env variables within render and putting whatever version you’re using. here is the documentation

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