Problem with dependencies at the "Creating blueprints with Confluence Connect" Tutorial

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Hello Everyone,

I´m trying to do the Blueprint Tutorial( Creating blueprints with Confluence Connect ), but can´t install the dependencies.
The “Getting started” tutorial and the “hello world” example are working without any problem but if i want to do the blueprint example it wont work. I followed the steps as descriped but got stuck at the installation of the dependencies.
Here is the Error text i get after i try npm install :

 C:\Users\DR\confluence-multipage-blueprint-example\node_modules\ngrok
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c node ./postinstall.js
npm ERR! ngrok - downloading binary https://bin.equinox.io/a/chRZWPptE7w/ngrok-2.1.1-windows-amd64.zip ...
npm ERR! ngrok - binary downloaded...
npm ERR! ngrok - error unpacking binary Error: You cannot extract a file outside of the target path
npm ERR!     at C:\Users\DR\confluence-multipage-blueprint-example\node_modules\decompress-zip\lib\decompress-zip.js:95:21
npm ERR!     at Array.map (<anonymous>)
npm ERR!     at C:\Users\DR\confluence-multipage-blueprint-example\node_modules\decompress-zip\lib\decompress-zip.js:91:25
npm ERR!     at _fulfilled (C:\Users\DR\confluence-multipage-blueprint-example\node_modules\q\q.js:854:54)
npm ERR!     at C:\Users\DR\confluence-multipage-blueprint-example\node_modules\q\q.js:883:30
npm ERR!     at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (C:\Users\DR\confluence-multipage-blueprint-example\node_modules\q\q.js:816:13)
npm ERR!     at C:\Users\DR\confluence-multipage-blueprint-example\node_modules\q\q.js:624:44
npm ERR!     at runSingle (C:\Users\DR\confluence-multipage-blueprint-example\node_modules\q\q.js:137:13)
npm ERR!     at flush (C:\Users\DR\confluence-multipage-blueprint-example\node_modules\q\q.js:125:13)
npm ERR!     at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:78:11)

Here are the versions i use :

  • npm : 8.1.0
  • node : 16.13.0

Thanks for considering my request. I’m looking forward to your reply.

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Once you get past the dependency problems, you will find other serious issues with the official blueprint tutorial. One key problem is that the webhook blueprint_page_created is broken since 2018 and Atlassian still has not prioritized a fix. However, it is possible to work around all of these problems and get a functioning multi-page blueprint app. I posted a free demo app in the Marketplace that shows how to get multi-page blueprints in Confluence. If you try it out and you have any feature requests or suggestions, please submit a support request to me.

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Hi there craigafinch! I have been trying to get the blueprint tutorial to work for a while now and I finally found this post that explains why I have been struggling to get it to work. I am going to test your demo app to see if it can do what I need it to do and come back to you.

Is there the possibility of seeing the changes you made to get around these issues? Maybe on GitHub?

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@ThomasConrady We use our code in revenue products, so we’re not ready to make it public on Github at this time. However, I would like to find a way to help. Can you send me a private message or submit a support request so I can understand your use case?