[Bug] if a node_helper has an init function, the 'this' pointer is not set

[sdetweil]

Environment

System information:

SYSTEM: manufacturer: Apple Inc.; model: Macmini; virtual: false

OS: platform: darwin; distro: macOS; release: 14.5; arch: arm64; kernel: 23.5.0

VERSIONS: electron: 32.2.1; used node: 20.18.0; installed node: 18.20.5; npm: 10.8.2; pm2: 5.4.2

OTHER: timeZone: America/Denver; ELECTRON_ENABLE_GPU: undefined

Which start option are you using?

npm run start

Are you using PM2?

No

Module

None

Have you tried disabling other modules?

• Yes
• No

Have you searched if someone else has already reported the issue on the forum or in the issues?

• Yes

What did you do?

        init: function(){
                Log.log(this.name + " is in init!");
        },

from the doc

init()
This method is called when a module gets instantiated. In most cases you do not need to subclass this method.

What did you expect to happen?

I expected a log message (using my brithdaylist module)

birthdaylist is in init

What actually happened?

undefined is in init

Additional comments

No response

Participation

• I am willing to submit a pull request for this change.

[khassel]

Had same problem in a module last week. Found a solution and can provide a PR (but it's o.k. for me if you want to implement this) ...

[sdetweil]

no, if you got it, go

[sdetweil]

i tried to open this issue from my phone, but it wouldnt let me NOT fill in the system info section. so i had to get out my laptop, run MagicMirror again to get it

[KristjanESPERANTO]

i tried to open this issue from my phone, but it wouldnt let me NOT fill in the system info section. so i had to get out my laptop, run MagicMirror again to get it

Which browser did you use? I just checked with Chrome on Android and the system info section was editable.

[sdetweil]

I did not HAVE the info on my phone, and my computer was put away due to travel.

I figured I could edit it later to paste in the info, which is not relevant to this problem.

I tried to put some stuff in, but that didn't help