Error: Command failed: convert: unable to open image - Node, express, imagemagick

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I'm trying to resize images before serving them to the client. Inside my public directory I have the directory images. All images are being served to different pages successfully with unique permalinks. http://localhost:3000/post/+permalink. I npm installed gm, imagemagick, and tried brew install imagemagick as well. I have this in my routes files:

        var p = 'post/'+permalink
        console.log(p);
        var fs = require('fs');
        var gm = require('gm').subClass({ imageMagick: true });

        gm('images/black-yellow-simple-lady-woman.jpg')
        .resize(234, 567)
        .autoOrient()
        .write(p, function (err) {
          if (err) console.log(' noooo! '+err);
        });




 Error: Command failed: convert: unable to open image `images/black-yellow-simple-lady-woman.jpg': No such file or directory @ error/blob.c/OpenBlob/2643.
convert: no images defined `post/ribs_52977588145822' @ error/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/3127.

What's the directory structure of your project? You can try calling gm() with the absolute image path. — bnuhero
– bnuhero, Commented Mar 8, 2014 at 6:18
The path was incorrect. I needed to add public. i'm deeply ashamed of myself. — Squirrl
– Squirrl, Commented Mar 8, 2014 at 21:26
I just had a similar 'embarrassing' situation: I was trying to save the image to 'public/images/folder_1/image.png', however, 'folder_1' didn't exist and hence I was getting your error. With this comment I am just trying to emphasise the importance of checking that the entire path is valid. In relation to this, see the following module which can be useful: stackoverflow.com/a/13696975/1972495 — WindChimes
– WindChimes, Commented Sep 3, 2014 at 5:39

InterJo · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-15 07:33:42Z

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Please change your relative path gm('images/black-yellow-simple-lady-woman.jpg') to absolute '/home/user/meteorproject/public/images/black-yellow-simple-lady-woman.jpg'

answered Aug 15, 2017 at 7:33

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