npm search fails on private server

[hurricaneFromMoscow]

Hello,

I hope this is the right place to ask for the following.
I am running a private server with CouchDB, went successfully through the process of setting up local CouchDB instance. I am able to publish and install package from local DB. But npm search fails stating that there is "invalid value written to input stream".

Here is the corresponding log file:
0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/usr/bin/nodejs', '/usr/bin/npm', 'search', 'dfp' ]
2 info using npm@4.2.0
3 info using node@v7.8.0
4 silly mapToRegistry name -/v1/search
5 silly mapToRegistry using default registry
6 silly mapToRegistry registry http://localhost:5985/registry/_design/app/_rewrite
7 silly mapToRegistry data Result {
7 silly mapToRegistry raw: '-/v1/search',
7 silly mapToRegistry scope: null,
7 silly mapToRegistry escapedName: null,
7 silly mapToRegistry name: null,
7 silly mapToRegistry rawSpec: '-/v1/search',
7 silly mapToRegistry spec: '-/v1/search',
7 silly mapToRegistry type: 'local' }
8 silly mapToRegistry uri http://localhost:5985/registry/_design/app/_rewrite/-/v1/search
9 verbose esearch creating remote entry stream
10 verbose request uri http://localhost:5985/registry/_design/app/_rewrite/-/v1/search?text=dfp&size=20
11 verbose request no auth needed
12 info attempt registry request try #1 at 10:50:14 AM
13 verbose request id aaf354a8cdfbca5d
14 http request GET http://localhost:5985/registry/_design/app/_rewrite/-/v1/search?text=dfp&size=20
15 silly search searching packages
16 http 404 http://localhost:5985/registry/_design/app/_rewrite/-/v1/search?text=dfp&size=20
17 verbose headers { server: 'CouchDB/1.5.0 (Erlang OTP/R16B03)',
17 verbose headers date: 'Mon, 15 May 2017 08:50:13 GMT',
17 verbose headers 'content-type': 'application/json',
17 verbose headers 'content-length': '41',
17 verbose headers 'cache-control': 'must-revalidate' }
18 warn search fast search endpoint errored. Using old search.
19 silly mapToRegistry name -/all
20 silly mapToRegistry using default registry
21 silly mapToRegistry registry http://localhost:5985/registry/_design/app/_rewrite
22 silly mapToRegistry data Result {
22 silly mapToRegistry raw: '-/all',
22 silly mapToRegistry scope: null,
22 silly mapToRegistry escapedName: null,
22 silly mapToRegistry name: null,
22 silly mapToRegistry rawSpec: '-/all',
22 silly mapToRegistry spec: '-/all',
22 silly mapToRegistry type: 'local' }
23 silly mapToRegistry uri http://localhost:5985/registry/_design/app/_rewrite/-/all
24 verbose all-package-metadata creating entry stream from local cache
25 verbose all-package-metadata /home/nikita_fomin/.npm/localhost_5985/registry/_design/app/_rewrite/-/all/.cache.json
26 silly all-package-metadata extracting latest
27 silly all-package-metadata got first stream entry for cached-entry-stream 1494832272271
28 verbose all-package-metadata creating remote entry stream
29 verbose all-package-metadata Cached data present with timestamp: 1494832272271 requesting partial index update
30 verbose request uri http://localhost:5985/registry/_design/app/_rewrite/-/all/since?stale=update_after&startkey=1494832272271
31 verbose request no auth needed
32 info attempt registry request try #1 at 10:50:14 AM
33 http request GET http://localhost:5985/registry/_design/app/_rewrite/-/all/since?stale=update_after&startkey=1494832272271
34 silly all-package-metadata request stream opened, code: 200
35 silly all-package-metadata entry stream created
36 silly all-package-metadata making sure cache dir exists at /home/nikita_fomin/.npm/localhost_5985/registry/_design/app/_rewrite/-/all
37 verbose correctMkdir /home/nikita_fomin/.npm correctMkdir not in flight; initializing
38 silly all-package-metadata creating output stream
39 silly all-package-metadata output stream created
40 verbose stack Error: invalid value written to input stream
40 verbose stack at DestroyableTransform._transform (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/search/all-package-metadata.js:274:28)
40 verbose stack at DestroyableTransform.Transform._read (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/_stream_transform.js:159:10)
40 verbose stack at DestroyableTransform.Transform._write (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/_stream_transform.js:147:83)
40 verbose stack at doWrite (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/_stream_writable.js:347:64)
40 verbose stack at writeOrBuffer (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/_stream_writable.js:336:5)
40 verbose stack at DestroyableTransform.Writable.write (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/_stream_writable.js:274:11)
40 verbose stack at Pumpify.Duplexify._write (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/mississippi/node_modules/duplexify/index.js:201:22)
40 verbose stack at doWrite (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/_stream_writable.js:347:64)
40 verbose stack at writeOrBuffer (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/_stream_writable.js:336:5)
40 verbose stack at Pumpify.Writable.write (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/_stream_writable.js:274:11)
41 verbose cwd /home/nikita_fomin/work/npm_test/DFP_packages/DFP_v10
42 error Linux 4.4.0-21-generic
43 error argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "search" "dfp"
44 error node v7.8.0
45 error npm v4.2.0
46 error invalid value written to input stream
47 error If you need help, you may report this error at:
47 error https://github.com/npm/npm/issues
48 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

I would appreciate any help/hints.

[amol-deole]

We are also getting the same error. When we run npm search for a specific package against private registry, it shows the output along with this error

npm info it worked if it ends with ok
npm verb cli [ '/usr/bin/nodejs',
npm verb cli '/usr/bin/npm',
npm verb cli 'search',
npm verb cli 't-shirt',
npm verb cli '--registry=http://192.168.250.31:8080',
npm verb cli '--verbose' ]
npm info using npm@4.4.4
npm info using node@v7.9.0
npm verb config Skipping project config: /home/lt-31/.npmrc. (matches userconfig)
npm verb esearch creating remote entry stream
npm verb request uri http://192.168.250.31:8080/-/v1/search?text=t-shirt&size=20
npm verb request no auth needed
npm info attempt registry request try #1 at 1:12:32 AM
npm verb request using bearer token for auth
npm verb request id 951685c8e7c9edf5
npm http request GET http://192.168.250.31:8080/-/v1/search?text=t-shirt&size=20
npm http 404 http://192.168.250.31:8080/-/v1/search?text=t-shirt&size=20
npm verb headers { 'x-powered-by': 'Express',
npm verb headers 'content-type': 'application/json',
npm verb headers 'content-length': '52',
npm verb headers date: 'Tue, 11 Jul 2017 19:42:36 GMT',
npm verb headers connection: 'keep-alive' }
npm WARN search fast search endpoint errored. Using old search.
npm verb all-package-metadata creating entry stream from local cache
npm verb all-package-metadata /home/lt-31/.npm/192.168.250.31_8080/-/all/.cache.json
npm verb all-package-metadata creating remote entry stream
npm verb all-package-metadata Cached data present with timestamp: 1499082927346 requesting partial index update
npm verb request uri http://192.168.250.31:8080/-/all/since?stale=update_after&startkey=1499082927346
npm verb request no auth needed
npm info attempt registry request try #1 at 1:12:36 AM
npm verb request using bearer token for auth
npm http request GET http://192.168.250.31:8080/-/all/since?stale=update_after&startkey=1499082927346
npm verb correctMkdir /home/lt-31/.npm correctMkdir not in flight; initializing
npm verb stack Error: invalid value written to input stream
npm verb stack at DestroyableTransform._transform (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/search/all-package-metadata.js:274:28)
npm verb stack at DestroyableTransform.Transform._read (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/_stream_transform.js:159:10)
npm verb stack at DestroyableTransform.Readable.read (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/_stream_readable.js:365:10)
npm verb stack at flow (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/_stream_readable.js:739:34)
npm verb stack at Stream. (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/_stream_readable.js:610:7)
npm verb stack at emitNone (events.js:86:13)
npm verb stack at Stream.emit (events.js:188:7)
npm verb stack at Stream.stream.resume (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/JSONStream/node_modules/through/index.js:103:14)
npm verb stack at DestroyableTransform.ondrain (internal/streams/legacy.js:26:14)
npm verb stack at emitNone (events.js:86:13)
npm verb stack at DestroyableTransform.emit (events.js:188:7)
npm verb cwd /home/lt-31
npm verb Linux 3.13.0-24-generic
npm verb argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "search" "t-shirt" "--registry=http://192.168.250.31:8080" "--verbose"
npm verb node v7.9.0
npm verb npm v4.4.4
npm ERR! invalid value written to input stream
npm verb exit [ 1, true ]

[alundiak]

I also faced with this today. Was playing with Node Versions 6, 8 and 10. And in fact v 8.11.2 was OK, but something changed recently.