TypeError "cannot read properties of undefined" when using Collection object

[sertal70]

Is There An Existing Issue

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What Are You Seeing

Hi,
I'm trying to execute runs with newman as library by loading a collection via SDK, in a way similar to:

const newman = require('newman');
const Collection = require('postman-collection').Collection;

const myCollection = new Collection(fs.readFileSync('./my-collection.json').toString());
newman
   .run({
     collection: myCollection,
     reporters: ['htmlextra'],
     reporter: {
       htmlextra: {
         export: './report.html',
       },
     },
  })
  .on('done', function (err, summary) {
     if (err) {
       console.err(err);
     }
     console.log(summary);
  });

When executed, this code generates the following error:

./newman-test/node_modules/newman-reporter-htmlextra/lib/index.js:377
            default: (this.summary.collection.name).match(pattern) ?
                                                    ^

TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'match')

If the collection is passed to newman.run() as filename:

...
newman
   .run({
     collection: require('./my-collection.json'),
...

the run completes ok and the report is produced as expected.

Is there any compatibility issue with the Postman Collection objects?

Steps To Reproduce The Issue

1. Copy the script I posted in VSCode and save it with a name of your choice.
2. Install needed libraries: newman, postman-collection, 'newman-reporter-htmlextra`
3. Get the JSON file of a collection of your choice from Postman.
4. Run the code two times: one using the Collection object in newman.run, the other using the collection file name.
5. Observe the results

Full Newman Command Or Node Script

node <scriptname>.js

HTMLEXTRA Version

1.23.0

Newman Version

6.1.0

Additional Context

No response

[github-actions]

Hey @sertal70: 👋 - Thanks for helping to make the reporter better by raising this ticket. I will take a look as soon as I can and get back to you. Cheers, Danny.

[sertal70]

I'm going to close this because the error was due to a missing JSON.parse() when creating the Collection object:

// right
const myCollection = new Collection(JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('./my-collection.json').toString()));

//wrong
const myCollection = new Collection(fs.readFileSync('./my-collection.json').toString());

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