Facing Issue while running scancode-toolkit on windows 7 32 bit

[Ahmed-A-Syed]

We were facing the below issue while running scancode-toolkit.
It generates scancode_myproject_result.html file ,but the size is 0Kb

1. Downloaded scancode-toolkit from https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit.git
2. Downloaded Python 2.7 32 bit from https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.12/python-2.7.12.msi
   and installed on C:Drive

Python:
C:\Python27>python
Python 2.7.12 (v2.7.12:d33edcf92851, Jun 27 2016, 11:09:22) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>

Error:
C:\Downloads\scancode-toolkit-develop>scancode --format html samples/MyProject_1.0 scancode_myproject_result.html
Scanning files...
[####################################] 1622
Scanning done.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\downloads\scancode-toolkit-develop\bin\scancode-script.py", line 9, in
load_entry_point('scancode-toolkit', 'console_scripts', 'scancode')()
File "c:\downloads\scancode-toolkit-develop\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 664, in call
return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
File "c:\downloads\scancode-toolkit-develop\src\scancode\utils.py", line 61, in main
standalone_mode=standalone_mode, **extra)
File "c:\downloads\scancode-toolkit-develop\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 644, in main
rv = self.invoke(ctx)
File "c:\downloads\scancode-toolkit-develop\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 837, in invoke
return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
File "c:\downloads\scancode-toolkit-develop\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 464, in invoke
return callback(*args, **kwargs)
File "c:\downloads\scancode-toolkit-develop\src\scancode\cli.py", line 268, in scancode
save_results(files_count, results, format, input, output_file)
File "c:\downloads\scancode-toolkit-develop\src\scancode\cli.py", line 410, in save_results
output_file.write(as_template(scanned_files))
File "c:\downloads\scancode-toolkit-develop\src\scancode\format.py", line 194, in as_template
'start': entry['start_line'],
TypeError: string indices must be integers, not str

Note: MyProject_1.0 is a gradle based java web application project.

[pombredanne]

So you took the latest ScanCode from develop?

[pombredanne]

I cannot reproduce on Linux. I will try on Windows tomorrow morning. I do not run some smoke tests on Windows on a full release install and probably should.

[pombredanne]

I think I know what this is about. I will push a fix tomorrow.

[pombredanne]

@Ahmed-A-Syed can you try to run this instead?

scancode -clip --format html-app samples/MyProject_1.0 scancode_myproject_result.html

[Ahmed-A-Syed]

earlier i did a scan on the old version available with me i.e; ' scancode-toolkit-2.0.0rc1'. but even it throws same error. so i tried with latest ScanCode develop version but stil i got the same error. so i posted it.

meanwhile let me try running the command suggested by you.

[Ahmed-A-Syed]

running the command suggeted by u doesnt give any errors and generates a report. but if i open the html file, empty is shown in all tabs..

google chrome console developer shows below errors:

 scancode_datatable.js:197 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'join' of undefined -   scancode_datatable.js :197

  Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'aDataSort' of undefined - jquery.dataTables.min.js:64

[pombredanne]

thank you. That should be enough to help me fix this

[pombredanne]

I have a test now that reproduces your problem.

[pombredanne]

A failing scan returns this:

{
  "scancode_notice": "Generated with ScanCode and provided on an \"AS IS\" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES\nOR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. No content created from\nScanCode should be considered or used as legal advice. Consult an Attorney\nfor any legal advice.\nScanCode is a free software code scanning tool from nexB Inc. and others.\nVisit https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/ for support and download.",
  "scancode_version": "2.0.0rc2",
  "files_count": 1,
  "files": [
    {
      "path": "tests/scancode/data/failing/patchelf.pdf",
      "type": "file",
      "name": "patchelf.pdf",
      "extension": ".pdf",
      "date": "2016-11-08",
      "size": 61294,
      "sha1": "acc89479c313e8031fe3fee931198ab562124c36",
      "md5": "b855891730415a35a34e38181bae92f6",
      "files_count": null,
      "mime_type": "application/pdf",
      "file_type": "PDF document, version 1.4",
      "programming_language": "Matlab",
      "is_binary": null,
      "is_text": true,
      "is_archive": null,
      "is_media": null,
      "is_source": true,
      "is_script": null,
      "licenses": {
        "errors": "unpack requires a string argument of length 8"
      },
      "copyrights": {
        "errors": "unpack requires a string argument of length 8"
      },
      "packages": []
    }
  ]
}

The errors should NOT be returned as part of scanned data, but I should create a top-level new attribute at the file level to accumulate possible errors instead.

[Ahmed-A-Syed]

took latest code and ran the command on windows. it works well.
scancode -clip--format html samples/MyProject_1.0 scancode_myproject_result.html

No more error - TypeError: string indices must be integers, not str
Report is generated and able to see.

But where as html-app generates errors

  scancode_datatable.js:197 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'join' of undefined -   scancode_datatable.js :197

 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'aDataSort' of undefined - jquery.dataTables.min.js:64

[pombredanne]

Hum... sorry for that. I thought it would work alright. This line 197 is just something I thought I made more robust.... let me check this.

[pombredanne]

@Ahmed-A-Syed I cannot find a way to reproduce this easily. Is the scan you ran on publicly available code?
Can you tell me when and were these errors showed up?

[pombredanne]

I may at least need to have some snippets of the JSON output included in data.json that was generated