TypeError: Failed to construct 'URL': Invalid URL

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Hello,

I'm attempting to use images and videos in my react component and I'm receiving one of two errors. Where I try the new URL constructor as it is below, I receive the errors 'TypeError: Failed to construct 'URL': Invalid URL'

When I try the new URL constructor as const made = new URL('./public/made.png', import.meta.url); I get the error 'Module parse failed: Unexpected token (18:48) File was processed with these loaders:

./node_modules/babel-loader/lib/index.js
./node_modules/eslint-loader/dist/cjs.js You may need an additional loader to handle the result of these loaders.'

I've tried changing the browserslist in the package.json, deleting the cache, and running npm install. I've still been unsuccessful. Do you know how I can use local media (images/videos) in my project? Thank you.

best, Killeon

import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
import axios from 'axios';


function WeatherMan () {

  const [data, setData] = useState({});
  const [location, setLocation] = useState("");

  const url = "https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=portland&units=imperial&appid=de972e4c2eb6a9fbe69412995d65170d";

// Below is the line that reports the error
// Below is the line that reports the error
// Below is the line that reports the error

 const made = new URL('./public/made.png');

  useEffect(
  () => {
     axios.get(url).then((response) => {
       setData(response.data);
       console.log(response.data);
     })
   }, []);

  return (
    <div className="container sapp" style={{marginBottom: "0%"}}>

      <div className="top" style={{marginBottom: "0%"}}>
          <div className="location" style={{ display: "inline-block"}}>
                <h3 style={{fontSize: "2rem"}}>
                  {data.name}
                </h3>
          </div>
          <div className="temp" style={{marginLeft: "1%", display: "inline-block"}}>

            {data.main ? <h2>{data.main.temp.toFixed()}°F</h2> : null}

          </div>
          </div>
      <div className="description" style={{fontWeight: "bold", display: "inline-block"}}>
        {data.weather ? <p1>  <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="currentColor" class="bi bi-clouds" viewBox="0 0 16 16">
        <path d="M16 7.5a2.5 2.5 0 0 1-1.456 2.272 3.513 3.513 0 0 0-.65-.824 1.5 1.5 0 0 0-.789-2.896.5.5 0 0 1-.627-.421 3 3 0 0 0-5.22-1.625 5.587 5.587 0 0 0-1.276.088 4.002 4.002 0 0 1 7.392.91A2.5 2.5 0 0 1 16 7.5z"/>
        <path d="M7 5a4.5 4.5 0 0 1 4.473 4h.027a2.5 2.5 0 0 1 0 5H3a3 3 0 0 1-.247-5.99A4.502 4.502 0 0 1 7 5zm3.5 4.5a3.5 3.5 0 0 0-6.89-.873.5.5 0 0 1-.51.375A2 2 0 1 0 3 13h8.5a1.5 1.5 0 1 0-.376-2.953.5.5 0 0 1-.624-.492V9.5z"/>
      </svg> ({data.weather[0].main})</p1> : null}
      </div>

           <div className="wind" style={{ marginLeft: "0.5%", display: "inline-block"}}>
        {data.wind ? <p style={{fontWeight: "bold", fontSize:"1rem"}}> wind {data.wind.speed.toFixed()} mph </p> : null }
      </div>
      <div>
       <img src={"made"}/>
      </div>
      </div>
  );
}

export default WeatherMan;

Answer 1 · 2022-07-13T15:24:18Z

July 13, 2022 3:24pm

Hey Killeon Patterson,

The URL constructor expects a url to be passed instead of just a file path. I'd suggest instead of creating a URL object like that simply set the src of your img tag to be the path 🙂

<img src="./made.png"/>

Hope this helps!

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