Can't Make Strapi API Requests Receiving error: Module Did not self-register

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I’m unable to make any API using the Strapi api without getting the below error message.

/Users/xxxxxxxxxxxxx/node_modules/snappy/build/Release/binding.node'.
    at Object.Module._extensions..node (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1144:18)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:950:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:790:12)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:974:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:101:18)
    at bindings (/Users/xxxxxxxxxxxxx/node_modules/bindings/bindings.js:112:48)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/xxxxxxxxxxxxx/node_modules/snappy/snappy.js:2:34)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1085:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1114:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:950:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:790:12)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:974:19)
    at Object.require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:101:18)
    at _optionalRequire (/Users/xxxxxxxxxxxxx/Documents/xxxxxxxxxxx/node_modules/mongodb/node_modules/optional-require/dist/index.js:111:65)
    at x (/Users/xxxxxxxxxxxxx/Documents/xxxxxxxxxxx/node_modules/mongodb/node_modules/optional-require/dist/index.js:172:16)
    at Object.retrieveSnappy (/Users/xxxxxxxxxxxxx/Documents/xxxxxxxxxxx/node_modules/mongodb/lib/core/connection/utils.js:49:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/xxxxxxxxxxxxx/Documents/xxxxxxxxxxx/node_modules/mongodb/lib/core/wireprotocol/compression.js:3:47)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1085:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1114:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:950:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:790:12)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:974:19)

This error shows up even when I simply do the following:

  1. Run npx create-strapi-app@latest my-project --quickstart
  2. Make a Postman request to /api/auth/local/register/

I expect a user to get created and have a token returned. Instead the above error is shown in the console and a 500 internal error is returned in Postman.

I’ve read all the StackOverflow posts regarding this and I’ve deleted and reinstalled the node_modules file numerous times. I’ve created multiple Strapi Projects and the same thing happens on all of them.

The interesting part is that I setup one instance with a Dockerfile and deployed this instance to ElasticBeanstalk with a database connecting to an RDS instance.

FROM strapi/base

WORKDIR /strapi-app

COPY ./package.json ./
COPY ./yarn.lock ./

RUN yarn install

COPY . .

ENV NODE_ENV development

RUN yarn build

EXPOSE 1337

CMD ["yarn", "start"]

When I try to run the API commands on that instance they work without an issue. I’ve exhausted all resources I can think of and I’m still unable to resolve this issue.

System Information
  • Node.js version: v14.19
  • NPM version:6.14.13
  • Strapi version: 4.0.7
  • Database: I’ve tried with Postgres and SQLLite
  • Operating system: MacOS 11.6