Node.js - Resolve "TypeError: Cannot convert undefined or null to object"

by
Jeremy Canfield |
Updated: July 22 2024
| Node.js articles
Let's say something like this is being returned.
TypeError: Cannot convert undefined or null to object
I first happened upon this when attempting to use JavaScript in HTML. The "mistake" I made that I had the <script> tag before the element that used my JavaScript.
<script src="/path/to/example.js"></script>
<p id="demo"></p>
The fix was easy. I simply moved the <script> tag to be after the element that used my JavaScript.
<p id="demo"></p>
<script src="/path/to/example.js"></script>
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