Using DETECT_CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION=true found 57 vulnerabilities (54 moderate, 3 high) error in webdriverio

Question

Hello I am new to webdriverio, and I was trying to run the command

DETECT_CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION=true npm i

and than after I am getting the following error

npm WARN @hint/hint-amp-validator@2.10.11 requires a peer of hint@^6.0.0 but none is 
installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN allure-mochajs@2.0.0-beta.3 requires a peer of mocha@^5.2.0 but none is 
installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN eslint-config-standard@13.0.1 requires a peer of eslint@>=6.0.1 but none is 
installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN wdio-chromedriver-service@6.0.4 requires a peer of @wdio/cli@^6.0.0 but none 
is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN wdio-mochawesome-reporter@4.0.0 requires a peer of @wdio/cli@^5.8.4 but none 
is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN wdio-mochawesome-reporter@4.0.0 requires a peer of mochawesome-report- 
generator@^3.1.5 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN cnn-content-hub-automation@ No repository field.
npm WARN cnn-content-hub-automation@ No license field.

audited 1875 packages in 12.786s
found 57 vulnerabilities (54 moderate, 3 high)
run `npm audit fix` to fix them, or `npm audit` for details

Answer 1

Detect ChromeDriver Version

At times the NPM package version may not be always compatible to your google-chrome version. To get the ChromeDriver that corresponds to the version of Chrome installed, you can use the npm config property detect_chromedriver_version.

npm install chromedriver --detect_chromedriver_version

Or add property into your .npmrc file.

detect_chromedriver_version=true

Another option is to use environment variable DETECT_CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION.

DETECT_CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION=true npm install chromedriver

Note: When the property detect_chromedriver_version is provided, chromedriver_version and chromedriver_filepath properties are ignored.

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Solution

Instead of:

DETECT_CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION=true npm i

You need to use:

DETECT_CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION=true npm install chromedriver