autoload/webapi has to be manually copied over when using nvim and Plug

[coaxial]

Just installed the plugin with nvim 0.7.2 and Plug has the plugin manager.

I was getting E117: Unknown function: webapi#json#decode until I $ cp -r .vim/plugged/webapi-vim/autoload/webapi/ .vim/autoload/webapi/

It looks like the autoload/ contents aren't autoloaded somehow? I don't know much about vim plugins, but the cp solved the issue. Maybe it's something the plugin could do for itself when installed?

[mattn]

As far as I can see your comment, you have:

.vim/autoload/webapi/webapi/

[coaxial]

The directory structure is correct, but I had to manually copy it instead of it automatically happening and avoiding the error:

$ tree -aI .vim/autoload
.vim/autoload
├── plug.vim
├── plug.vim.old
└── webapi
    ├── atom.vim
    ├── base64.vim
    ├── bit.vim
    ├── feed.vim
    ├── hmac.vim
    ├── html.vim
    ├── http.vim
    ├── jsonrpc.vim
    ├── json.vim
    ├── metaWeblog.vim
    ├── oauth.vim
    ├── sha1.vim
    ├── soap.vim
    ├── ucs.vim
    ├── xmlrpc.vim
    └── xml.vim

1 directory, 18 files

[mattn]

If you use vim-plug, you should have following line in your vimrc.

Plug 'mattn/webapi-vim'

[coaxial]

Yes I have it, then installed it with :PlugInstall

[mattn]

Hmm, could you please check you &runtimepath ?

[coaxial]

runtimepath=~/.vim,~/.vim/plugged/vim-gitgutter,~/.vim/plugged/gruvbox,~/.vim/plugged/vim-aurora,~/.vim/plugged/vim-commentary,~/.vim/plugged/ctrlp.vim,~/.vim/plugged/vim-airline,~/.vim/plugged/vim-airline-themes,~/.vim/plugged/vim-fugiti
ve,~/.vim/plugged/vim-json,~/.vim/plugged/vim-import-js,~/.vim/plugged/emmet-vim,~/.vim/plugged/webapi-vim,~/.vim/plugged/vim-bufkill,~/.vim/plugged/editorconfig-vim,~/.vim/plugged/vim-endwise,~/.vim/plugged/vim-closer,~/.vim/plugged/logsta
sh.vim,~/.vim/plugged/pgsql.vim,~/.vim/plugged/vim-unimpaired,~/.vim/plugged/supertab,~/.vim/plugged/ultisnips,~/.vim/plugged/vim-over,~/.vim/plugged/postcss.vim,~/.vim/plugged/vim-rubocop,~/.vim/plugged/indentLine,~/.vim/plugged/YouComplet
eMe,~/.vim/plugged/vim-prettier,~/.vim/plugged/vim-scrollstatus,~/.vim/plugged/vim-latex,~/.vim/plugged/npm-filetypes.vim,~/.vim/plugged/vim-go,~/.vim/plugged/vim-eunuch,~/.vim/plugged/zeavim.vim,~/.vim/plugged/unicode.vim,~/dotfiles/files/
home/.config/nvim,/etc/xdg/xdg-cinnamon/nvim,/etc/xdg/nvim,~/.local/share/nvim/site,/usr/share/cinnamon/nvim/site,/usr/share/gnome/nvim/site,~/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share/nvim/site,/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/nvim/site,/usr/local/
share/nvim/site,/usr/share/nvim/site,~/.vim/plugged/vim-polyglot,/usr/share/nvim/runtime,/usr/share/nvim/runtime/pack/dist/opt/matchit,/usr/lib/nvim,~/.vim/plugged/vim-polyglot/after,/usr/share/nvim/site/after,/usr/local/share/nvim/site/aft
er,/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/nvim/site/after,~/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share/nvim/site/after,/usr/share/gnome/nvim/site/after,/usr/share/cinnamon/nvim/site/after,~/.local/share/nvim/site/after,/etc/xdg/nvim/after,/etc/xdg/xdg-cinn
amon/nvim/after,~/dotfiles/files/home/.config/nvim/after,~/.vim/plugged/ultisnips/after,~/.vim/plugged/indentLine/after,~/.vim/after

[mattn]

Could you please try:

:source ~/.vim/plugged/webapi-vim/autoload/json.vim

[coaxial]

File doesn't exist, it's located at ~/.vim/plugged/webapi-vim/autoload/webapi/json.vim.

If I use the correct path, it doesn't output anything.

[ogaken-1]

Hello.

Could you try to follow steps and check to reproduce the problem?

1. Put follow init.vim onto any directory.
2. Run Neovim by nvim -Nu init.vim
3. Execute PlugInstall to install mattn/webapi-vim
4. Stop Neovim by :q
5. Run Neovim by nvim -Nu init.vim

init.vim

const s:here = expand('<sfile>:p:h')
exec printf('set runtimepath^=%s', s:here)
const s:autoload = s:here .. '/autoload'

const s:plugvim = s:autoload .. '/plug.vim'
if !filereadable(s:plugvim)
  const s:plugvim_remoteurl = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim'
  call system(printf('curl -fLo %s --create-dirs %s', s:plugvim, s:plugvim_remoteurl))
endif

call plug#begin(s:here .. '/plugged')

Plug 'mattn/webapi-vim'

call plug#end()

echom webapi#json#decode('{}')

[coaxial]

Then it works without error, and I see {} in the status bar.

[ogaken-1]

Then it may not be a problem caused by the combination of nvim, vim-plug and webapi-vim.

I think that it is a good idea to investigate the cause of the problem by gradually bringing it closer to your usually environment.