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Glasnhost
Glasnhost

Reputation: 1135

Nodejs: trying to link an external lib: ReferenceError: window is not defined

I have a working nodejs projectA written in typescript. I generate a distribution with webpack, main entry point is dist/index.js. I link with

npm link

Now, in projectB, I link the projects:

npm link projectA

In projectB source code, I can import classes from projects:

 import {someClass} from 'projectA'

VisualStudio seems to recognize it. I compile it and I run the server on projectB.

But it crashes with

 ReferenceError: window is not defined

The culprit is projectA/dist/index.js

What am I doing wrong?

PS. I'm using last node/typescript versions

Upvotes: 0

Views: 131

Answers (1)

Evert
Evert

Reputation: 99523

The error suggests that the library you are using is made for browsers (where window exists) and node Node.js (where it doesn't).

Upvotes: 1

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