I'm running into an issue when integrating my stories into my unit tests using Jest & React Testing Library in a NextJS app. In Storybook, my NextJS components render without issue with the Storybook Addon Next Router working as expected. However, in my Jest test file, my test throws an error because useRouter() returns null. I believe I've setup all the addons correctly.
My setup:
NextJS 12
Jest & React Testing Library
Storybook
Storybook Addon Next Router (for using Next router inside Storybook)
#storybook/testing-react (for integrating my stories, args & params with testing library)
The problem:
I've setup all the files according to the docs. The story renders fine inside Storybook and the useRouter() works thanks to the Storybook Next addon. However, the composeStories() function from #storybook/testing-react seems to fail to properly initialize the Next router Provider from the first addon. My unit test fails with the following error:
Test suite failed to run
TypeError: Cannot read property 'locale' of null
And points to the following line inside my component:
// Events.tsx
const { locale = 'en' } = useRouter();
This is my test file:
// Events.test.tsx
import React from 'react';
import { render, screen } from '#testing-library/react';
import { composeStories } from '#storybook/testing-react';
import * as stories from './Events.stories'
const { WithSeasonsAndEvents } = composeStories(stories);
describe('Events Screen', ()=> {
render(<WithSeasonsAndEvents />);
it('renders input data', ()=> {
// set up test
});
});
And my stories file:
// Events.stories.tsx
import React from 'react';
import { ComponentStory, ComponentMeta } from '#storybook/react';
import Events from './Events';
export default {
title: 'Events/Events Screen',
component: Events
} as ComponentMeta<typeof Events>;
const Template: ComponentStory<typeof Events> = (args) => <Events {...args} />;
export const WithSeasonsAndEvents = Template.bind({});
WithSeasonsAndEvents.args = {
// many args here
};
This story renders fine in Storybook. useRouter() works as expected inside my story and I am able to use all of its properties including pathname and locale. However, for some reason the useRouter() function returns null when the composed story is being rendered by React Testing Library.
What I have tried:
Verified installing #storybook/testing-react and set up my global configuration in jest setup file:
// jest-setup.ts
import '#testing-library/jest-dom/extend-expect';
import { setGlobalConfig } from '#storybook/testing-react';
// Storybook's preview file location
import * as globalStorybookConfig from './.storybook/preview';
setGlobalConfig(globalStorybookConfig);
Verified that jest reads my setup file and finds my Storybook preview file
Verified both .storybook/preview.js and .storybook/main.js match the usage guide:
preview.js
// .storybook/preview.js
import '../styles/tailwind.css';
import { RouterContext } from "next/dist/shared/lib/router-context"; // next 12 https://storybook.js.org/docs/react/writing-stories/parameters
export const parameters = {
actions: { argTypesRegex: "^on[A-Z].*" },
controls: {
matchers: {
color: /(background|color)$/i,
date: /Date$/,
},
},
nextRouter: {
Provider: RouterContext.Provider,
locale: 'en',
},
}
main.js
// .storybook/main.js
module.exports = {
"stories": [
"../stories/**/*.stories.mdx",
"../stories/**/*.stories.#(js|jsx|ts|tsx)",
"../components/**/*.stories.#(js|jsx|ts|tsx|mdx)"
],
"addons": [
"#storybook/addon-links",
"#storybook/addon-essentials",
"storybook-addon-next-router",
],
"framework": "#storybook/react"
}
Stories render fine in Storybook, all useRouter() features work, and when I console.log the useRouter() return value, I get the full suite of NextJS useRouter object properties:
// >> console.log(useRouter()); inside Storybook
{
route: "/",
pathname: "/",
query: {},
asPath: "/",
events: {},
isFallback: false,
locale: 'en'
}
However, on the unit test, when logging the return value of useRouter(); inside my component, it returns null. Understandably, because it is null, the { locale } variable assignment is throwing an error in my unit test.
When logging the value of useRouter variable, both inside my Storybook preview and inside my unit test I get the following function:
// >> console.log(useRouter.toString())
function useRouter() {
return _react.default.useContext(_routerContext.RouterContext);
}
Does anyone have any idea on what can be going wrong? I'm fairly new to Storybook but I've tried looking through GitHuB issues and online and haven't been able to solve. No idea why useRouter() returns null inside Jest if the composeStories() fn should take care of resolving my Storybook params & args. Any insight would be appreciated.
I was running with the same issue. I solved it by exporting WithNextRouter as a decorator on preview.js
// preview.js
import { WithNextRouter } from 'storybook-addon-next-router/dist/decorators';
export const decorators = [WithNextRouter];
guys
I am learning redux, and try to run a very simple example code in node.js environment. I got the following error when I try to use :
import { createSlice, configureStore } from '#reduxjs/toolkit' .
The errors is:
import { createSlice, configureStore } from '#reduxjs/toolkit'
^^^^^^^^^^^
SyntaxError: Named export 'createSlice' not found. The requested module '#reduxjs/toolkit' is a CommonJS module, which may not support all module.exports as named exports.
CommonJS modules can always be imported via the default export, for example using:
import pkg from '#reduxjs/toolkit';
const { createSlice, configureStore } = pkg;
at ModuleJob._instantiate (internal/modules/esm/module_job.js:120:21)
at async ModuleJob.run (internal/modules/esm/module_job.js:165:5)
at async Loader.import (internal/modules/esm/loader.js:177:24)
at async Object.loadESM (internal/process/esm_loader.js:68:5)
If I use import like what the error tip says:
import pkg from '#reduxjs/toolkit';
const { createSlice, configureStore } = pkg;
All is OK.
What I want to ask is:
It gives me a wrong example in the official website of Redux? Or Just I run the example with a wrong way?
The following is the detail information.
My Node.js version is: v14.17.3
1 Init a node project:
mkdir redux_01
cd redux_01
yarn init
yarn add #reduxjs/toolkit
2 Modify the 'package.json', add a line in it:
"type":"module"
3 Create a file 'index.js' with the "Redux Toolkit Example" code parsed from https://redux.js.org/introduction/getting-started.
import { createSlice, configureStore } from '#reduxjs/toolkit'
const counterSlice = createSlice({
name: 'counter',
initialState: {
value: 0
},
reducers: {
incremented: state => {
// Redux Toolkit allows us to write "mutating" logic in reducers. It
// doesn't actually mutate the state because it uses the Immer library,
// which detects changes to a "draft state" and produces a brand new
// immutable state based off those changes
state.value += 1
},
decremented: state => {
state.value -= 1
}
}
})
export const { incremented, decremented } = counterSlice.actions
const store = configureStore({
reducer: counterSlice.reducer
})
// Can still subscribe to the store
store.subscribe(() => console.log(store.getState()))
// Still pass action objects to `dispatch`, but they're created for us
store.dispatch(incremented())
// {value: 1}
store.dispatch(incremented())
// {value: 2}
store.dispatch(decremented())
// {value: 1}
4 Now I run it like this:
node index.js
I then got that error message that I just mentioned.
The reason for the error is explained here:
https://lightrun.com/answers/reduxjs-redux-toolkit-cannot-import-redux-toolkit-from-a-nodejs-esm-module "here"
solution:
import * as toolkitRaw from '#reduxjs/toolkit';
const { createSlice,configureStore } = toolkitRaw.default ?? toolkitRaw;
or in Typescript:
import * as toolkitRaw from '#reduxjs/toolkit';
Unable to identify what's happening in my next.js app. As fs is a default file system module of nodejs. It is giving the error of module not found.
If you use fs, be sure it's only within getInitialProps or getServerSideProps. (anything includes server-side rendering).
You may also need to create a next.config.js file with the following content to get the client bundle to build:
For webpack4
module.exports = {
webpack: (config, { isServer }) => {
// Fixes npm packages that depend on `fs` module
if (!isServer) {
config.node = {
fs: 'empty'
}
}
return config
}
}
For webpack5
module.exports = {
webpack5: true,
webpack: (config) => {
config.resolve.fallback = { fs: false };
return config;
},
};
Note: for other modules such as path, you can add multiple arguments such as
{
fs: false,
path: false
}
I spent hours on this and the solution is also here on Stackoverflow but on different issue -> https://stackoverflow.com/a/67478653/17562602
Hereby I asked for MOD permission to reshare this, since this issue is the first one to show up on Google and probably more and more people stumble would upon the same problem as I am, so I'll try to saved them some sweats
Soo, You need to add this in your next.config.js
module.exports = {
future: {
webpack5: true, // by default, if you customize webpack config, they switch back to version 4.
// Looks like backward compatibility approach.
},
webpack(config) {
config.resolve.fallback = {
...config.resolve.fallback, // if you miss it, all the other options in fallback, specified
// by next.js will be dropped. Doesn't make much sense, but how it is
fs: false, // the solution
};
return config;
},
};
It works for like a charm for me
Minimal reproducible example
A clean minimal example will be beneficial to Webpack beginners since auto splitting based on usage is so mind-blowingly magic.
Working hello world baseline:
pages/index.js
// Client + server code.
export default function IndexPage(props) {
return <div>{props.msg}</div>
}
// Server-only code.
export function getStaticProps() {
return { props: { msg: 'hello world' } }
}
package.json
{
"name": "test",
"version": "1.0.0",
"scripts": {
"dev": "next",
"build": "next build",
"start": "next start"
},
"dependencies": {
"next": "12.0.7",
"react": "17.0.2",
"react-dom": "17.0.2"
}
}
Run with:
npm install
npm run dev
Now let's add a dummy require('fs') to blow things up:
// Client + server code.
export default function IndexPage(props) {
return <div>{props.msg}</div>
}
// Server-only code.
const fs = require('fs')
export function getStaticProps() {
return { props: { msg: 'hello world' } }
}
fails with:
Module not found: Can't resolve 'fs'
which is not too surprising, since there was no way for Next.js to know that that fs was server only, and we wouldn't want it to just ignore random require errors, right? Next.js only knows that for getStaticProps because that's a hardcoded Next.js function name.
OK, so let's inform Next.js by using fs inside getStaticProps, the following works again:
// Client + server code.
export default function IndexPage(props) {
return <div>{props.msg}</div>
}
// Server-only code.
const fs = require('fs')
export function getStaticProps() {
fs
return { props: { msg: 'hello world' } }
}
Mind equals blown. So we understand that any mention of fs inside of the body of getStaticProps, even an useless one like the above, makes Next.js/Webpack understand that it is going to be server-only.
Things would work the same for getServerSideProps and getStaticPaths.
Higher order components (HOCs) have to be in their own files
Now, the way that we factor out IndexPage and getStaticProps across different but similar pages is to use HOCs, which are just functions that return other functions.
HOCs will normally be put outside of pages/ and then required from multiple locations, but when you are about to factor things out to generalize, you might be tempted to put them directly in the pages/ file temporarily, something like:
// Client + server code.
import Link from 'next/link'
export function makeIndexPage(isIndex) {
return (props) => {
return <>
<Link href={isIndex ? '/index' : '/notindex'}>
<a>{isIndex ? 'index' : 'notindex'}</a>
</Link>
<div>{props.fs}</div>
<div>{props.isBlue}</div>
</>
}
}
export default makeIndexPage(true)
// Server-only code.
const fs = require('fs')
export function makeGetStaticProps(isBlue) {
return () => {
return { props: {
fs: Object.keys(fs).join(' '),
isBlue,
} }
}
}
export const getStaticProps = makeGetStaticProps(true)
but if you do this you will be saddened to see:
Module not found: Can't resolve 'fs'
So we understand another thing: the fs usage has to be directly inside the getStaticProps function body, Webpack can't catch it in subfunctions.
The only way to solve this is to have a separate file for the backend-only stuff as in:
pages/index.js
// Client + server code.
import { makeIndexPage } from "../front"
export default makeIndexPage(true)
// Server-only code.
import { makeGetStaticProps } from "../back"
export const getStaticProps = makeGetStaticProps(true)
pages/notindex.js
// Client + server code.
import { makeIndexPage } from "../front"
export default makeIndexPage(false)
// Server-only code.
import { makeGetStaticProps } from "../back"
export const getStaticProps = makeGetStaticProps(false)
front.js
// Client + server code.
import Link from 'next/link'
export function makeIndexPage(isIndex) {
return (props) => {
console.error('page');
return <>
<Link href={isIndex ? '/notindex' : '/'}>
<a>{isIndex ? 'notindex' : 'index'}</a>
</Link>
<div>{props.fs}</div>
<div>{props.isBlue}</div>
</>
}
}
back.js
// Server-only code.
const fs = require('fs')
export function makeGetStaticProps(isBlue) {
return () => {
return { props: {
fs: Object.keys(fs).join(' '),
isBlue,
} }
}
}
Webpack must see that name makeGetStaticProps getting assigned to getStaticProps, so it decides that the entire back file is server-only.
Note that it does not work if you try to merge back.js and front.js into a single file, probably because when you do export default makeIndexPage(true) webpack necessarily tries to pull the entire front.js file into the frontend, which includes the fs, so it fails.
This leads to a natural (and basically almost mandatory) split of library files between:
front.js and front/*: front-end + backend files. These are safe for the frontend. And the backend can do whatever the frontend can do (we are doing SSR right?) so those are also usable from the backend.
Perhaps this is the idea behind the conventional "components" folder in many official examples. But that is a bad name, because that folder should not only contain components, but also any library non-component helpers/constants that will be used from the frontend.
back.js and back/* (or alternatively anything outside of front/*): backend only files. These can only be used by the backend, importing them on frontend will lead to the error
fs,path or other node native modules can be used only inside server-side code, like "getServerSide" functions. If you try to use it in client you get error even you just console.log it.. That console.log should run inside server-side functions as well.
When you import "fs" and use it in server-side, next.js is clever enough to see that you use it in server-side so it wont add that import into the client bundle
One of the packages that I used was giving me this error, I fixed this with
module.exports = {
webpack: (config, { isServer }) => {
if (!isServer) {
config.resolve.fallback.fs = false
}
return config
},
}
but this was throwing warning on terminal:
"Critical dependency: require function is used in a way in which
dependencies cannot be statically extracted"
Then I tried to load the node module on the browser. I copied the "min.js" of the node module from the node_modules and placed in "public/js/myPackage.js" and load it with Script
export default function BaseLayout({children}) {
return (
<>
<Script
// this in public folder
src="/js/myPackage.js"
// this means this script will be loaded first
strategy="beforeInteractive"
/>
</>
)
}
This package was attached to window object and in node_modules source code's index.js:
if (typeof window !== "undefined") {
window.TruffleContract = contract;
}
So I could access to this script as window.TruffleContract. BUt this was not an efficient way.
While this error requires a bit more reasoning than most errors you'll encounter, it happens for a straightforward reason.
Why this happens
Next.js, unlike many frameworks allows you to import server-only (Node.js APIs that don't work in a browser) code into your page files. When Next.js builds your project, it removes server only code from your client-side bundle by checking which code exists inside one any of the following built-in methods (code splitting):
getServerSideProps
getStaticProps
getStaticPaths
Side note: there is a demo app that visualizes how this works.
The Module not found: can't resolve 'xyz' error happens when you try to use server only code outside of these methods.
Error example 1 - basic
To reproduce this error, let's start with a working simple Next.js page file.
WORKING file
/** THIS FILE WORKS FINE! */
import type { GetServerSideProps } from "next";
import fs from "fs"; // our server-only import
type Props = {
doesFileExist: boolean;
};
export const getServerSideProps: GetServerSideProps = async () => {
const fileExists = fs.existsSync("/some-file");
return {
props: {
doesFileExist: fileExists,
},
};
};
const ExamplePage = ({ doesFileExist }: Props) => {
return <div>File exists?: {doesFileExist ? "Yes" : "No"}</div>;
};
export default ExamplePage;
Now, let's reproduce the error by moving our fs.existsSync method outside of getServerSideProps. The difference is subtle, but the code below will throw our dreaded Module not found error.
ERROR file
import type { GetServerSideProps } from "next";
import fs from "fs";
type Props = {
doesFileExist: boolean;
};
/** ERROR!! - Module not found: can't resolve 'fs' */
const fileExists = fs.existsSync("/some-file");
export const getServerSideProps: GetServerSideProps = async () => {
return {
props: {
doesFileExist: fileExists,
},
};
};
const ExamplePage = ({ doesFileExist }: Props) => {
return <div>File exists?: {doesFileExist ? "Yes" : "No"}</div>;
};
export default ExamplePage;
Error example 2 - realistic
The most common (and confusing) occurrence of this error happens when you are using modules that contain multiple types of code (client-side + server-side).
Let's say I have the following module called file-utils.ts:
import fs from 'fs'
// This code only works server-side
export function getFileExistence(filepath: string) {
return fs.existsSync(filepath)
}
// This code works fine on both the server AND the client
export function formatResult(fileExistsResult: boolean) {
return fileExistsResult ? 'Yes, file exists' : 'No, file does not exist'
}
In this module, we have one server-only method and one "shared" method that in theory should work client-side (but as we'll see, theory isn't perfect).
Now, let's try incorporating this into our Next.js page file.
/** ERROR!! */
import type { GetServerSideProps } from "next";
import { getFileExistence, formatResult } from './file-utils.ts'
type Props = {
doesFileExist: boolean;
};
export const getServerSideProps: GetServerSideProps = async () => {
return {
props: {
doesFileExist: getFileExistence('/some-file')
},
};
};
const ExamplePage = ({ doesFileExist }: Props) => {
// ERROR!!!
return <div>File exists?: {formatResult(doesFileExist)}</div>;
};
export default ExamplePage;
As you can see, we get an error here because when we attempt to use formatResult client-side, our module still has to import the server-side code.
To fix this, we need to split our modules up into two categories:
Server only
Shared code (client or server)
// file-utils.ts
import fs from 'fs'
// This code (and entire file) only works server-side
export function getFileExistence(filepath: string) {
return fs.existsSync(filepath)
}
// file-format-utils.ts
// This code works fine on both the server AND the client
export function formatResult(fileExistsResult: boolean) {
return fileExistsResult ? 'Yes, file exists' : 'No, file does not exist'
}
Now, we can create a WORKING page file:
/** WORKING! */
import type { GetServerSideProps } from "next";
import { getFileExistence } from './file-utils.ts' // server only
import { formatResult } from './file-format-utils.ts' // shared
type Props = {
doesFileExist: boolean;
};
export const getServerSideProps: GetServerSideProps = async () => {
return {
props: {
doesFileExist: getFileExistence('/some-file')
},
};
};
const ExamplePage = ({ doesFileExist }: Props) => {
return <div>File exists?: {formatResult(doesFileExist)}</div>;
};
export default ExamplePage;
Solutions
There are 2 ways to solve this:
The "correct" way
The "just get it working" way
The "Correct" way
The best way to solve this error is to make sure that you understand why it is happening (above) and make sure you are only using server-side code inside getStaticPaths, getStaticProps, or getServerSideProps and NOWHERE else.
And remember, if you import a module that contains both server-side and client-side code, you cannot use any of the imports from that module client-side (revisit example #2 above).
The "Just get it working" way
As others have suggested, you can alter your next.config.js to ignore certain modules at build-time. This means that when Next.js attempts to split your page file between server only and shared code, it will not try to polyfill Node.js APIs that fail to build client-side.
In this case, you just need:
/** next.config.js - with Webpack v5.x */
module.exports = {
... other settings ...
webpack: (config, { isServer }) => {
// If client-side, don't polyfill `fs`
if (!isServer) {
config.resolve.fallback = {
fs: false,
};
}
return config;
},
};
Drawbacks of this approach
As shown in the resolve.fallback section of the Webpack documentation, the primary reason for this config option is because as-of Webpack v5.x, core Node.js modules are no longer polyfilled by default. Therefore, the main purpose for this option is to provide a way for you to define which polyfill you want to use.
When you pass false as an option, this means, "do not include a polyfill".
While this works, it can be fragile and require ongoing maintenance to include any new modules that you introduce to your project. Unless you are converting an existing project / supporting legacy code, it is best to go for option #1 above as it promotes better module organization according to how Next.js actually splits the code under the hood.
If trying to use fs-extra in Next.js, this worked for me
module.exports = {
webpack: (config) => {
config.resolve.fallback = { fs: false, path: false, stream: false, constants: false };
return config;
}
}
I got this error in my NextJS app because I was missing export in
export function getStaticProps()
/** #type {import('next').NextConfig} */
module.exports = {
reactStrictMode: false,
webpack5: true,
webpack: (config) => {
config.resolve.fallback = {
fs: false,
net: false,
dns: false,
child_process: false,
tls: false,
};
return config;
},
};
This code fixed my problem and I want to share.Add this code to your next.config file.i'm using
webpack5
For me clearing the cache
npm cache clean -f
and then updating the node version to the latest stable release(14.17.0) worked
It might be that the module you are trying to implement is not supposed to run in a browser. I.e. it's server-side only.
For me, the problem was the old version of the node.js installed. It requires node.js version 14 and higher. The solution was to go to the node.js web page, download the latest version and just install it. And then re-run the project. All worked!
I had the same issue when I was trying to use babel.
For me this worked:
#add a .babelrc file to the root of the project and define presets and plugins
(in my case, I had some issues with the macros of babel, so I defined them)
{
"presets": ["next/babel"],
"plugins": ["macros"]
}
after that shut down your server and run it again
I had this exact issue. My problem was that I was importing types that I had declared in a types.d.ts file.
I was importing it like this, thanks to the autofill provided by VSCode.
import {CUSTOM_TYPE} from './types'
It should have been like this:
import {CUSTOM_TYPE} from './types.d'
In my case, I think the .d was unnecessary so I ended up removing it entirely and renamed my file to types.ts.
Weird enough, it was being imported directly into index.tsx without issues, but any helper files/functions inside the src directory would give me errors.
I ran into this in a NextJS application because I had defined a new helper function directly below getServerSideProps(), but had not yet called that function inside getServerSideProps().
I'm not sure why this created a problem, but it did. I could only get it to work by either calling that function, removing it, or commenting it out.
Don't use fs in the pages directory, since next.js suppose that files in pages directory are running in browser environment.
You could put the util file which uses fs to other directory such as /core
Then require the util in getStaticProps which runs in node.js environment.
// /pages/myPage/index.tsx
import View from './view';
export default View;
export async function getStaticProps() {
const util = require('core/some-util-uses-fs').default; // getStaticProps runs in nodes
const data = await util.getDataFromDisk();
return {
props: {
data,
},
};
}
In my case, this error appeared while refactoring the auth flow of a Next.js page. The cause was some an unused imports that I had not yet removed.
Previously I made the page a protected route like so:
export async function getServerSideProps ({ query, req, res }) {
const session = await unstable_getServerSession(req, res, authOptions)
if (!session) {
return {
redirect: {
destination: '/signin',
permanent: false,
},
}
}
//... rest of server-side logic
}
Whilst refactoring, I read up on NextAuth useSession. Based on what I read there, I was able to change the implementation such that I simply needed to add
MyComponent.auth = true to make a page protected. I then deleted the aforementioned code block inside of getServerSideProps. However, I had not yet deleted the two imports used by said code block:
import { unstable_getServerSession } from 'next-auth/next'
import { authOptions } from 'pages/api/auth/[...nextauth]'
I believe the second of those two imports was causing the problem. So the summary is that in addition to all of the great answers above, it could also be an unused import.
Sometimes this error can be because you have imported something but not mastered it anywhere. This worked for me. I reviewed my code and removed the unused dependencies.
I'm trying to use the dynamic imports in NodeJS, with a eS6 file, but can't get it work
I'm using it in a gatsby project within its gatsby-node.js file
exports.createPages = async props => {
//...
const name = './test'
;(async () => {
const data = await import(name)
console.log(data)
})()
Where test.js is just
export const hey = 'hi'
But I always get this A dynamic import callback was not specified.
Why is it not working? NodeJS version is 12.18.4
Update (11th of November 2022)
The syntax should be valid without importing any additional plugins with Babel.
If you need them or need to tweak/customize its configuration, please continue reading.
Since it's not currently a publish version, you need to install each desired module (babel-plugin-syntax-dynamic-import in your case) of ES6 and add it yo your babel configuration.
Run:
npm install --save-dev #babel/plugin-syntax-dynamic-import
Then, in your Babel file (babel.config.js or .babelrc in the root of your project) add it to plugins array:
"plugins": ["#babel/plugin-syntax-dynamic-import"]
Ideally, your Babel file should look like:
module.exports = function(api) {
api.cache(true);
const presets = [
[`#babel/preset-env`, { 'useBuiltIns': `usage`, 'corejs': `2` }],
[`#babel/preset-react`, { 'development': true, minify: true }],
];
const plugins = [
`#babel/plugin-syntax-dynamic-import`,
];
return { presets, plugins };
};
I am trying to get web workers up and running with Vue cli3 and I'm having trouble getting it to work.
I want to use the following package, worker-loader (and not vue-worker), as it looks well maintained and with more contributions.
Following their tutorial I attempted to modify webpack using the vue cli as follows:
module.exports = {
chainWebpack: config => {
config.module
.rule('worker-loader')
.test(/\.worker\.js$/)
.use('worker-loader')
.loader('worker-loader')
.end()
}
}
which I hope should match their
{
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.worker\.js$/,
use: { loader: 'worker-loader' }
}
]
}
}
which can be read here (https://github.com/webpack-contrib/worker-loader). I tried to follow the documentation for vue cli3 as best I could (found here: https://cli.vuejs.org/guide/webpack.html#simple-configuration).
My component is pretty simple:
import Worker from 'worker-loader!./../../sharedComponents/equations/recurringTimeComposer.js';
<...>
watch:{
recurringPaymentReturnObj: function(newVal, oldVal){
const myWorker = new Worker;
myWorker.postMessage({ hellothere: 'sailor' });
myWorker.onmessage = (e) => {
console.log('value of e from message return', e.data);
}
}
<...>
and in my ./../../sharedComponents/equations/recurringTimeComposer.js file I have:
onmessage = function(e) {
console.log('Message received from main script: ', e.data);
// var workerResult = 'Result: ' + e.data;
// console.log('Posting message back to main script');
postMessage('hello back handsome');
close();
}
I keep getting the error message:
ReferenceError: window is not defined a162426ab2892af040c5.worker.js:2:15
After some googling I came across this post: https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/6642, which suggests that the best way to fix this is to add the following to webpack:
output: {
path: path.join(__dirname, 'dist'),
filename: 'bundle.js'
publicPath: 'http://localhost:3000',
globalObject: 'this'
},
After modifying my vue.config.js file I have:
module.exports = {
chainWebpack: config => {
config.module
.rule('worker-loader')
.test(/\.worker\.js$/)
.use('worker-loader')
.loader('worker-loader')
.end()
config
.output
.path(path.join(__dirname, 'dist'))
.filename('bundle.js')
.publicPath('http://localhost:8080')
.globalObject('this')
}
}
...but still I am getting the window is not defined error.
Does anyone know what is going wrong? It seems to be a weird error in webpack.
Thanks!
EDIT: oh yeah, here is the MDN page for webworker as well: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Workers_API/Using_web_workers.
Being new to Javascript I kept coming back to this issue when trying to use web workers with VueJS. I never managed to make it work with vue-worker or worker-loader.
It is now 2020 and Google has released worker-plugin.
To use it create a module my-worker with two files index.js and worker.js.
index.js creates the module:
const worker = new Worker('./worker.js', { type: 'module' });
const send = message => worker.postMessage({
message
})
export default {
worker,
send
}
worker.js contains the logic:
import _ from 'lodash'
addEventListener("message", async event => {
let arrayToReverse = event.data.message.array
let reversedArray = _.reverse(arrayToReverse)
// Send the reversed array
postMessage(reversedArray)
});
You will also need to update your vue.config.js to use the WorkerPlugin:
const WorkerPlugin = require('worker-plugin')
module.exports = {
configureWebpack: {
output: {
globalObject: "this"
},
plugins: [
new WorkerPlugin()
]
}
};
Now you can use you worker in your components:
Import it with import worker from '#/my-worker'.
Setup a listener in the mounted() lifecycle hook with worker.worker.onmessage = event => { // do something when receiving postMessage }
Start the worker with worker.send(payload).
I set up a starter code on github. I still haven't managed to make HMR work though...
This works for me (note the first line):
config.module.rule('js').exclude.add(/\.worker\.js$/)
config.module
.rule('worker-loader')
.test(/\.worker\.js$/)
.use('worker-loader')
.loader('worker-loader')
The first line excludes worker.js files, so two loaders wouldn't fight over the same js file
is this what you need ? Vue issue with worker-loader
Updating from the classic vue & webpack config, I found out that to make this one work, I needed to deactivate parallelization.
// vue.config.js
module.exports = {
parallel: false,
chainWebpack: (config) => {
config.module
.rule('worker')
.test(/\.worker\.js$/)
.use('worker-loader')
.loader('worker-loader')
.end();
}
};
I tried add web worker to a vue-cli4 project, and here is what I found:
using worker-loader and make configs in chainWebpack:
HMR works fine, but sourcemap broke, it show babel transformed code.
using worker-plugin as #braincoke mentioned:
HMR broke, but sourcemap works fined. and eslint broke while suggested disable all worker js file eslint instead.
Finally, My solution is tossing vue-cli away, and embrace vite.It support worker natively, and all just go fine now. (I think upgrade webpack to v5 can solve this, but i never tried.)