Cloudflare Developers•8mo ago

ES Modules and Cloudflare Workers

H i there, I would like to know if Cloudflare Workers are compatible with ES Modules. I have tried to deploy a project of mine with Wrangler while using imports and It gives tons of errors. I would like to get some more info on this. Any help would be muchly appreciated.

25 Replies

kian•8mo ago

ES modules are the recommended format for Workers What errors did you get?

Mr. Goodman•8mo ago

hey kian @kian im importing Webtorrent library. import WebTorrent from 'webtorrent';

X [ERROR] Build failed with 41 errors:

  node_modules/bittorrent-dht/client.js:10:19: ERROR: Could not resolve "crypto"
  node_modules/bittorrent-protocol/index.js:4:19: ERROR: Could not resolve "crypto"
  node_modules/body-parser/lib/read.js:20:19: ERROR: Could not resolve "zlib"
  node_modules/body-parser/lib/types/urlencoded.js:228:20: ERROR: Could not resolve "querystring"
  node_modules/content-disposition/index.js:22:23: ERROR: Could not resolve "path"
  ...

X [ERROR] Build failed with 41 errors:

  node_modules/bittorrent-dht/client.js:10:19: ERROR: Could not resolve "crypto"
  node_modules/bittorrent-protocol/index.js:4:19: ERROR: Could not resolve "crypto"
  node_modules/body-parser/lib/read.js:20:19: ERROR: Could not resolve "zlib"
  node_modules/body-parser/lib/types/urlencoded.js:228:20: ERROR: Could not resolve "querystring"
  node_modules/content-disposition/index.js:22:23: ERROR: Could not resolve "path"
  ...

kian•8mo ago

Those are Node modules, which aren't available on Workers.

Mr. Goodman•8mo ago

oh... like not at all? impossible?

Hello, I’m Allie!•8mo ago

You can use packages from NPM, as long as they don't rely on Node-only packages(like crypto, zlib, etc.)

Mr. Goodman•8mo ago

But I want to use webtorrent

Hello, I’m Allie!•8mo ago

In some cases you can improve compatibility with the nodejs_compat flag, but in this case, I still don't think it would be supported

Mr. Goodman•8mo ago

Oof. So it’s impossible?

Hello, I’m Allie!•8mo ago

Using WebTorrent protocol? Probably not. This specific package? You would probably have to rewrite a lot of it yourself

Mr. Goodman•8mo ago

Well.. Wait I once used that nodejs compat flag

Hello, I’m Allie!•8mo ago

Or well, if the first part wasn't clear, I'm not saying that there isn't a package that can support WebTorrent on Workers

Mr. Goodman•8mo ago

But I got some global xmlhttprequest error

Hello, I’m Allie!•8mo ago

Yeah, Workers only have Fetch

Mr. Goodman•8mo ago

Could I change it I’m the webtorrent library and possibly fix it?

Hello, I’m Allie!•8mo ago

Maybe? But then you would at least have to rewrite it to use CF's TCP Sockets, etc.

Mr. Goodman•8mo ago

@HardlySpookin’

  Uncaught TypeError: globalThis.XMLHttpRequest is not a constructor
    at worker.js:28241:13 in checkTypeSupport
    at worker.js:28262:40 in
  C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/wrangler/node_modules/rollup-plugin-node-polyfills/polyfills/http-lib/capability.js
    at worker.js:16:58 in __init
    at worker.js:28524:7 in
  C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/wrangler/node_modules/rollup-plugin-node-polyfills/polyfills/http-lib/request.js
    at worker.js:16:58 in __init
    at worker.js:28741:7 in node-modules-polyfills:http
    at worker.js:16:58 in __init
    at worker.js:28860:23 in node-modules-polyfills-commonjs:http
    at worker.js:19:52 in __require2
    at worker.js:28878:18 in node_modules/methods/index.js
   [code: 10021]

  Uncaught TypeError: globalThis.XMLHttpRequest is not a constructor
    at worker.js:28241:13 in checkTypeSupport
    at worker.js:28262:40 in
  C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/wrangler/node_modules/rollup-plugin-node-polyfills/polyfills/http-lib/capability.js
    at worker.js:16:58 in __init
    at worker.js:28524:7 in
  C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/wrangler/node_modules/rollup-plugin-node-polyfills/polyfills/http-lib/request.js
    at worker.js:16:58 in __init
    at worker.js:28741:7 in node-modules-polyfills:http
    at worker.js:16:58 in __init
    at worker.js:28860:23 in node-modules-polyfills-commonjs:http
    at worker.js:19:52 in __require2
    at worker.js:28878:18 in node_modules/methods/index.js
   [code: 10021]

Hello, I’m Allie!•8mo ago

Yeah, you can only use Fetch

Mr. Goodman•8mo ago

ok look here

function checkTypeSupport(type) {
  if (!xhr) {
    xhr = new global.XMLHttpRequest()
    // If location.host is empty, e.g. if this page/worker was loaded
    // from a Blob, then use example.com to avoid an error
    xhr.open('GET', global.location.host ? '/' : 'https://example.com')
  }
  try {
    xhr.responseType = type
    return xhr.responseType === type
  } catch (e) {
    return false
  }

}

function checkTypeSupport(type) {
  if (!xhr) {
    xhr = new global.XMLHttpRequest()
    // If location.host is empty, e.g. if this page/worker was loaded
    // from a Blob, then use example.com to avoid an error
    xhr.open('GET', global.location.host ? '/' : 'https://example.com')
  }
  try {
    xhr.responseType = type
    return xhr.responseType === type
  } catch (e) {
    return false
  }

}

what can i do here to make it compatible but not break it it actually only happens in this file i looked

Hello, I’m Allie!•8mo ago

I'm not sure you can? The rest of your code probably requires XHMLHttpRequest quirks to get it to work

Mr. Goodman•8mo ago

nop only mention

Hello, I’m Allie!•8mo ago

Does any part of your code reference xhr?

Mr. Goodman•8mo ago

no just webtorrent

Hello, I’m Allie!•8mo ago

Yeah, thats what I mean

Mr. Goodman•8mo ago

its not my code well kinda nevermind sorry

Hello, I’m Allie!•8mo ago

If any code that your code relies on requires XMLHttpRequest, then it won't work

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