Error module stream in ESM build

[Nisgrak]

Hi!

I'm using this lib in 5.0.6 version with Vite (using the ESM build) and have an error when load the Parser:

browser-external:stream:3 Uncaught Error: Module "stream" has been externalized for browser compatibility and cannot be accessed in client code.
    at Object.get (browser-external:stream:3)
    at json2csv.esm.js:1870

I'm not using the Streaming API, only the synchronous so don't know if it's possible to disabled.

Thanks!

[knownasilya]

Maybe you can set this option in vite? https://vitejs.dev/config/#optimizedeps-exclude

Or the rollup options here https://vitejs.dev/config/#build-rollupoptions

[Nisgrak]

I'm trying with this, but happend the same error

optimizeDeps: {
    exclude: ["stream"]
  },

[juliolmuller]

Any disclosure for that? I'm facing the same issue.

[knownasilya]

Can you reproduce the issue and upload it as a repo for us to look at?

[filipw01]

I found a temporary workaround using umd instead

import { parse } from 'json2csv/dist/json2csv.umd'

[oschwede]

Using a resolve.alias configuration of { "json2csv": "json2csv/dist/json2csv.umd.js" } works as well and does not break the TypeScript definitions.

[juanjoDiaz]

The problem happens when packaging the library for frontend since it uses some Node libraries. Like the stream library.

In v6 this, will be changed to minimize the node-specific parts and we should reconsider how we expose the different APIs to clearly separate node APIs from standard JS APIs

[daxiaraoming]

I found a temporary workaround using umd instead

import { parse } from 'json2csv/dist/json2csv.umd'

works for me

[juanjoDiaz]

Another solution could be to import directly the module that you want to use.
Something like

import parser from 'json2csv/JSON2CSVParser'

Closing since a workaround has been given.

[juanjoDiaz]

took long enough....

v6, which has moved to a new repo and broken down into smaller packages is in esm.

Full docs here: https://juanjodiaz.github.io/json2csv/

[TheJaredWilcurt]

Still same issue with vite and json2csv@v6 (latest). But the UMD workaround still works.