How can I use webpack with express?
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When I try to use webpack with a simple express server I always get TONS of errors: express.js
'use strict';
var express = require('express');
var path = require('path');
var url = require('url');
// -------- my proxy----------------------
var app = express();
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 8080);
app.use(function logErrors(err, req, res, next) {
console.error(err.stack);
next(err);
}
);
app.listen(app.get('port'), function() {
console.info('Express server started at http://localhost:' + app.get('port'));
});
I get all those errors:
Version: webpack 1.10.0
Time: 1200ms
Asset Size Chunks Chunk Names
outfile 559 kB 0 [emitted] main
chunk {0} outfile (main) 498 kB [rendered]
[0] ../app/server/express2.js 553 bytes {0} [built]
+ 125 hidden modules
WARNING in ../~/express/lib/view.js
Critical dependencies:
78:29-56 the request of a dependency is an expression
@ ../~/express/lib/view.js 78:29-56
ERROR in ../~/express/lib/request.js
Module not found: Error: Cannot resolve module 'net' in /Users/Dynopia/Development/DS_Stalker_Frontend/node_modules/express/lib
@ ../~/express/lib/request.js 18:11-25
ERROR in ../~/express/lib/view.js
Module not found: Error: Cannot resolve module 'fs' in /Users/Dynopia/Development/DS_Stalker_Frontend/node_modules/express/lib
@ ../~/express/lib/view.js 18:9-22
ERROR in ../~/express/~/send/index.js
Module not found: Error: Cannot resolve module 'fs' in /Users/Dynopia/Development/DS_Stalker_Frontend/node_modules/express/node_modules/send
@ ../~/express/~/send/index.js 25:9-22
ERROR in ../~/express/~/etag/index.js
Module not found: Error: Cannot resolve module 'fs' in /Users/Dynopia/Development/DS_Stalker_Frontend/node_modules/express/node_modules/etag
@ ../~/express/~/etag/index.js 22:12-25
ERROR in ../~/express/~/send/~/destroy/index.js
Module not found: Error: Cannot resolve module 'fs' in /Users/Dynopia/Development/DS_Stalker_Frontend/node_modules/express/node_modules/send/node_modules/destroy
@ ../~/express/~/send/~/destroy/index.js 1:17-30
ERROR in ../~/express/~/send/~/mime/mime.js
Module not found: Error: Cannot resolve module 'fs' in /Users/Dynopia/Development/DS_Stalker_Frontend/node_modules/express/node_modules/send/node_modules/mime
@ ../~/express/~/send/~/mime/mime.js 2:9-22
ERROR in ../~/express/~/send/~/statuses/codes.json
Module parse failed: /Users/Dynopia/Development/DS_Stalker_Frontend/node_modules/express/node_modules/send/node_modules/statuses/codes.json Line 2: Unexpected token :
You may need an appropriate loader to handle this file type.
| {
| "100": "Continue",
| "101": "Switching Protocols",
| "102": "Processing",
@ ../~/express/~/send/~/statuses/index.js 2:12-35
ERROR in ../~/express/~/send/~/mime/types.json
Module parse failed: /Users/Dynopia/Development/DS_Stalker_Frontend/node_modules/express/node_modules/send/node_modules/mime/types.json Line 1: Unexpected token :
You may need an appropriate loader to handle this file type.
|
@ ../~/express/~/send/~/mime/mime.js 87:12-35
ERROR in ../~/express/~/accepts/~/mime-types/~/mime-db/db.json
Module parse failed: /Users/Dynopia/Development/DS_Stalker_Frontend/node_modules/express/node_modules/accepts/node_modules/mime-types/node_modules/mime-db/db.json Line 2: Unexpected token :
You may need an appropriate loader to handle this file type.
| {
| "application/1d-interleaved-parityfec": {
| "source": "iana"
| },
@ ../~/express/~/accepts/~/mime-types/~/mime-db/index.js 11:17-37
ERROR in ../~/express/~/type-is/~/mime-types/~/mime-db/db.json
Module parse failed: /Users/Dynopia/Development/DS_Stalker_Frontend/node_modules/express/node_modules/type-is/node_modules/mime-types/node_modules/mime-db/db.json Line 2: Unexpected token :
You may need an appropriate loader to handle this file type.
| {
| "application/1d-interleaved-parityfec": {
| "source": "iana"
| },
@ ../~/express/~/type-is/~/mime-types/~/mime-db/index.js 11:17-37
and this is my config file:
var webpack = require('webpack');
module.exports = {
// Makes sure errors in console map to the correct file
// and line number
devtool: 'eval',
entry: [
'./bin/www.js'
],
output: {
path: './bin/out',
filename: 'server.js'
},
extensions: [
'',
'.jsx', '.js'
],
module: {
loaders: [
// Compile es6 to js.
{
test: /app\/.*\.js?$/,
loaders: [
'react-hot',
'babel-loader'
]
}
]
},
devtool: 'source-map'
};
What can I do, I need to use webpack on my server side as well.
I run the express.js file like so:
./node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js ../app/server/express.js outfile --display-chunks -c --progress -d
Javascript Solutions
Solution 1 - Javascript
What I ended up doing was I used 2 different configurations, 1 for packing the server stuff together using webpack, and 1 for packing all the browser stuff together and also run webpack dev server for hot reloading.
Server webpack config aka webpack.node.config.js now looks like this:
var webpack = require('webpack');
var path = require('path');
var fs = require('fs');
var nodeModules = {};
// note the path.resolve(__dirname, ...) part
// without it, eslint-import-resolver-webpack fails
// since eslint might be invoked with different cwd
fs.readdirSync(path.resolve(__dirname, 'node_modules'))
.filter(x => ['.bin'].indexOf(x) === -1)
.forEach(mod => { nodeModules[mod] = `commonjs ${mod}`; });
// es5 style alternative
// fs.readdirSync(path.resolve(__dirname, 'node_modules'))
// .filter(function(x) {
// return ['.bin'].indexOf(x) === -1;
// })
// .forEach(function(mod) {
// nodeModules[mod] = 'commonjs ' + mod;
// });
module.exports =
{
// The configuration for the server-side rendering
name: 'server',
target: 'node',
entry: './app/server/serverEntryPrototype.js',
output: {
path: './bin/',
publicPath: 'bin/',
filename: 'serverEntryPoint.js'
},
externals: nodeModules,
module: {
loaders: [
{ test: /\.js$/,
loaders: [
// 'imports?document=this',
// 'react-hot',
'babel-loader'
//,'jsx-loader'
]
},
{ test: /\.json$/, loader: 'json-loader' },
]
},
plugins: [
// new webpack.NormalModuleReplacementPlugin("^(react-bootstrap-modal)$", "^(react)$")
// new webpack.IgnorePlugin(new RegExp("^(react-bootstrap-modal)$"))
// new webpack.IgnorePlugin(/^\.\/locale$/, /moment$/)
]
};
Browser webpack config aka webpack.browser.config.js now looks like this:
var webpack = require('webpack');
var path = require('path');
var buildPath = path.resolve(__dirname, 'assets');
var fs = require('fs');
var commonLoaders = [
{ test: /\.js$/,
loaders: [
'react-hot',
'babel-loader'
//,'jsx-loader'
]
}
];
module.exports =
{
// Makes sure errors in console map to the correct file
// and line number
name: 'browser',
devtool: 'eval',
entry: [
//'./bin/www.js',
'./app/index.js',
'webpack/hot/dev-server',
'webpack-dev-server/client?http://localhost:8081' // WebpackDevServer host and port
],
output: {
path: buildPath,
filename: '[name].js',
// Everything related to Webpack should go through a build path,
// localhost:3000/build. That makes proxying easier to handle
publicPath: 'http://localhost:8081/assets/'
},
extensions: [
'',
'.jsx', '.js',
'.json',
'.html',
'.css', '.styl', '.scss', '.sass'
],
module: {
loaders: [
// Compile es6 to js.
{
test: /app\/.*\.jsx?$/,
loaders: [
'react-hot',
'babel-loader'
]
},
///app\/.*\.json$/
{ test: /\.json$/, loader: 'json-loader' },
// Styles
{ test: /\.css$/, loader: 'style-loader!css-loader' },
{ test: /\.s(a|c)ss$/, loader: 'style!css?localIdentName=[path][name]---[local]---[hash:base64:5]!postcss!sass' },
// Fonts
{ test: /\.woff(2)?(\?v=[0-9]\.[0-9]\.[0-9])?$/, loader: 'url-loader?limit=10000&minetype=application/font-woff' },
{ test: /\.(ttf|eot|svg)(\?v=[0-9]\.[0-9]\.[0-9])?$/, loader: 'file-loader' }
//{ test: /\.png$/, loader: 'url-loader?limit=100000' },
//{ test: /\.jpg$/, loader: 'file-loader' }
],
plugins: [
new webpack.HotModuleReplacementPlugin(),
new webpack.NoErrorsPlugin()
]
},
postcss: [
require('autoprefixer-core')
],
devtool: 'source-map'
}
;
Solution 2 - Javascript
It can be realized by specifying "node" to "target" option, since v1.10.2.
For reference: http://jlongster.com/Backend-Apps-with-Webpack--Part-I
If you want to bundle the server and the client's code at the same time, it is possible to use multiple configuration in the following manner.
// webpack.config.js
module.exports = [
{
name: 'server',
entry: './src/server/index.js',
target: 'node',
output: {
path: __dirname + '/dist/server',
filename: 'bundle.js',
},
},
{
name: 'client',
entry: './src/client/index.js',
// target: 'web', // by default
output: {
path: __dirname + '/dist/client',
filename: 'bundle.js',
},
}
];
Solution 3 - Javascript
I am just clarifying @meta2's answer because I believe it can be written in a more understandable way - although full points to him!
tl;dr - set target: 'node' in your webpack.config.js to fix the errors that get generated when using Webpack with Express.
You still get warnings like:
WARNING in ./node_modules/express/lib/view.js
81:13-25 Critical dependency: the request of a dependency is an expression
To fix those, use https://github.com/liady/webpack-node-externals. FYI - this reduces you bundle size significantly (check size before and after) and speeds up the bundling time incredibly.
Full example:
const path = require('path')
const nodeExternals = require('webpack-node-externals')
module.exports = {
entry: './src/app.js',
output: {
filename: 'bundle.js',
path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist')
},
target: 'node', // THIS IS THE IMPORTANT PART
externals: [nodeExternals()],
mode: 'development'
}
Solution 4 - Javascript
Additionally, if you are working with Typescript, make sure to also include the ".js" extension in your config:
module.exports = {
entry: './src/server/index.ts',
target: 'node',
output: {
path: __dirname + '/dist/server',
filename: 'bundle.js',
},
resolve: {
modules: [
"node_modules"
],
extensions: [".ts", ".js"]
}
};
Solution 5 - Javascript
I took an easy approach that could be useful in a small or medium project. I make it so webpack would serve as the bundler for ecma script and scss, though in this aproach i dont use hot reloading.
The server configuration is the default given by express generator.
webpack.config.js
const path = require("path");
module.exports = {
entry: "./resources/index.js",
output: {
path: path.join(__dirname, "/public/dist"),
publicPath: "/public/dist",
filename: "main.js"
},
mode: "development",
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.js$/,
exclude: /node_modules/,
use: {
loader: "babel-loader"
}
},
{
test: /\.scss$/,
use: ["style-loader", "css-loader", "sass-loader"]
}
]
}
};
package.json is devDependencies
"devDependencies": {
"@babel/core": "^7.6.4",
"@babel/preset-env": "^7.6.3",
"babel-loader": "^8.0.6",
"css-loader": "^3.2.0",
"mini-css-extract-plugin": "^0.8.0",
"node-sass": "^4.13.0",
"sass-loader": "^8.0.0",
"style-loader": "^1.0.0",
"webpack": "^4.41.2",
"webpack-cli": "^3.3.9"
}
package.json is scripts
"scripts": {
"start": "node ./bin/www",
"dev": "nodemon",
"build": "webpack",
"watch": "webpack --watch"
},
Solution 6 - Javascript
Here is a simple setup to build an express+webpack app. Please pay attention to package.json file scripts part which starts simultaneously express server and webpack process.
And also please pay attention server.js file "app.use(express.static('dist'));" part. Express static should point to webpack folder which contains index.html and bundle.js
server.js file:
const express = require ("express");
const path = require ("path");
const app = express();
app.use(express.json());
app.use(express.urlencoded({extended: true}));
app.use(express.static('dist'));
app.get("/", (req, res) => {
res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, 'dist/index.html'));
})
const server = app.listen (process.env.PORT || 4000);
const portNumber = server.address().port;
console.log("ГОСПОДИН ПОРТ СЕИЧАС ОТКРЫТ "+ portNumber);
now package.json file:
{
"name": "firebase1",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "",
"main": "index.js",
"scripts": {
"build": "webpack",
"server": "node server.js",
"dev": "concurrently --kill-others-on-fail \"npm run build\" \"npm run server\""
},
"keywords": [],
"author": "",
"license": "ISC",
"devDependencies": {
"webpack": "^5.64.0",
"webpack-cli": "^4.9.1"
},
"dependencies": {
"express": "^4.17.1"
}
}
Now, webpack.config.js file:
const path = require("path");
module.exports = {
mode: "development",
entry: "./src/index.js",
output: {
path: path.resolve(__dirname, "dist"),
filename: "bundle.js"
},
watch: true
}
And finally index.html file:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" dir="ltr">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>FIREBASE PROJECT OF MY LORD TOM AND JERRY</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Getting Started with Firebase</h1>
<script type="text/javascript" src="bundle.js"></script>
</body>
</html>