How to require node addon(c++) in a quasar electron project

gaozhe3321

i have a c++ node addon and build as node file
when i require this node file
webpack node-loader popup an error
said “The specified module could not be found.”
and the node file name changed to [filehash].node
like “src-electron\main-process/100b783793116bc6eb2cabbd8bd066d9.node”

how to deal with it?

dobbel

@gaozhe3321

I think you’re better of asking this specialized question in electron forums/communities:

https://www.electronjs.org/community

gaozhe3321

@dobbel this error come with webpack’s node-loader error
if only use electron without wepack it’s gonna work

ly

setting node.__dirname to false works for me !

// quasar.conf

electron: {
extendWebpack (cfg) {
// do something with Electron main process Webpack cfg
// chainWebpack also available besides this extendWebpack
console.log("<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<");
cfg.node.__dirname=false; // set node-loader’s node.__dirname to false, according to node-loader github document
console.log(cfg.node);
}
}

rui

@ly this is not work for me. any detail.

cppgohan

not work for me either:

  "scripts": {
    "lint": "eslint --ext .js,.vue ./",
    "test": "echo \"No test specified\" && exit 0",
    "dev-spa": "quasar dev",
    "dev-macos": "quasar dev -T darwin -m electron",
    "build-macos": "quasar build -T darwin -m electron",
    "inspect-macos": "quasar inspect -T darwin -m electron",
    "dev-win": "quasar dev -T win32 -m electron",
    "build-win": "quasar dev -T win32 -m electron"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@cloudbase/js-sdk": "^1.4.1",
    "@quasar/extras": "^1.0.0",
    "axios": "^0.21.1",
    "core-js": "^3.6.5",
    "quasar": "^1.0.0",
    "trtc-electron-sdk": "^8.4.1"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@quasar/app": "^2.0.0",
    "@quasar/cli": "^1.1.3",
    "babel-eslint": "^10.0.1",
    "devtron": "^1.4.0",
    "electron": "^9.0.0",
    "electron-debug": "^3.0.1",
    "electron-devtools-installer": "^3.0.0",
    "electron-packager": "^14.1.1",
    "eslint": "^7.21.0",
    "eslint-config-prettier": "^8.1.0",
    "eslint-plugin-vue": "^7.7.0",
    "eslint-webpack-plugin": "^2.4.0",
    "native-ext-loader": "^2.3.0"
  },

cppgohan

is there an example for quasar + electron + native dependency library?

cppgohan

@rui Hi, I did sucess figure this out by modify :

in the quasar.conf.js

goodwick

@cppgohan

Did you do anything else? I’m having the same issue with sharp and adding those lines simply gave me the same error with a different filename;

Error: The specified module could not be found.
node_modules\sharp\build\Release/sharp.node

Even though that file definitely exists at that location.

rui

@cppgohan it worked. thank you very much.

goodwick

Anyone else reading might be helped by the following thread;
https://github.com/lovell/sharp/issues/2646

In my case, sharp needed to be configured in webpack’s externals, but quasar’s abstraction was a bit hard to navigate since most instructions expect a webpack.config file. The above helped me a lot, even though it may seem simple.

goodwick

Adding it to externals, for me, required putting the following inside chainWebpack under build in quasar.conf.js

  chain.externals({
 'sharp': 'commonjs sharp'
 })

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