Hello I tried to install the express package in a react project But when I import the package inside the app.js using:
const app = require("express");
I get 30 errors all saying
Module not found Error: Can't resolve 'x'
where x are differnt packages like zlib, querystring, path, crypto, fs, stream ....
This is the app.js code when I run it without the require line it works fine
import logo from './logo.svg';
import './App.css';
const app = require("express");
function App() {
return (
<div className="App">
<header className="App-header">
<img src={logo} className="App-logo" alt="logo" />
<p>
Edit <code>src/App.js</code> and save to reload.
</p>
<a
className="App-link"
href="https://reactjs.org"
target="_blank"
rel="noopener noreferrer"
>
Learn React
</a>
</header>
</div>
);
}
export default App;
And inside my package.json file in my dependencies I do have: "express": "^4.17.3"
I even tried to create a new blank project for this and I had the same problem
Your bundler (probably Webpack) cannot bundle packages which depend on Node.js APIs.
Express depends on all sorts of things that need Node.js (such as the ability to listen for incoming HTTP requests and use the C library that zlib uses).
You can't run Express inside a browser.