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Unable to write files using .fs nodejs
Hello, currently I'm trying to import fs (node module) and use it to write a file for Media collections s3 authentication.
However, when I connect to the beforeChange hook, even though the file is server side, I am getting a module not found error: Can't resolve 'fs'.
Any ideas? Thanks.
I've tried following this documentation:
https://payloadcms.com/docs/admin/webpack#aliasing-server-only-modules, but I'm still getting the same error.
I got the errors to go away, but now I am facing this Watchpack error:
Watchpack Error (initial scan): Error: ENOTDIR: not a directory, scandir 'C:\Users\eddieDev\Developer\cms\src\api\s3\actions\fetchS3Client.ts'
The directory is correct. I tried deleting the node_modules cache as well.
Now the watchpack error is gone, but now I'm getting this warning:
[22:49:40] INFO (payload): WARNING in ./src/api/s3/actions/fetchS3Client.ts 21:34-46
export 'readFileSync' (imported as 'readFileSync') was not found in 'fs' (possible exports: default)
Should I be getting this warning at all? Or am I missing something?
This may help someone else in the future. I just figured it out. I had to use require('fs') and the warnings are gone now. So that's good to know!
I liked following along with your train of thought here, haha
yes, basically you solved issue by issue until you properly fixed and implemented an alias
but then, it's worth noting that you don't
needto use
require. Instead, the last error was reported because your "stub file" for FS did not export a const of
readFileSync- and it only exported a
default. So if you just adjusted your stub file to export the functions you were attempting to import, it would have worked that way too
lol ty! how would i adjust my stub file?
any idea how to import pdfkit, I am stuck on last bit as you discussed but readFileSync / readFile is used within pdfkit so can't control it
ERROR in ./node_modules/fontkit/dist/module.mjs 38:17-36 export 'readFileSync' (imported as '$5OpyM$readFileSync') was not found in 'fs' (possible exports: default) ERROR in ./node_modules/fontkit/dist/module.mjs 46:4-19 export 'readFile' (imported as '$5OpyM$readFile') was not found in 'fs' (possible exports: default)
I see some mixed answers on this, and I'm not super familiar with fontkid / pdfkit
https://github.com/foliojs/fontkit/issues/77A lot of the upvoted answers say that the font needs to be loaded in as a buffer and that fs is not an option
I'm not sure exactly how this works in relation to Payload, but I would try checking out some of the relevant SO posts or on their Github issues
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