Import a module from Node.js into a React app

Question

I am new to javascript and react. I use create-react-app from the tutorial to create a local develop environment. Now I want to import net library like this:

//index.js
import Net from 'net';

//...Something else

But somehow the npm import the net from

var net = __webpack_require__(/*! net */ "./node_modules/node-libs-browser/mock/empty.js");

How could I get the right library imported?

Answer 1

You can't import a module from the Node.js core into a React app.

You need to find an equivalent of net available on NPM and check if it works in a browser.

But I'm not sure you can open a TCP/IPC connection from a JavaScript app in the browser.

If you can use HTTP instead, you should look at fetch.