Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'net' in 'node_modules/stompjs/lib'

Question

Got an issue where a stompJS-lib was not found, upon which I got the following error message:

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'net' in '/../../../.../../../angular-app/node_modules/stompjs/lib'

Answer 1

The following command (which installs the missing dependencies):

 npm i net -S

This does not install random packages as assumed below. If you want the frontend to have some level of non-authoritative processing to be done on the client-side of those required dependencies, then this is the option to consider.

Answer 2

To avoid installing random packages, you could add this into your Webpack configuration.

node: {
  net: 'empty',
},

The issue is caused by expecting the net package which is a package from Node.JS and does not exist in the browser.

If you want more information and explanations you can find it here.