Pdfkit: "How to compile PDFKit for use in the browser" fails with "Cannot find module"

Created on 27 Feb 2019  路  3Comments  路  Source: foliojs/pdfkit

Bug Report

Description of the problem

Hi everyone.

I'm following this wiki page to use PDFKit in the browser.

However, when I run the last command, I get:

Error: Cannot find module 'C:\path\to\folder\node_modules\pdfkit\lib\document.coffee' from 'C:\path\to\folder'
    at C:\path\to\folder\node_modules\browser-resolve\node_modules\resolve\lib\async.js:55:21
    at load (C:\path\to\folder\node_modules\browser-resolve\node_modules\resolve\lib\async.js:69:43)
    at onex (C:\path\to\folder\node_modules\browser-resolve\node_modules\resolve\lib\async.js:92:31)
    at C:\path\to\folder\node_modules\browser-resolve\node_modules\resolve\lib\async.js:22:47
    at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:152:21)

I'm trying other ways to make PDFKit work in the browser, but none was successful so far.

Thanks in advance.

Code sample

Your environment

  • pdfkit version: 0.9.0
  • Node version: 8.9.1
  • Browser version (if applicable):
  • Operating System: Windows 10 x64
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Most helpful comment

I will update Wiki. For now look at demo folder and browser-demo npm script

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This wiki doesn't work since v0.9.0. I wrote it when pdfkit was written in coffeescript. Unfortunately I don't know how to make the single-file bundle for the browsers with the current pdfkit version.
It would be great if someone could update this wiki page...

I will update Wiki. For now look at demo folder and browser-demo npm script

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