algoliasearch/lite and server-side rendering

[vslio]

Hello!

I'm currently working on a React application which supports server-side/universal rendering. Importing the lite version of algoliasearch leads to a ReferenceError: window is not defined error (wrong module.exports?). However, importing the full version of algoliasearch, ie: import search from 'algoliasearch' works perfectly.

[vvo]

Fixed, released in 3.15.1

[ramusus]

@vvo @vslio @brianjd I still have this issue during server rendering. I tried 3.15.1 and 3.18.1 lite and full versions with no any success.
I call search() method inside render():

import algoliasearch from 'algoliasearch/lite';

...

  search(theQuery, isNewQuery) {
    const algClient = algoliasearch(this.props.algoliasearch.applicationID, this.props.algoliasearch.apiKey);
    const algIndex = algClient.initIndex(...);
    algIndex.search(theQuery, (err, content) => {
       ...
    } 
  }

and looking into source I get

ReferenceError<!-- /react-text --><!-- react-text: 43 -->: <!-- /react-text --><!-- react-text: 44 -->window is not defined

What I'm doing wrong?

[vvo]

Do you think you can either get a more precise stack trace or maybe a simple github project reproducing the issue so we can work on it?

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[vvo]

Hi @zaihuaone I will need a GitHub repo reproducing this issue to be able to work on it. Right now it's too vague and so I cannot help you in the good conditions.

I need to be able to reproduce you errors on my computer to be able to help you.

[reohjs]

Ran into this recently.. fixed it by using target: 'node' config in my server-side webpack: kriasoft/react-starter-kit#1218 (comment)

[Haroenv]

Thanks for telling how you solved it @reohjs!

[Haroenv]

seeing as it's solved with the comment @reohjs made, feel free to make a new issue if you're also having this problem because of another or the same reason.