global is not defined Angular 6

[lucax88x]

Using any browser, by just performing a login with this library we get this error:

[lucax88x]

as temporary workaround for any that reach this page you can add

(window as any).global = window;

in polyfill.ts

[luisrudge]

Thanks for the workaround. At this point, the angular community will have to come with a solution for this problem, since we're hardly the only library using global. This was already discussed in #748. Moving away from using global means a huge refactor in auth0.js and it's not something we'll actively work on in the near future.

[luisrudge]

More context on the angular change here: angular/angular-cli#9827 (comment)

[fetis]

@luisrudge would you be happy with a fix like this in your windows.js

  function getWindow() {
    return global ? global.window : window;
  }

and refactor some code to use getWindow exclusively. I noticed in other places you also use global.window to get the window object.

I can prepare PR in that case.

[luisrudge]

@fetis I think this is a bigger change than you think, but if you want to go for it, I'll review and test your PR 🎉

[tinyweasel]

Workaround doesn't workaround for me.

[fetis]

@tinyweasel you don't need workaround anymore. it's fixed since v9.6.1

[tinyweasel]

I just upgraded to Angular 7 and it's happening to me though. What should I update to fix it?

[fetis]

@tinyweasel could you plz provide reproduction code and libs versions plz?