Uncaught ReferenceError: process is not defined

[TechyShishy]

• OS: Windows
• Node.js version:
• npm version: 9.5.1
• gaxios version: 5.1.0-8264dde5be-c3bf9eff00

Steps to reproduce

The following basic code, when run from an environment that doesn't set the process variable properly, produces a ReferenceError:

import "../css/options.css";

import { google } from "googleapis";

document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', async () => {
    try {
        const authToken = await new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
            chrome.identity.getAuthToken({ interactive: true }, (token: string) => {
                if (chrome.runtime.lastError) {
                    reject(chrome.runtime.lastError.message);
                } else {
                    resolve(token);
                }
            });
        });
        var drive = google.drive({ version: 'v3', auth: authToken });
        console.log(await drive.about.get({ fields: 'user' }));
    } catch (error) {
        console.error("failed to get auth: ", error);
    }
});

Running the above code produces this error:

Uncaught ReferenceError: process is not defined
    at loadProxy (googleapis.js?v=ec7946eb:1307:21)
    at .yarn/cache/gaxios-npm-5.1.0-8264dde5be-c3bf9eff00.zip/node_modules/gaxios/build/src/gaxios.js (googleapis.js?v=ec7946eb:1313:5)
    at __require (chunk-RSJERJUL.js?v=ec7946eb:3:50)
    at .yarn/cache/gaxios-npm-5.1.0-8264dde5be-c3bf9eff00.zip/node_modules/gaxios/build/src/index.js (googleapis.js?v=ec7946eb:1541:20)
    at __require (chunk-RSJERJUL.js?v=ec7946eb:3:50)
    at .yarn/cache/gcp-metadata-npm-5.2.0-0aeb32e4bc-4e7ed589c8.zip/node_modules/gcp-metadata/build/src/index.js (googleapis.js?v=ec7946eb:3545:20)
    at __require (chunk-RSJERJUL.js?v=ec7946eb:3:50)
    at .yarn/cache/google-auth-library-npm-8.7.0-5b2f8eb41a-978d1c5f76.zip/node_modules/google-auth-library/build/src/auth/googleauth.js (googleapis.js?v=ec7946eb:27034:23)
    at __require (chunk-RSJERJUL.js?v=ec7946eb:3:50)
    at .yarn/cache/google-auth-library-npm-8.7.0-5b2f8eb41a-978d1c5f76.zip/node_modules/google-auth-library/build/src/index.js (googleapis.js?v=ec7946eb:27886:24)

One common environment that doesn't have a process variable is inside chrome extensions, which can't use the gapi.js code, as ManifestV3 doesn't allow execution of remote code.

[danielbankhead]

@TechyShishy,

At this time, this library is designed for Node.js. If you're interested in running in the browser, consider using webpack (ref: #337)