Error when requiring mapbox-gl-js in Node

[ahk]

when I import mapbox-gl 12.x by nodejs (V=12.x) that gives me a error which is " nodejsReferenceError: self is not defined.What can I do the next can help me.thanks

Originally posted by @lf1991 in #8424 (comment)

Hi @lf1991, I started a new thread for your issue (I don't think you were having an issue with benchmarks on Firefox). You are using nodejs 12.x with the newest mapbox-gl-js correct? If you are using mapbox-gl and having an issue this might not be the correct project.

I can tell you that mapbox-gl-js (this project) doesn't support nodejs higher than 10.x, so if you try with nodejs 8 or 10 that may solve your issue.

[mourner]

Older nodes will still have a problem: #4593

[bradjonesca]

It sure would be nice to see some testing for Nodejs 12 soon ;)

[ahk]

Older nodes will still have a problem: #4593

Sorry I misunderstood what @lf1991 was trying to do, thanks @mourner. This was informative.

[samkelleher]

I don't believe this is a Node issue, as far as I can tell, this libary doesn't work in Node at all. The error above is because the library is executing on import and trying to access browser specific APIs.

I.e., this code should not do any execution. The library has side effects, meaning it is executing and trying to access browser specific APIs.

import mapbox from "mapbox-gl";

See #4593 (comment)

[aendra-rininsland]

This is effectively a duplicate of #4593 — the issue isn't a Node version issue, it's an "eagerly accesses browser globals on module import" issue.

My suggestion is to close this issue and reopen #4593 where there's been a fair bit more discussion recently.

[mourner]

@Aendrew good call — reopened #4593, closing this issue in favor of that one.