vite-plugin-compression module missing when building the app

[BenjaminOddou]

Hello 👋,

I encountered a bug with @nuxt-modules/compression (v0.1.0) when building the app with Nuxt 3 (v3.0.0-rc.6) I have this error message :

Nuxt CLI v3.0.0-rc.6                                                                                                                                                                                                                      11:28:46

 ERROR  Cannot find module 'vite-plugin-compression'                                                                                                                                                                                      11:28:48
Require stack:
- /Users/User/Documents/Nuxt3App/node_modules/@nuxt-modules/compression/dist/module.cjs

  Require stack:
  - node_modules/@nuxt-modules/compression/dist/module.cjs
  at Function.Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:933:15)
  at Function.resolve (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:108:19)
  at _resolve (node_modules/jiti/dist/jiti.js:1:108226)
  at jiti (node_modules/jiti/dist/jiti.js:1:110413)
  at node_modules/@nuxt-modules/compression/dist/module.cjs:4:25
  at jiti (node_modules/jiti/dist/jiti.js:1:112282)
  at requireModule (node_modules/@nuxt/kit/dist/index.mjs:295:26)
  at normalizeModule (node_modules/@nuxt/kit/dist/index.mjs:448:53)
  at installModule (node_modules/@nuxt/kit/dist/index.mjs:431:47)
  at initNuxt (node_modules/nuxt/dist/index.mjs:1421:13)

I know that this plugin is based on vite-plugin-compression but I was wondering if it was needed to install this dependency as well.

My config :

// nuxt.config.ts|js

import { defineNuxtConfig } from 'nuxt'
export default defineNuxtConfig({
  buildModules: [
    [
      '@nuxt-modules/compression',
      {
        algorithm: 'brotliCompress'
      },
    ],
  ],
})

Also I remarked that the following config was skipped on the latest release of Nuxt 3 (v3.0.0-rc.6):

// nuxt.config.ts|js

import { defineNuxtConfig } from 'nuxt'
export default defineNuxtConfig({
  compression: {
    algorithm: 'brotliCompress',
  }
})

[BenjaminOddou]

cc @Baroshem

[Baroshem]

Hey,

First, thanks for letting me know. I developed this plugin long time ago (even Nuxt 3 was in beta back then and now it is in rc.11).

Since then, a lot of things have changed. In order to make the module work as expected, I think I would need to update it to the latest Nuxt format. The issue with the dependency seems to be caused by the fact that it is installed as a dev dep and the it is required in your app as it is a vite plugin.

To fix this, I will refactor the module, change the dependency and probably also change the name (to nuxt-compression) as nuxt3-modules org is now part of the nuxt-modules/nuxt-community.

[BenjaminOddou]

I am closing the issue as this module will not support nuxt 3 as described here