Instructions for noobies

[Luc45]

Hello!

I'm not very into NPM and I'm trying to use this package...

While following the install instructions presented on README.md, I ran:

npm install webtorrent

On a fresh folder. After running this command, I have a folder and a file: node_modules and package.lock.json

How do I get to the point where I can apply the example usage in the browser as showed in the README.md?

var WebTorrent = require('webtorrent')

var client = new WebTorrent()
var magnetURI = '...'

client.add(magnetURI, function (torrent) {
  // Got torrent metadata!
  console.log('Client is downloading:', torrent.infoHash)

  torrent.files.forEach(function (file) {
    // Display the file by appending it to the DOM. Supports video, audio, images, and
    // more. Specify a container element (CSS selector or reference to DOM node).
    file.appendTo('body')
  })
})

Edit: I've managed to call webtorrent.min.js on a HTML file, but when I try to run the snippet above it says require() is not defined.

Edit 2: Allright, moved all content from index.html to a test.js file with the contents above, now when I ran node test.js it just died out of memory.

[Yhozen]

Node and browser are two different environment. If you want to run that snippet in browser change var WebTorrent = require('webtorrent') to const { WebTorrent } = window because what webtorrent.min.js is doing is making the webtorrent constructor available in the window object. If you still want to use require you will need to use something like webpack or browserify because require is not available in browser

[gauravsaini]

@Luc45 https://nodeschool.io/

[feross]

@Yhozen's explanation is correct. Thanks for helping out @Luc45 :)