filesystem paths do not work in the browser

[ajainvivek]

• WebTorrent version: latest
• Node.js version: 4.0
• Browser name/version (if using WebTorrent in the browser): Chrome/Electron

I am unable to seed the torrent file as it throws me an error "filesystem paths do not work in the browser". Electron as wrapped file system with path attribute after uploading file. Is there any way to get around this problem.

[feross]

Works fine for me in Electron. You must be changing what require('fs') returns somehow. Are you browserify the script? Or using webtorrent.min.js? Don't do that -- just use require('webtorrent').

The error you're seeing comes from this code in create-torrent:

    if (typeof fs.stat !== 'function') {
      throw new Error('filesystem paths do not work in the browser')
    }

[ajainvivek]

I was using webtorrent.min.js. Thanks @feross .

[feross]

Glad you got it figured out :)

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