Expo and React Native issue with 'events' library

[ericcherny]

Error:

The package at "node_modules/tiktok-live-connector/dist/index.js" attempted to import the Node standard library module "events".
It failed because the native React runtime does not include the Node standard library.

To replicate:

1. Create Expo project

npx create-expo-app tiktok

2. Install tiktok-live-connector

npm i tiktok-live-connector

3. Add first example line

// imports...

const { WebcastPushConnection } = require('tiktok-live-connector');

export default function App() {
  return ...
}

4. Run Expo app

npx expo start

Attempts to fix:

• Installing events with npm leads to a domino effect of issues. Next library missing is utils. Next is zlib. Then zlib breaks. Then deleted zlib and tried installing minizlib instead. Minizlib also breaks. Etc.

[zerodytrash]

This library only works in NodeJS environments. It is not a library for the client (browser).
The reason for this is that a browser cannot access the TikTok API due to security regulations such as the cross-origin policy.