I'm answering my own thread here for reference to other users.
After much try and error, I could find a way to package thrift
nodejs with webpack. I've compiled a full example of a browser
client with C++ server here on github:
https://github.com/BioDataAnalysis/thrift-nodejs-browser
For me, things started working when I generated sources as 'js:node'
with the thrift compiler, and I included the 'browser.js' in the
webpack source file 'src/index.js':
var thrift = require('thrift/lib/nodejs/lib/thrift/browser');
I'm not certain that this is the best or cleanest way. I've found
an example from HIRANO Satoshi that suggested the simpler include:
var thrift = require('thrift/browser');
which I did not try yet. Feedback is welcome. Also, anyone please
feel free to disseminate my findings to the larger community!
Last, not least, the binary protocol did not *yet* work for me.
This is summarized in https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-4987
and may be either a problem on my side or a bug in the current
thrift nodejs implementation.
All the best,
Mario
On 24.10.19 11:49, Mario Emmenlauer wrote:
I've tried to use thrift/lib/nodejs/lib/thrift/browser.js to create
a browser client with buffered transport and binary protocol. With
browserify I can package browser.js, but I do not understand how it
is supposed to work with the generated files, and the client.
Should the thrift-compiler-generated files be js or nodejs for this?
Do they also need to be browserify-ed? And should the client be
instantiated in js syntax or nodejs syntax in the browser html?
Currently I just get errors "Thrift undefined" when using the
browserify-ed browser.js in the browser.
All the best,
Mario Emmenlauer
