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Node module in Alloy project

I need to put this node.js module into Alloy project. It's a Facebook SDK node module.

I put the install command, and a node_module folder appear into my project folder, but I can't use it.

Where have I to put this node_module folder? Why the requires into facebook.js are not founded by the compiler?

Please, can anyone help me?

Solution

  • Titanium is not a pure NodeJS environment. When you use require('test') in a Titanium Alloy project, it will look for a file named test.js in the directory <Your project>/app/lib/.

    Titanium can't handle a require on a directory with a package.json.

    So if you want a pure NodeJS module, you'll have to put every files needed in the <Your project>/app/lib/ directory.

    But keep in mind that you can't use a NodeJS module which depends on NodeJS API like requests, because there's no such things in Titanium (you have to Ti.HttpClient instead).