electron-packager with sqlite3 and webpack

Question

I'm making a small application that gets/stores data using sqlite3.

Everything was fine during development stage. But when I used electron-packager to pack my application, sqlite3 doesn't work anymore.

The console display an exception which is : Cannot find module 'sqlite3'.

This is my renderer configuration:

return {
        target: 'electron-renderer',
        mode: argv.production ? 'production' : 'development',
        context: paths.root,
        devtool: !argv.production ? 'source-map' : false,
        entry: {
            'app': path.resolve(paths.app, 'app.js')
        },
        optimization: {
            runtimeChunk: false,
            splitChunks: {
                chunks: 'all',
                cacheGroups: {
                    default: {
                        enforce: true,
                        priority: 1
                    },
                    vendors: {
                        test: /[\\/]node_modules[\\/]/,
                        priority: 2,
                        name: 'vendors',
                        enforce: true,
                        chunks: 'async'
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        module: {
            rules: require('./rule')(paths, argv).get()
        },
        plugins: require('./plugin')(paths, argv).get(),
        output: {
            path: paths.dist,
            filename: 'app.bundled.js'
        },
        resolve: {
            // Add `.ts` and `.tsx` as a resolvable extension.
            extensions: [".ts", ".tsx", ".js"],
            alias: {
                // summernote: codemirror
                'CodeMirror': 'codemirror',
            }
        },
        watch: !argv.production,
        watchOptions: {
            poll: false
        },
        externals: {
            sqlite3: 'commonjs sqlite3'
        }
    };

This is the file belongs to renderer process in which I include sqlite3:

const typeorm = require('typeorm');
const EntitySchema = typeorm.EntitySchema;
const path = require('path');
const electron = require('electron');
require('sqlite3');

module.exports = (ngModule) => {
    ngModule.service('$db', (toastr) => {

        //#region Properties

        // Instance of database connection
        let dbConnection = null;

        //#endregion

        let out = {

            //#region Methods
                if (dbConnection == null || forceReinitialize) {
                    // Build a absolute path to database.
                    const appPath = electron.remote.app.getAppPath();
                    const dbPath = path.join(appPath, 'assets/db/PersonalCv.db');
                    return typeorm
                        .createConnection({
                            type: "sqlite",
                            database: dbPath,
                            synchronize: false,
                            entities: [
                                new EntitySchema(require('../models/entities/user')),
                                new EntitySchema(require('../models/entities/user-decription')),
                                new EntitySchema(require('../models/entities/skill-category')),
                                new EntitySchema(require('../models/entities/skill')),
                                new EntitySchema(require('../models/entities/personal-skill')),
                                new EntitySchema(require('../models/entities/project')),
                                new EntitySchema(require('../models/entities/project-skill')),
                                new EntitySchema(require('../models/entities/project-responsibility')),
                                new EntitySchema(require('../models/entities/responsibility'))
                            ]
                        })
                        .then((connection) => {
                            dbConnection = connection;
                            return dbConnection;
                        })
                        .catch((error) => {
                            toastr.error(error);
                            throw error;
                        });
                }

                return new Promise(resolve => {
                    resolve(dbConnection);
                });
            },

            /*
            * Get repository by using name (table name)
            * */
            getRepository: (name) => {
                return out
                    .getConnection()
                    .then((connection) => {
                        return connection.getRepository(name);
                    });
            }

            //#endregion
        };

        return out;
    });
};

Here is my repo in case anyone needs further information.

Can anyone help me please ?

Thank you,

Answer 1

After going through some Q&A of electron-packager and electron-builder. I found one solution to make sqlite3 to work with webpack.

In webpack.config.js, I added :

externals: {
    sqlite3: 'commonjs sqlite3'
}

Instead of electron-packager, I used electron-builder to build my application. In build configuration, I copied sqlite3 module to dist folder.