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Error importing 'vscode-languageserver' in a React app


I am trying to create a playground using monaco-editor and vscode-languageserver to show the features of my language server.

However when I try to import 'vscode-languageserver' from a page like the following example

//# src/pages/test.js 
const { TextDocument } =  require("vscode-languageserver"); 
console.log(TextDocument.create('a' , 'b' , 'c' , 'd' )); 

https://github.com/zkrami/docusaurus-test/blob/master/src/pages/test.js

I get the following errors:

Module not found: Can't resolve 'child_process' in 'C:\Users\Rami\git\my-website\node_modules\vscode-languageserver\lib'./node_modules/vscode-languageserver/lib/files.js

Module not found: Can't resolve 'fs' in 'C:\Users\Rami\git\my-website\node_modules\vscode-languageserver\lib'./node_modules/vscode-jsonrpc/lib/pipeSupport.js

and please note that if I imported the module in the docusaurus.config.js file it works perfectly.

I made a quick example you can try: https://github.com/zkrami/docusaurus-test/

Specifications:

yarn 1.22.4 
node v10.15.3
OS: Windows
@docusaurus/core: "^2.0.0-alpha.54"

Solution

  • I ended up using vscode-languageserver-protocol package which fulfill my requirements.