Paddle with Nuxt/Vue.js

Question

Has anyone implemented Paddle with Nuxt? Trying to run this within a Nuxt app page (component):

<script src="https://cdn.paddle.com/paddle/paddle.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
    Paddle.Setup({ vendor: 1234567 });
</script>

I have tried three ways unsuccessfully.

1. NPM with paddle-sdk

https://www.npmjs.com/package/paddle-sdk

Out of data dependencies and will not build on a modern project. When installing npm i --save paddle-sdk, I get the following errors. Some of these dependencies are not available via npm:

 WARN  in ./node_modules/paddle-sdk/node_modules/keyv/src/index.js                                                                   friendly-errors 09:02:21

Critical dependency: the request of a dependency is an expression                                                                    friendly-errors 09:02:21
                                                                                                                                     friendly-errors 09:02:21

 ERROR  Failed to compile with 4 errors                                                                                              friendly-errors 09:02:21

These dependencies were not found:                                                                                                   friendly-errors 09:02:21
                                                                                                                                     friendly-errors 09:02:21
* dns in ./node_modules/cacheable-lookup/index.js                                                                                    friendly-errors 09:02:21
* fs in ./node_modules/paddle-sdk/node_modules/got/dist/source/request-as-event-emitter.js, ./node_modules/paddle-sdk/node_modules/got/dist/source/utils/get-body-size.js
* net in ./node_modules/paddle-sdk/node_modules/got/dist/source/utils/timed-out.js                                                   friendly-errors 09:02:21
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To install them, you can run: npm install --save dns fs net                                                                          friendly-errors 09:02:21

2. Nuxt Plugins

https://nuxtjs.org/docs/2.x/directory-structure/plugins/

Cannot create a nuxt plugin with a remote (third party) script, only local in the plugins directory. Paddle from their website asks: "Please do not self-host Paddle.js, this will prevent you from receiving bug fixes and new features."

3. Head method

I can implement the script in the head method within the page, but I cannot execute methods from the script within the nuxt page. In other words this works:

<script src="https://cdn.paddle.com/paddle/paddle.js"></script>

But this does not:

<script type="text/javascript">
    Paddle.Setup({ vendor: 1234567 });
</script>

Here is my head portion of my .vue file:

 head: {
    script: [
      {
        hid: 'Paddle',
        src: 'https://cdn.paddle.com/paddle/paddle.js',
        async: true,
        defer: false
      }
    ]
  },

Anyone had any luck or alternative solutions?

Answer 1

I simulate your problem, I imported the script in nuxt.config.js:

head: {
    script: [{
        src: 'https://cdn.paddle.com/paddle/paddle.js',
    }]
}

And use it in my page:

mounted() {
    Paddle.Setup({ vendor: 1234567 });
}

Of course, It'll output You must specify a valid Paddle Vendor ID.