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Can't resolve 'fs' in react-script

We tried updating react-scripts from 4.0.3 to 5.0.0 with react-data-export 0.6.0 and xlsx 0.17.2, and when we try to build it fails with the error Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'fs' in react-data-export\node_modules\tempa-xlsx

What fix needs to be applied to maintain react-scripts version 5.0.0? I am using react-scripts and not webpack. Thanks!

Solution

  • Try adding this in node_modules\react-data-export\node_modules\tempa-xlsx\package.json

    "browser": {
  "fs": false,
  "path": false,
  "os": false
}

    Worked with me.

    Edit: I just found out that I can't create Excel files anymore. After some research, it seems that 'fs' (which is used to interact with file system) was removed from react-scripts 5. So the only solution is to either use react-scripts 4.0.3, or use another Excel library.