requiring npm modules fails

[markthethomas]

Was hoping to try out using something like request or superagent (as suggested in docs) to handle network calls, but when I npm install -S them, I get requiring unknown module [MODULE_NAME] for both superagent and request. Could it be that the deps for each required module aren't being recursively looked at? Is this expected behavior And, furthermore, is there a best way to go about requiring modules for React-Native specifically that would differ from a more straightforward/typical JS use-case?

example thrown error for require('request') or related npm modules

[aackerman]

For this specific case you'll likely want to use the fetch API which is provided by the environment. React Native does not run inside of the node runtime.

[markthethomas]

Yeah, had a major "doh" moment after posting. But superagent and most browser friendly modules should work, no?

[chetstone]

I'm having this issue trying to require fluxxor. After doing npm install fluxxor

[fselcukcan]

What? Isn't it supoorted to use ordinary npm modules in a react native project by simply npm installing.
For example npm install socket.io.

[markthethomas]

It is, but not the ones that rely on a node runtime environment.

[fselcukcan]

Huh! Thanks, I am really relaxed, serious.

[fselcukcan]

What was the problem when you were installing superagent or request?

[niftylettuce]

Was this resolved?

[maluramichael]

@markthethomas then how do i use other modules like lodash or xml2js?

[SudoPlz]

@isikfsc The problem when I installed request was that it used dependencies like require('os') or require('crypto') that were simply not there, since the environment was not a node environment.