Uncaught TypeError: Emitter is not a constructor

[Gittekken]

Hi, when i try to import reactivesearch I get an error of "Uncaught TypeError: Emitter is not a constructor". I was wondering how to go about solving this issue.

thanks
Ken

[metagrover]

Hi @Gittekken, which version of reactivesearch are you using? Also, are you using it on web/native?

[Gittekken]

The latest version. "@appbaseio/reactivesearch": "^2.3.3". For the web. At the web console it says could not find module emitter so I npm installed it and now it says Uncaught TypeError: Emitter is not a constructor.

[divyanshu013]

Can you post any errors you're seeing in the browser console and any relevant code? I tried the starter app and it seems to be working fine.

[Gittekken]

I am not using a starter app. I am using an existing meteor project.

I get this
Unable to resolve some modules:
"emitter" in /C/Users/.../Documents/.../node_modules/stream/index.js (web.browser)
"bufferutil" in /C/Users/.../Documents/.../node_modules/ws/lib/BufferUtil.js (web.browser)
"utf-8-validate" in /C/Users/.../Documents/.../node_modules/ws/lib/Validation.js (web.browser)

If you notice problems related to these missing modules, consider running:
meteor npm install --save emitter bufferutil utf-8-validate

so I installed all of these with npm.

Once I installed them I get "Uncaught TypeError: Emitter is not a constructor" That is all I am seeing just that. There is nothing else.

[siddharthlatest]

@Gittekken On a first look, it seems like a meteor specific error caused by the stream package. I am not too familiar with the platform to comment, but found this thread where someone had a similar error - https://forums.meteor.com/t/emitter-is-not-a-constructor-meteor-1-3-and-npm/24587.

In the Github repo of the stream package, I found this issue which may be relevant - juliangruber/stream#5.

[Gittekken]

@siddharthlatest thanks nice find on the stream issue.
Ken

[durdenx]

Is there a solution ? I opened an issue on meteorjs repo.

[Gittekken]

sorry my memory is bad but yes!! you just change the line to "var Emitter = require('emitter');" in the index.js. just follow what was mentioned in link @siddharthlatest found.
juliangruber/stream#5

[Gittekken]

and obviously install the modules that meteor wants installed I believe. hope this helps.