Compilation error in Angular

[gpra]

What version of OpenTelemetry are you using?

0.6.1

What version of Node are you using?

13.11.0

What did you do?

Tried to use @opentelemetry in an Angular project. Just:

1 - include the dependency:

npm i @opentelemetry/tracing

2 - Try to use it:
import { SimpleSpanProcessor } from '@opentelemetry/tracing';

What did you expect to see?

Compile OK

What did you see instead?

Compilation error:
ERROR in ./node_modules/@opentelemetry/core/build/src/trace/instrumentation/BasePlugin.js
Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'path' in './node_modules/@opentelemetry/core/build/src/trace/instrumentation'

Additional context

File "@opentelemetry/core/build/src/trace/instrumentation/BasePlugin.js", line 19 imports "path":
const path = require("path");

Commenting lines 19, 77 and 80 solves the problem.

[dyladan]

@obecny I think it may be time to split the BasePlugin into specific node/web versions

[dyladan]

/cc @mayurkale22

[obecny]

we can just split it to 3 files, base abstract and then node and web using the platform folder ?

[obecny]

Just wondering what has changed recently that this is not working anymore ?. As it was fine quite recently

[dyladan]

It's probably some issue with his specific bundler or something like that. The BasePlugin definitely uses the path module, though it should only actually use it in node plugins. It looks like he is using some sort of static analysis that looks at the source and sees the path module may be used.

[obecny]

anyway we should split it asap ;)

[obecny]

#967

[dyladan]

@gpra the fix for this should go out with the release today