Uncaught Error: Module "events" has been externalized for browser compatibility. Cannot access "events.EventEmitter" in client code

[dtgbao]

Describe the bug
Error appear in console and cannot play video when running npm-sdk sample code on Vitejs

Package info
"amazon-ivs-player": "^1.12.0"

Sample Code:
https://stackblitz.com/edit/vitejs-aws-ivs?file=src%2Fplayer.ts&terminal=dev

Screenshots

[johnBartos]

I'm not familiar with Vite, is this an issue with that library? I see something similar in their issue tracker vitejs/vite#4479

If there's an improvement we can make to support Vite, let me know.

[florence-wolfe]

Webpack defaults to using node-libs-browser when specifying the web platform. This means that any time it would encounter any of the known compatible node libs it'll be replaced with an equivalent web implementation. In our case, that happens with the events module.

Vite, on the other hand is built on top of rollup which doesn't include this behavior by default but gives you the ability to add it in with its flexible configuration.

There's an open issue in the Vite repo actively discussing this.

Closing as this is a bundler issue and not a player nor sample bug