Kafka-node

Ionic Framework ionic-v3
1

I’ve manage to include kafka-node in my Ionic2 app:

import {Client}  from 'kafka-node';
...
export class Service {
    public kafkaclient: any;
    constructor(){
        this.kafkaclient = new Client("localhost:2181","kafka-client-id");
...

However calling new Client(...) causes app.bundle.js to throw an error saying it can’t load module ./lib/BufferMaker

I’ve tried a bunch of things like explicitly listing buffermaker as a dependency in package.json, however nothing seems to work. I’m thinking it has something to do with how Ionic2 uses browserify.

Any idea how to fix this?

2

Did you declare anything in app.module.ts ???

3

No I didn’t. Was I meant to?

I since found the problem that some node modules were using dynamic requires, which browserify does not detect. When I changed these then it fixed the above problem.

However now I have the problem that net.connect is not available in Ionic, it is rather a node built in of some kind.

4

Ah, you are using Browserify. And yes, the Net module is Node Core. I’m not sure if there is a way to wrap it up to use in-app…

5

Hey, did you ever get Kafka working with your Ionic application? I am looking to make an application that does the same thing.