Error: webServices#getBalanceFor(): XMLHttpRequest is not defined in Node.js

[1notchdev]

Error: webServices#getBalanceFor(): XMLHttpRequest is not defined in Node.js

[1notchdev]

@ivangabriele , Thank you!
Node 8.10.0
Mac
What information do you need more?
As I am working on urgent project, I want you to review this issue ASAP.

[ivangabriele]

Yes @topguru I didn't have time to test it on other versions yet. Again as I told before it's a work in progress, it's not even a beta version yet.

[ivangabriele]

@topguru ElectraJs is indeed still an work in progress.

It's a strange error though. Can I have more details, in what environment do you run it ?

[ivangabriele]

But the thing @topguru is that you won't be able to use the wallet in production if that's your goal. It's really a work in progress right now and many methods don't work: you can't send a transaction, you can't list the transactions history, the import/export have not been tested...

[Hyjaz]

@topguru You should use node v9.4.0. I am not certain how you were able to install electra-js on node v8.10.0.

Try it with node v9.4.0, and get back to us.

[1notchdev]

If supports with only v9.4.0, it is unable to use. Because the recommended latest node.js version is v8.10.

[ivangabriele]

@topguru When you call new ElectraJs() without any parameter, you are actually calling the light wallet version, which requires a Browser-like environment. That's why you get the XMLHttpRequest is not defined in Node.js error.

You need to specify const electraJs = new ElectraJs({ hard: true }) to switch to the hard wallet mode which is adapted to a NodeJS environment.

You also don't start the wallet correctly, I invite you to check the hard wallet example I created to see how it works.

I also just updated the engines to include NodeJS v8 & npm v5 since my tests passed on it. It's thus fixed in the version 0.14.5.

[ivangabriele]

I'm closing that. Please reopen it if needed ;)