Cannot use 'in' operator to search for 'window' in undefined

[okta]

Cannot use 'in' operator to search for 'window' in undefined

[chuckshaw]

I'm attempting to use this client for the first time and am having the same issue:

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot use 'in' operator to search for 'window' in undefined
    at reqwest.js:15
    at reqwest.js:8
    at Object.<anonymous> (reqwest.js:7)
    at __webpack_require__ (bootstrap cec33e3f03e680d4b2cf:19)
    at Object._typeof (reqwestRequest.js:13)
    at __webpack_require__ (bootstrap cec33e3f03e680d4b2cf:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (index.js:1)
    at __webpack_require__ (bootstrap cec33e3f03e680d4b2cf:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (index.js:2)
    at __webpack_require__ (bootstrap cec33e3f03e680d4b2cf:19)

[jmelberg-okta]

Hi @rodoabad and @chuckshaw,

This library was designed explicitly for browser applications and has difficulties supporting:

• Server-side rendering
• Node.js

There are a couple of workarounds described in this comment; however, our team is having discussions around extending support for the cases mentioned above in the near future.

For now, I'm going to keep this issue open and label it as an "enhancement". Sorry for the inconvenience!

[nmarshall23]

Just to add another reason to why bug in reqwest need to be addressed.

Okta-auth-js will fail to load when building a VueJs in Modern Mode
Because Modern browsers have decent support for native ES2015. In production ES2015 code is loaded via <script type="module"> ES modules. A fallback is provided for older browsers. Philip Walton details how this is done.

This technique will become more common as it results in faster load times.

[manueltanzi-okta]

@rodoabad @chuckshaw @nmarshall23

Good News!

We released the Okta AuthN SDK as a part of the okta-auth-js library, check it out!

https://github.com/okta/okta-auth-js#node-js-usage