Creating a worker on electron doesn't include Node.js

Hi, amazing library. I’m having problems because when I create a simple worker like this one:

// node.js library
var child_process = require('child_process');

console.log("This is a testing string");

If I create the worker like this:

var worker1 = new Worker('./workerTest.js');

It works, but when I create the worker like this:

var worker2 = new Worker('./workerTest.js', { type: 'module' });

It shows this message Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'child_process' meaning that the worker2 doesn’t include Node.js. I don’t know if I should include another option apart from type: 'module' or if this is not supported by this library.

Also, I can’t use worker1 method because the real worker is more complex and has a lot of imports.

[2xAA]

Hey @developit - I’m also facing this issue. The scenario isn’t to use worker_threads, it’s to use a Worker with a NodeJS context in Electron: https://www.electronjs.org/docs/tutorial/multithreading#multi-threaded-nodejs

My use-case is to use OffscreenCanvas within a Worker, which is impossible in a worker_therad as OffscreenCanvas is a browser API, not a NodeJS one. However I need access to NodeJS to use a native module (Electron docs say to avoid doing this, but so-far it has been successful).

I’m trying to migrate from worker-loader, but facing the same Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'child_process' as @Fransebas had back in Feb.

[2xAA]

@edenhermelin or @2xAA did either of you figure this out?

Nope, sorry. This was my awful workaround for the library I was consuming. Might be quite specific, however.

https://github.com/vcync/modV/commit/81eac0a13017f776af913449fad8c06a7c408821#diff-7b4e11be73603a3ee2c4d37bd49f053930d6056507a005e5639cea7c15686d5fR7-R14