ReferenceError: window is not defined in NodeJs
See original GitHub issueHi,i try to use jsPDF
in Node but fount the error : ReferenceError: window is not defined
Are you using the latest version of jsPDF?
Yes,i use "jspdf": "^1.4.1"
Have you tried using jspdf.debug.js?
Yes
Steps to reproduce
the environment : node 8.11.3
the code:
let jsPDF = require('jspdf');
var doc = new jsPDF()
doc.text('Hello world!', 10, 10)
doc.save('a4.pdf')
the error :
d:\Users\user\js\hello\node_modules\jspdf\dist\jspdf.min.js:171
Y=$.API,K=J=X="",Y.addMetadata=function(t,e){return J=e||"http://jspdf.default.namespaceuri/",X=t,this.internal.events.subscribe("postPutResources",function(){if(X){var t='<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"><rdf:Description rdf:about="" xmlns:jspdf="'+J+'"><jspdf:metadata>',e=unescape(encodeURIComponent('<x:xmpmeta xmlns:x="adobe:ns:meta/">')),n=unescape(encodeURIComponent(t)),r=unescape(encodeURIComponent(X)),i=unescape(encodeURIComponent("</jspdf:metadata></rdf:Description></rdf:RDF>")),o=unescape(encodeURIComponent("</x:xmpmeta>")),a=n.length+r.length+i.length+e.length+o.length;K=this.internal.newObject(),this.internal.write("<< /Type /Metadata /Subtype /XML /Length "+a+" >>"),this.internal.write("stream"),this.internal.write(e+n+r+i+o),this.internal.write("endstream"),this.internal.write("endobj")}else K=""}),this.internal.events.subscribe("putCatalog",function(){K&&this.internal.write("/Metadata "+K+" 0 R")
ReferenceError: window is not defined
at d:\Users\user\js\hello\node_modules\jspdf\dist\jspdf.min.js:171:8032
at vt (d:\Users\user\js\hello\node_modules\jspdf\dist\jspdf.min.js:1:146)
at Object.<anonymous> (d:\Users\user\js\hello\node_modules\jspdf\dist\jspdf.min.js:1:210)
at Module._compile (module.js:652:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)
at Module.require (module.js:596:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
Waiting for the debugger to disconnect...
ReferenceError: window is not defined
jspdf.min.js:171
at d:\Users\user\js\hello\node_modules\jspdf\dist\jspdf.min.js:171:8032
at vt (d:\Users\user\js\hello\node_modules\jspdf\dist\jspdf.min.js:1:146)
at Object.<anonymous> (d:\Users\user\js\hello\node_modules\jspdf\dist\jspdf.min.js:1:210)
at Module._compile (module.js:652:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)
at Module.require (module.js:596:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
when i use jspdf.debug.js
d:\Users\user\js\hello\node_modules\jspdf\dist\jspdf.debug.js:11776
}(typeof self !== "undefined" && self || typeof window !== "undefined" && window || window.content || window));
^
ReferenceError: window is not defined
at d:\Users\user\js\hello\node_modules\jspdf\dist\jspdf.debug.js:11776:87
at _typeof (d:\Users\user\js\hello\node_modules\jspdf\dist\jspdf.debug.js:2:83)
at Object.<anonymous> (d:\Users\user\js\hello\node_modules\jspdf\dist\jspdf.debug.js:5:2)
at Module._compile (module.js:652:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)
at Module.require (module.js:596:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
Waiting for the debugger to disconnect...
ReferenceError: window is not defined
jspdf.debug.js:11776
at d:\Users\user\js\hello\node_modules\jspdf\dist\jspdf.debug.js:11776:87
at _typeof (d:\Users\user\js\hello\node_modules\jspdf\dist\jspdf.debug.js:2:83)
at Object.<anonymous> (d:\Users\user\js\hello\node_modules\jspdf\dist\jspdf.debug.js:5:2)
at Module._compile (module.js:652:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)
at Module.require (module.js:596:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
Ideally a link too. Try fork this http://jsbin.com/rilace/edit?html,js,output
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