Save error: writeFileSync is not a function

[gerbenmeyer]

In the latest version of jsPDF (2.1.0), when trying to save a document, I'm getting the following error:

TypeError: r.writeFileSync is not a function
    at Object.N.save (jspdf.js:5669)

I'm importing jsPDF as import { jsPDF } from 'jspdf';, and am using jspdf client-side. Any idea on how to solve this?

[HackbrettXXX]

In which context do you run the app? Especially which build tools do you use? Seems like the build tool uses the node variant instead of the es modules variant.

[gerbenmeyer]

We're using parcel v2 for bundling. What other context information would you need?

[HackbrettXXX]

Could reproduce it.

Seems like parcel 2 behaves differently than parcel 1, rollup and webpack: if the "browser" field in the package.json is not specified, it uses the "main" field. So the order of fields, which parcel 2 uses to resolve a module's entry point, is browser > main > module. In the other bundlers it is browser > module > main. Not sure if this inconsistency with the other bundlers is good from parcel's side, but I think we can fix the issue for jsPDF by providing a "browser" field with the same entry as the "module" field.

I'll quickly prepare a pull request.

[HackbrettXXX]

Could you test if your app works with the files from the pull request (you need to run npm run build first)?

[gerbenmeyer]

When installing jspdf directly from your branch, it is indeed working!

[HackbrettXXX]

Great! I'll merge it and I will probably prepare a bugfix release next week.

[gerbenmeyer]

Awesome, thanks a lot!