node.js - Module not found: Error can't resolve 'child_process', how to fix?

Question

I'm trying to create a JupyterLab extension, it uses typescript.

I've successfully added the package "@types/node" allowing me to use packages such as 'require('http')'.

But as soon as I try to use child process, using 'require("child_process")' I get the following error when trying to build the extension.

ModuleNotFoundError: Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'child_process' in '/home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/jupyerlab_xkdc/lib'
    at factory.create (/home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compilation.js:535:10)
    at factory (/home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/webpack/lib/NormalModuleFactory.js:397:22)
    at resolver (/home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/webpack/lib/NormalModuleFactory.js:130:21)
    at asyncLib.parallel (/home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/webpack/lib/NormalModuleFactory.js:224:22)
    at /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/neo-async/async.js:2825:7
    at /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/neo-async/async.js:6886:13
    at normalResolver.resolve (/home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/webpack/lib/NormalModuleFactory.js:214:25)
    at doResolve (/home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/enhanced-resolve/lib/Resolver.js:184:12)
    at hook.callAsync (/home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/enhanced-resolve/lib/Resolver.js:238:5)
    at _fn0 (eval at create (/home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:32:10), <anonymous>:15:1)
    at resolver.doResolve (/home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/enhanced-resolve/lib/UnsafeCachePlugin.js:37:5)
    at hook.callAsync (/home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/enhanced-resolve/lib/Resolver.js:238:5)
    at _fn0 (eval at create (/home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:32:10), <anonymous>:15:1)
    at hook.callAsync (/home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/enhanced-resolve/lib/Resolver.js:238:5)
    at _fn0 (eval at create (/home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:32:10), <anonymous>:12:1)
    at resolver.doResolve (/home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/enhanced-resolve/lib/DescriptionFilePlugin.js:42:38)
    at hook.callAsync (/home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/enhanced-resolve/lib/Resolver.js:238:5)
    at _fn41 (eval at create (/home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:32:10), <anonymous>:381:1)
    at resolver.doResolve (/home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/enhanced-resolve/lib/ModuleKindPlugin.js:23:37)
    at hook.callAsync (/home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/enhanced-resolve/lib/Resolver.js:238:5)
    at _fn0 (eval at create (/home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:32:10), <anonymous>:15:1)
    at hook.callAsync (/home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/enhanced-resolve/lib/Resolver.js:238:5)
    at _fn0 (eval at create (/home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:32:10), <anonymous>:15:1)
    at args (/home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/enhanced-resolve/lib/forEachBail.js:30:14)
    at hook.callAsync (/home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/enhanced-resolve/lib/Resolver.js:238:5)
    at _fn0 (eval at create (/home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:32:10), <anonymous>:15:1)
    at resolver.doResolve (/home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/enhanced-resolve/lib/UnsafeCachePlugin.js:37:5)
    at hook.callAsync (/home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/enhanced-resolve/lib/Resolver.js:238:5)
    at _fn0 (eval at create (/home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:32:10), <anonymous>:15:1)
    at hook.callAsync (/home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/enhanced-resolve/lib/Resolver.js:238:5) resolve 'child_process' in '/home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/jupyerlab_xkdc/lib' Parsed request is a module   using description file: /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/jupyerlab_xkdc/package.json (relative path: ./lib)
    Field 'browser' doesn't contain a valid alias configuration
    resolve as module
      /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/jupyerlab_xkdc/lib/node_modules doesn't exist or is not a directory
      /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/node_modules doesn't exist or is not a directory
      /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/node_modules doesn't exist or is not a directory
      /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/node_modules doesn't exist or is not a directory
      /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/node_modules doesn't exist or is not a directory
      /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/node_modules doesn't exist or is not a directory
      /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/node_modules doesn't exist or is not a directory
      /home/fionn/anaconda3/node_modules doesn't exist or is not a directory
      /home/fionn/node_modules doesn't exist or is not a directory
      /home/node_modules doesn't exist or is not a directory
      /node_modules doesn't exist or is not a directory
      looking for modules in /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/jupyerlab_xkdc/node_modules
        using description file: /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/jupyerlab_xkdc/package.json (relative path: ./node_modules)
          Field 'browser' doesn't contain a valid alias configuration
      looking for modules in /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules
        using description file: /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/package.json (relative path: ./node_modules)
          Field 'browser' doesn't contain a valid alias configuration
          using description file: /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/child_process/package.json (relative path: .)
            no extension
              Field 'browser' doesn't contain a valid alias configuration
          using description file: /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/jupyerlab_xkdc/package.json (relative path: ./node_modules/child_process)
            no extension
              Field 'browser' doesn't contain a valid alias configuration
              /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/child_process is not a file
            .wasm
              Field 'browser' doesn't contain a valid alias configuration
              /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/jupyerlab_xkdc/node_modules/child_process doesn't exist
            .wasm
              Field 'browser' doesn't contain a valid alias configuration
              /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/child_process.wasm doesn't exist
            .mjs
              Field 'browser' doesn't contain a valid alias configuration
              /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/jupyerlab_xkdc/node_modules/child_process.wasm doesn't exist
            .mjs
              Field 'browser' doesn't contain a valid alias configuration
              /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/child_process.mjs doesn't exist
            .js
              Field 'browser' doesn't contain a valid alias configuration
              /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/jupyerlab_xkdc/node_modules/child_process.mjs doesn't exist
            .js
              Field 'browser' doesn't contain a valid alias configuration
              /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/child_process.js doesn't exist
            .json
              Field 'browser' doesn't contain a valid alias configuration
              /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/jupyerlab_xkdc/node_modules/child_process.js doesn't exist
            .json
              Field 'browser' doesn't contain a valid alias configuration
              /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/child_process.json doesn't exist
              /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/jupyerlab_xkdc/node_modules/child_process.json doesn't exist
            as directory
              existing directory
                use ./index.js from main in package.json
                  using description file: /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/child_process/package.json (relative path: .)
                    Field 'browser' doesn't contain a valid alias configuration
            as directory
              /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/jupyerlab_xkdc/node_modules/child_process doesn't exist
                    using description file: /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/child_process/package.json (relative path: ./index.js)
                      no extension
                        Field 'browser' doesn't contain a valid alias configuration
                        /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/child_process/index.js doesn't exist
                      .wasm
                        Field 'browser' doesn't contain a valid alias configuration
                        /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/child_process/index.js.wasm doesn't exist
                      .mjs
                        Field 'browser' doesn't contain a valid alias configuration
                        /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/child_process/index.js.mjs doesn't exist
                      .js
                        Field 'browser' doesn't contain a valid alias configuration
                        /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyter/lab/staging/node_modules/child_process/index.js.js doesn't exist
                      .json
                        Field 'browser' doesn't contain a valid alias configuration
                        /home/fionn/anaconda3/envs/jupyterlab-ext/share/jupyte

Answer 1

just put in package.json

"browser":{
"child_process": false
}  

are you using webpack