Any plan to replace "request" and "moment"?

mumblebaj

@sdetweil Just a question from myself, is there a preference from the platform side on what to use to replace request? I have just updated my module to use node-fetch. Are there preferences from the MMM platform side?

sdetweil

@mumblebaj no preference…

I use axios

see this list
https://github.com/request/request/issues/3143

mumblebaj

@sdetweil Thanks Sam. Yeah, I saw there are a few replacements for request. I had a look at axios previously as well.

0m4r

@mumblebaj there are many options. I am planning to replace all with node-fetch (https://github.com/node-fetch/node-fetch), and concerning moment, I think I’d go for date-fns: https://date-fns.org/

0m4r

@sdetweil ah, I had an old version that still included “request”. ID’ migrate my modules over to node-fetch!

About moment, I’d recommend taking a look at date-fns, many are moving over to it to replace moment - even tho the refactoring effort may not be trivial, the advantages seem to be more (including the smaller size of the final bundle)!

0m4r

@karsten13 said in Any plan to replace "request" and "moment"?:

In the current mm release 2.16.0 request is still a dev dependency but it is now totally removed on the develop branch (and so in the next release).

this would be a breaking change for many modules, what’s the plan to communicate it to the module developers (and potentially, to the users?)

karsten13

@0m4r we had similar discussions already here

swvalenti

How can I tell if a module will be compatible prior to the fall upgrade of 2.17.0? I don’t want to upgrade and half of my modules break.

0m4r

@swvalenti if your module uses “request” to issue HTTP calls then it is.
so, if you import it in your node_helper.js (or an alike node pice of code).

i.e.
const request = require('request');
or
import request from 'request'

on way to preserve it is to add “request” as a dependency to your module, but your end-users will need to install them on their own.
To add it to your module, from its folder you can do:
npm install request ; this will update your package.json file (and package-lock.json) - commit the change to your git repo (this is most likely a breaking change and would require a major version increase - if you version your code!)

Once this is done, your existing (and new) end-user will need to update their copy of your module and run npm install on their own to download request and enable them to use it.

swvalenti

@0m4r said in Any plan to replace "request" and "moment"?:

const request = require(‘request’);

thank you for the explanation I understand better now