require() not working for node-webkit 6.0

Question

require() not working for node-webkit 6.0

I am just trying to get started with node-webkit however when I try to use require() I get the error [60904:0624/190000:INFO:CONSOLE(92)] "Uncaught AssertionError: missing path", source: assert.js (92). I am starting up node-webkit with the following command ./node-webkit.app/Contents/MacOS/node-webkit . My package.json looks like this

{
  "name" : "nw-subset",
  "main" : "Subset.html",
  "window" : {
    "toolbar" : true,
    "frame"   : true
  }
}

I have tried just running require('os') and window.require('os') and both give me the same error.

node.js
node-webkit

Answer 1

I encountered a similar error. For me, the issue was that I also had ace.js loaded, which also assigns a global require function.

To solve this, you can add the following code snippet: (source)

<script type="text/javascript">
    window.requireNode = window.require;
    window.require = undefined; 
</script>

in the head of your main html file. Then just use requireNode instead of require.