firebase-admin dependency errors

[esparkman]

• Operating System version: macOS 10.12.6
• Firebase SDK version: 5.2.1
• Library version: 5.2.1
• Firebase Product: admin

I'm seeing some dependency issues.
firebase-admin: 5.2.1

➜  customer-manager (master) ✗ yarn add firebase-admin                                                    .../customer-manager
yarn add v0.27.5
[1/4] Resolving packages...
[2/4] Fetching packages...
[3/4] Linking dependencies...
[4/4] Building fresh packages...
success Saved lockfile.
success Saved 2 new dependencies.
├─ @google-cloud/storage@1.2.1
└─ firebase-admin@5.2.1
Done in 4.74s.

➜  customer-manager (master) ✗ yarn start                                                                 .../customer-manager

yarn start v0.27.5
$ node build/dev-server.js
> Starting dev server...

 ERROR  Failed to compile with 22 errors                                                                            10:37:27 PM

These dependencies were not found:

* fs in ./~/firebase-admin/lib/auth/credential.js, ./~/@google-cloud/storage/src/bucket.js and 10 others
* net in ./~/faye-websocket/lib/faye/websocket/client.js, ./~/forever-agent/index.js and 3 others
* tls in ./~/faye-websocket/lib/faye/websocket/client.js, ./~/forever-agent/index.js and 1 other
* child_process in ./~/google-auth-library/lib/auth/googleauth.js
* dns in ./~/isemail/lib/isemail.js

[katowulf]

Are those dependencies in fact installed? Is ./~/.../ the right path when referenced from build/dev-server.js? What does the yarn config file look like? There's a lot more to include here before we can help with debugging.

[esparkman]

This was on a brand new repo. Should I have to install dependencies by hand? That doesn't seem right.

[hiranya911]

Are you trying to use firebase-admin in a client-side or browser environment? That is not supported. Some of the missing modules (fs, net etc.) are only available in server-side Node.js environments.

[crossRT]

I installed firebase-admin on a brand new project which running webpack4 + typescript, getting these dependencies issue as well.

WARNING in ./node_modules/grpc/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/versioning.js
16:20-67 Critical dependency: the request of a dependency is an expression
 @ ./node_modules/grpc/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/versioning.js
 @ ./node_modules/grpc/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/pre-binding.js
 @ ./node_modules/grpc/src/grpc_extension.js
 @ ./node_modules/grpc/index.js
 @ ./node_modules/@google-cloud/common-grpc/src/index.js
 @ ./node_modules/@google-cloud/firestore/src/index.js
 @ ./src/index.ts

WARNING in ./node_modules/grpc/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/pre-binding.js
19:22-48 Critical dependency: the request of a dependency is an expression
 @ ./node_modules/grpc/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/pre-binding.js
 @ ./node_modules/grpc/src/grpc_extension.js
 @ ./node_modules/grpc/index.js
 @ ./node_modules/@google-cloud/common-grpc/src/index.js
 @ ./node_modules/@google-cloud/firestore/src/index.js
 @ ./src/index.ts

WARNING in ./node_modules/grpc/src/grpc_extension.js
32:12-33 Critical dependency: the request of a dependency is an expression
 @ ./node_modules/grpc/src/grpc_extension.js
 @ ./node_modules/grpc/index.js
 @ ./node_modules/@google-cloud/common-grpc/src/index.js
 @ ./node_modules/@google-cloud/firestore/src/index.js
 @ ./src/index.ts

WARNING in ./node_modules/bytebuffer/dist/bytebuffer-node.js
Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'memcpy' in '/Users/crossrt/www/malaysia-election/node_modules/bytebuffer/dist'
 @ ./node_modules/bytebuffer/dist/bytebuffer-node.js 29:38-55
 @ ./node_modules/protobufjs/dist/protobuf.js
 @ ./node_modules/grpc/index.js
 @ ./node_modules/@google-cloud/common-grpc/src/index.js
 @ ./node_modules/@google-cloud/firestore/src/index.js
 @ ./src/index.ts

Any idea how could these happened?

[cactoo]

@crossRT did you found any solutions? I try to use firebase-admin with Netlify functions and get similar errors.

[crossRT]

@ixjakub sorry for late reply.
No, I didn't find any solution eventually.
But I drop the use of typescript, and then it works like charm.

[aaaguirrep]

Hi, did you find any solutions? I have the same issue.

[FredrikNoren]

Had a similar issue, removed node_modules and reinstalled and it worked.

[aaaguirrep]

Thanks for your help, it didn't work. It shows:

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'fast-crc32c' in 'C:\Users\xxxxxxx\Desktop\Development\nuxt\project4\node_modules\hash-stream-validation'

ERROR Failed to compile with 43 errors 12:22:22
These dependencies were not found:

• child_process in ./node_modules/google-auth-library/build/src/auth/googleauth.js,
  ./node_modules/grpc/node_modules/detect-libc/lib/detect-libc.js
• fs in ./node_modules/@google-cloud/storage/src/file.js, ./node_modules/@google-cloud/storage/src/bucket.js and 34 others
• net in ./node_modules/forever-agent/index.js, ./node_modules/tough-cookie/lib/cookie.js and 1 other
• tls in ./node_modules/forever-agent/index.js, ./node_modules/tunnel-agent/index.js
  To install them, you can run: npm install --save child_process fs net tls

[huy-lv]

Why is this issue closed? I got the same problem with this dependency

    "firebase": "^5.5.3",
    "firebase-admin": "^6.5.0",

[aaaguirrep]

You áre using the same library at front-end and it is nota possible.

Firebase is used at front-end
Firebase-admin is used at back-end

I installed firebase-admin at back-end and it worked.

[redaben]

@ixjakub Did you find a solution ? I have the same pb running firebase-admin with netlify functions

[cactoo]

I finally turned away from Firebase at all. I can't help you.