Getting started with AngularFire and Universal needs to be updated

[tariva]

When setting up universal following
https://github.com/angular/angularfire2/blob/master/docs/universal/getting-started.md

module.exports = {
entry: { server: './server.ts' },
resolve: { extensions: ['.js', '.ts'] },
mode: 'development',
target: 'node',
externals: [
/* Firebase has some troubles being webpacked when in
in the Node environment, let's skip it.
Note: you may need to exclude other dependencies depending
on your project. */
/^firebase/
],....
...
}
externals: [
/^firebase/
]
Causes an error when running
npm run serve:ssr

module.exports = firebase/app;
^
ReferenceError: firebase is not defined

Pls update the doc :)

[Gbuomprisco]

I'm getting the same error. @tariva did you manage to work it around?

[dimoreira]

Locked on the same problem right now.

[Gbuomprisco]

Made it work with the following:

const regex = /^firebase(\/([\w\d]+))*/;

config.externals.push(function(context, request, callback) {
    if (regex.test(request)) {
        return callback(null, 'commonjs ' + request);
    }
    callback();
});

[mvgadagi]

Made it work with the following:

const regex = /^firebase(\/([\w\d]+))*/;

config.externals.push(function(context, request, callback) {
    if (regex.test(request)) {
        return callback(null, 'commonjs ' + request);
    }
    callback();
});

Where did you add this change?

[Gbuomprisco]

To the file webpack.server.config.js

[mvgadagi]

To the file webpack.server.config.js

Okay, I tried that and didn't work me

[jamesdaniels]

Closing as outdated.