GSAP/Flip Plugin with NodeJs/Express server.

[rashonwill]

I'm have a nodejs - express server and trying to use the Flip plugin. I get this error below whenever I run my server and I've required it on my route.

 

ReferenceError: document is not defined.

Desktop/Fari Backend/fari_backend/node_modules/gsap/dist/Flip.js:1222
            _setDoc(document.body);

 

 

const { gsap } = require("gsap/dist/gsap");

const { Flip }= require("gsap/dist/Flip");

 

gsap.registerPlugin(Flip);

 Not sure how to solve this, as I've followed all instructions.

 

[OSUblake]

Hi rashonwill,

 

Where exactly are you putting those require statements? It sounds like you are running that code inside a JS file that executes server side, instead of client side. On top of that, require will not work client side unless you use some type of bundler to transform it. Parcel might be a good one to look into using as it provides middleware to use with an express server.

https://parceljs.org/

 

[rashonwill]

I used the CDN install instead, that works for me. Thanks.