Can't Import any component from Electron

[ekottifiok]

When I import { desktopCapturer } from "electron"; and use it like this: desktopCapturer.getSources({ types: ['window', 'screen'] }) Uncaught ReferenceError: __dirname is not defined

[oliverschwendener]

Did you try this in the main or renderer package?

[ekottifiok]

Renderer

[ekottifiok]

Does it work on the main? Would try

[oliverschwendener]

If you want to do this in the renderer you have to enable the node integration for the browser window. This is not recommended for security reasons but if you want to try it out, set nodeIntegration: true when creating the browser window:

packages/main/src/index.ts

const createBrowserWindow = (): BrowserWindow => {
    return new BrowserWindow({
        autoHideMenuBar: true,
        webPreferences: {
            nodeIntegration: true,
            preload: join(__dirname, "..", "..", "preload", "dist", "index.cjs"),
        },
    });
};

[ekottifiok]

it's an electron error this is the error screenshot https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IxB-evwY3Fn9RWeq8bFKdJxm5sCxvnlF/view?usp=share_link

[oliverschwendener]

Then I guess we can close this?

[ekottifiok]

okay thanks for your speedy reply to the issue