Googleapis return "Module not found: can't resolve fs" when running a project

[Geccles]

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Environment details

• OS:
• Node.js version: 19.5.0
• npm version: 9.4.0
• googleapis version: 112.0.0

Steps to reproduce

1. install googleapis
2. run project and I see the following error:

error - ./node_modules/gcp-metadata/build/src/gcp-residency.js:19:0
Module not found: Can't resolve 'fs'

Import trace for requested module:
./node_modules/gcp-metadata/build/src/index.js
./node_modules/google-auth-library/build/src/auth/googleauth.js
./node_modules/google-auth-library/build/src/index.js
./node_modules/googleapis/build/src/index.js

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[sofisl]

Hi @Geccles, could you provide the code you are attempting to run? Thanks in advance.

[Geccles]

@sofisl

This is my function and then I just call it in another file. Let me know if there's anything else you may need.
The credentials are in a json like so:

{
  "type": "service_account",
  "project_id": "our_project_id",
  "private_key_id": "our_private_key",
  "private_key": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----"
  "client_email": "our_client_email",
  "client_id": "our_client_id",
  "auth_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth",
  "token_uri": "https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token",
  "auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs",
  "client_x509_cert_url": "our_cert_url"
}

export function getGoogleDocFiles() {
  const { google } = require('googleapis')

  const credentials = require('../../credentials.json')
  const scopes = [
    'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive'
  ]
  const auth = new google.auth.JWT(
    credentials.client_email, null,
    credentials.private_key, scopes
  )
  console.log(auth)
  const drive = google.drive({ version: "v3", auth })
  console.log(drive)

  drive.files.list({}, (err, res) => {
    if (err) throw err
    const files = res.data.files
    if (files.length) {
      files.map((file) => {
      console.log(file)
    })
    } else {
      console.log('No files found')
    }
  })
}

[xxmafiaxxx]

any updates on this
happening to me too

[JuanTorchia]

The error you're seeing is common when trying to use certain Node.js modules, such as fs (file system), on the client side of a JavaScript application. This is because these modules are designed to be used in the Node.js environment on the server, not in the browser.

In your case, it appears that you're trying to use the googleapis module on the client side of your application. This module relies on other Node.js modules, such as fs, which are not available in the browser.

To fix this issue, you should move any code that uses googleapis to the server side of your application.

[jakin6]

For me i removed "use client" where i call it on page.tsx and it works. Because my issue, what to call signout() function on page.tsx of nextAuth with google and when i remove there was not issue all works fine

[github-actions]

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[gitDeveloper3]

You have to set some environment variable. I found out after i deleleted it a google-related env variable and got the error. The bad news is that i dont know it since git wasnt tracking my the .env.