"XMLHttpRequest is not defined" error in sendbird-desk npm package

Sendbird Desk JavaScript
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Hi,

Running the following in a serverside nodejs application. I get connected to the API but authentication fails!

-------------- Code Example --------------
var sb = new SendBird({appId: process.env.SENDBIRD_APP_ID});
sb.connect(sbuser.sendbirduserid, sbuser.sendbirdaccesstoken, function(user, error) {
// the user object is correct
SendBirdDesk.init(SendBird);
SendBirdDesk.authenticate(sbuser.sendbirduserid, sbuser.sendbirdaccesstoken, (user, error) => {
// Here error = “XMLHttpRequest is not defined”

-------------- Full Error --------------
stack: “ReferenceError: XMLHttpRequest is not defined
at /home/ec2-user/environment/user/node_modules/sendbird-desk/SendBird.Desk.min.js:6:6849
at new Promise ()
at x (/home/ec2-user/environment/user/node_modules/sendbird-desk/SendBird.Desk.min.js:6:6750)
at G (/home/ec2-user/environment/user/node_modules/sendbird-desk/SendBird.Desk.min.js:6:10937)
at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:68:7)”
message: “XMLHttpRequest is not defined”

It seems the SDK is made for browser run javascript only but that’s not what the documentation says!
Spent a whole day trying to hammer at this from different angles, but can’t get it to work!

Thx,
/Simon

2

@simonb,

All of our JavaScript SDKs are designed to be utilized in the web, and thus may not function correctly in server side nodejs.

-Tyler

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Ok, thanks for the quick reply.

/Simon