Parse error in vite ( back4app ) on Parse.initialize: EventEmitter is not a constructor

[sorooshjaberi]

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Issue Description

When calling Parse.initialize with the proper arguments in my vite react application, I get this error: EventEmitter is not a constructor

This is the corresponding code:

Steps to reproduce

1. Create a vite app ( mine was a react-ts one )
2. Try to initialize parse SDK in the app
3. You will get the error below

Actual Outcome

Expected Outcome

No errors

Workaround

Install the events package pnpm install events

Environment

Server

• Operating system: Ubuntu 23.10
• Local or remote host (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Heroku, Digital Ocean, etc): Local

Database

• System (MongoDB or Postgres): MongoDB
• Local or remote host (MongoDB Atlas, mLab, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, etc): back4app

Client

• Parse JS SDK version: 5.1.0

Logs

[parse-github-assistant]

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[dplewis]

Duplicate #1766

You need to polyfill the event emitter.

We could replace the node event emitter with a custom isomorphic event emitter.