I also seem to have another issue, this code ```va...

# javascript

[Antonios Barotsis]

I also seem to have another issue, this code

val discord = require("discord.js");
val client = discord.Client()

compiles to this

var discord = require('discord.js');
var client = discord.Client();

which gives me an error because it should instead be

var discord = require('discord.js');
var client = new discord.Client();

How do I invoke ``new`` seeing as how its not a kotlin keyword?

Edit: Im not sure if this has something to do with the way I imported the package, this is the require function, I did not make any external classes

external fun require(module: String): dynamic

[araqnid]

Basically, you need to bind the require-able module to an external object/interface/class, for example:

@JsModule("discord.js")
external object Discord {
   class Client {
   }
}

And then the compiler will translate access to the object Discord into require("discord.js") (effectively)

[araqnid]

and then Discord.Client() should translate into a new operation

[araqnid]

you may need to specify the kotlin/js flag for the module kind (should be ‘commonjs’ for node)

[Antonios Barotsis]

Thanks for the quick reply! Should I provide any further implementation in the external object or should that suffice? I still seem to be getting the same error

[araqnid]

no, just that annotation should be enough. you’re getting the error because it’s not calling the constructor correctly? Can you find the call in the generated JS?

[araqnid]

(in case it wasn’t clear, you shouldn’t need to call require from Kotlin unless you have an explicit need for a dynamic require, or delaying the require of the module until that moment)

[araqnid]

For me, this Kotlin code:

@JsModule("discord.js")
external object Discord {
    class Client { }
}

fun createDiscordClient() = Discord.Client()

got translated to:

var Discord$Client = $module$discord_js.Client;
  function createDiscordClient() {
    return new Discord$Client();
  }

which looks to me like what you need

[Antonios Barotsis]

Hey sorry for the late reply, this seems to work (does not give errors yet at least), I basically did what you mentioned earlier but added the ``: Discord`` part for the class thanks!

[araqnid]

The val discord property isn’t being used, as Discord is an object: you can just remove that line

[Antonios Barotsis]

that is a good observation thanks