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Replies for: So, yeah... now that I've clarified I meant "is there a way to import the OpenTok library without needing a script tag in the document"... is there...

Ben Greenberg • May 14 '20

Yes, there is, look at the last sentence in my last reply :)

There is indeed a Node SDK for OpenTok. Reference docs are here: tokbox.com/developer/sdks/node/.

leastbad • May 14 '20 • Edited

I am clearly failing to communicate what I'm trying to ask. Let me try harder/better.

I'm a Rails developer, not a Node developer - so you can safely presume that I'm not looking for a Node library in any potential future inquiry. ;)
What I am trying to do is load whatever client library is necessary via my webpack application.js pack file, specifically so that I don't have to resort to putting a script tag in my HEAD and addressing the TokBox classes via the global namespace.

I think what I'm looking for is an ES6 module, probably downloaded and added to my package.json via npm add?

FWIW, the answer could very well be "no, we haven't done that (yet)"!

Ben Greenberg • May 14 '20

Not a problem, I think I understand now.

If I understand correctly, then the answer is you can add the OpenTok JS/Node SDK to your application via Webpack with yarn add opentok or npm install opentok without the use of a script tag.

leastbad • May 14 '20

Thanks for trying, Ben. That package is, once again, the node server implementation. I'm looking for the client. :)

It's all good... I think that the @opentok/client is the module I'm looking for. I'll let you know how I make out!

Ben Greenberg • May 14 '20

Glad you followed the link! Best of luck to you!