Discussion on: How to solve "window is not defined" errors in React and Next.js

[Justin Sunseri]

none of these solutions work well if the problem is in a library you are using

[Vincent Voyer]

Definitely right. When that's the case I am not sure if there's even a solution. Do you know one? If the library tries to read directly from the window object, then it just isn't compatible with Node.js (even if it could I guess).

Maybe you can do something like global.window = {} and provide the necessary code? Let us know!

[Justin Sunseri]

My solution was to import the component that used the library that used window using the dynamic importer

import dynamic from 'next/dynamic';
...
const Standings = dynamic(() => import('../components/Standings/Standings'), {
  ssr: false,
});

[Vincent Voyer]

Thanks, if I am not mistaken, that's the third solution of this current blog post: dev.to/vvo/how-to-solve-window-is-...

[Justin Sunseri]

I feel silly now.

[Alan Smith]

Lol!!

[Vincent Voyer]

Hey Justin, don't, because I am updating the article right now to add that this particular solution works well for libraries you're importing :) Thanks for the tip!