Nodejs jQuery needs jsdom

Question

$.getJSON(\'https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channels/\' + SLoppierKitty7, function(channel) {

if (channel[\"stream\"] == null) { 
    var live =\"no\"

} else {

              


        

Answer 1

Yes, it does. jQuery expects the 'window' to be there, which is normally a browser-only object. As such, the window needs to be simulated. That is what jsdom does.

After including jsdom (npm install jsdom):

// Load jsdom, and create a window.
var jsdom = require("jsdom").jsdom;
var doc = jsdom();
var window = doc.defaultView;

// Load jQuery with the simulated jsdom window.
$ = require('jquery')(window);

See the jsdom documentation for more information: https://www.npmjs.com/package/jsdom