Using npm dependencies in Kotlin/Js

Question

I need to generate uuid in Kotlin/JS and looking to call uuid.v4() from Kotlin/JS. I have gone through the documentation - https://kotlinlang.org/docs/using-packages-from-npm.html and https://kotlinlang.org/docs/js-modules.html but somehow cannot figure out how to invoke.

What I did is this -

val jsMain by getting {
    dependencies {
        implementation(npm("uuid", "9.0.0"))
    }
}

@JsModule("uuid")
@JsNonModule
external fun v4(options: Any?, buf: Any?, offset: Any?): String

I get this error in console -

Uncaught ReferenceError: v4 is not defined

Yeah, I forgot to mention in the question that I also added @JsModule("uuid"), edited the question... — nightlytrails
– nightlytrails, Commented Oct 14, 2022 at 14:42
Technically, this is a duplicate of Kotlin - How to import node packages?, but that question and its answers (more) outdated... — cubuspl42
– cubuspl42, Commented Jun 4 at 13:34

nightlytrails · Accepted Answer · 2022-10-13 10:50:57Z

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This is how it will work -

val jsMain by getting {
    dependencies {
        implementation(npm("uuid", "9.0.0"))
    }
}

@JsModule("uuid")
@JsNonModule
external val uuid: dynamic

uuid.v4()

answered Oct 13, 2022 at 10:50

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Is this up-to-date? How does this relate to jsBrowserDevelopmentRun? How to make it aware of NPM dependencies?

It was working when I answered in '22