[bug]: can't `require` some dependencies on server component

[marc0777]

What version of @strapi/sdk-plugin are you using?

• npm version: 10.8.2
• node version: 20.17.0
• @strapi/sdk-plugin version: 5.2.6

What's Wrong?

Using the template created by sdk-plugin for Strapi v5 some imports inside the server component don't work. Building the plugin itself seems to work without problem, however once I try to start Strapi 5.0.0 I get the following error:

Error: Could not load js config file ~/test-plugin/dist/server/index.js: Cannot destructure property 'v4' of 'require$$0__default.default' as it is undefined.
at loadJsFile (~/cms/node_modules/.pnpm/@strapi+core@5.0.0_@babel+runtime@7.25.4_@codemirror+autocomplete@6.18.0_@codemirror+language_s62dddslq2bxwrlfinmqz5vbcm/node_modules/@strapi/core/dist/utils/load-config-file.js:18:13)
at Module.loadConfigFile (~/cms/node_modules/.pnpm/@strapi+core@5.0.0_@babel+runtime@7.25.4_@codemirror+autocomplete@6.18.0_@codemirror+language_s62dddslq2bxwrlfinmqz5vbcm/node_modules/@strapi/core/dist/utils/load-config-file.js:37:14)
at loadPlugins (~/cms/node_modules/.pnpm/@strapi+core@5.0.0_@babel+runtime@7.25.4_@codemirror+autocomplete@6.18.0_@codemirror+language_s62dddslq2bxwrlfinmqz5vbcm/node_modules/@strapi/core/dist/loaders/plugins/index.js:118:41)
at async Promise.all (index 3)
at async Module.loadApplicationContext (~/cms/node_modules/.pnpm/@strapi+core@5.0.0_@babel+runtime@7.25.4_@codemirror+autocomplete@6.18.0_@codemirror+language_s62dddslq2bxwrlfinmqz5vbcm/node_modules/@strapi/core/dist/loaders/index.js:12:3)
at async Object.register (~/cms/node_modules/.pnpm/@strapi+core@5.0.0_@babel+runtime@7.25.4_@codemirror+autocomplete@6.18.0_@codemirror+language_s62dddslq2bxwrlfinmqz5vbcm/node_modules/@strapi/core/dist/providers/registries.js:26:5)
at async Strapi.register (~/cms/node_modules/.pnpm/@strapi+core@5.0.0_@babel+runtime@7.25.4_@codemirror+autocomplete@6.18.0_@codemirror+language_s62dddslq2bxwrlfinmqz5vbcm/node_modules/@strapi/core/dist/Strapi.js:322:7)
at async Strapi.load (~/cms/node_modules/.pnpm/@strapi+core@5.0.0_@babel+runtime@7.25.4_@codemirror+autocomplete@6.18.0_@codemirror+language_s62dddslq2bxwrlfinmqz5vbcm/node_modules/@strapi/core/dist/Strapi.js:314:5)
at async Module.develop (~/cms/node_modules/.pnpm/@strapi+strapi@5.0.0_@babel+runtime@7.25.4_@codemirror+autocomplete@6.18.0_@codemirror+langua_zxfweiqacyjrhnmmqug74nt5xi/node_modules/@strapi/strapi/dist/node/develop.js:177:28)
at async action (~/cms/node_modules/.pnpm/@strapi+strapi@5.0.0_@babel+runtime@7.25.4_@codemirror+autocomplete@6.18.0_@codemirror+langua_zxfweiqacyjrhnmmqug74nt5xi/node_modules/@strapi/strapi/dist/cli/commands/develop.js:18:5)

This started happening only from RC.18 to the stable version, instead since the first RC up to RC.17 it was working without problems.

To Reproduce

1. Create plugin with npx @strapi/sdk-plugin@latest init test-plugin, with TypeScript disabled.
2. Import a dependency npm install uuid
3. Use dependency on server. For example, I changed service.js like this:

'use strict';

const {v4} = require("uuid")

const service = ({ strapi }) => ({
  getWelcomeMessage() {
    return 'Welcome to Strapi 🚀, uuid: ' + v4();
  },
});

module.exports = service;

4. Include plugin and start Strapi npm strapi develop
5. Strapi crashes while trying to start, with the error above.

The issue can be circumvented by requiring uuid dynamically wrapping in a try, but that shouldn't be necessary.

Expected Behaviour

Strapi should start successfully, correctly importing the dependency.

[Xzandro]

strapi/strapi#22547 Seems to be related or pretty much the same issue. In my opinion this should be higher priority, as it is high in the Strapi repo as well. Wouldn't call it low if you are pretty much unable to use server side dependencies without an odd workaround. A weird fix is also to have these dependencies added to the root package.json file. However, this extremely bloats the whole build. You can read more about it in that issue above.

[hebersolano]

Any solution to this problem?, I can't import any dependency in a Strapi plugin sdk