Pkg loading wrong runtime.js

[PeterTran4]

Confirm this is a Node library issue and not an underlying OpenAI API issue

• This is an issue with the Node library

Describe the bug

Hi all,
We're currently building an application which uses Open AI Node which we go from MJS to JS files using babel. However whenever we try to load application locally ex: node .\app.js it runs fine. Once we package the files into an exe is where we run into issues. Mostly not finding the right modules. In this case, it's trying to find _shim/auto/runtime-node.js and cannot find it.

I viewed the debug for pkg and it seems like runtime.js is being added
> [debug] Bytecode of C:\Users\ptran\Desktop\nodeServiceTesting\node_modules\openai\_shims\auto\runtime.js is added to queue. It was required from C:\Users\ptran\Desktop\nodeServiceTesting\node_modules\openai\_shims\index.js

Where when we run the actual exe it looking for runtime-node.js

Here is the error from the executable:

1) If you want to compile the package/file into executable, please pay attention to compilation warnings and specify a l iteral in 'require' call. 2) If you don't want to compile the package/file into executable and want to 'require' it from filesystem (likely plugin), specify an absolute path in 'require' call using process.cwd() or process.execPath.
at createEsmNotFoundErr (node: internal/modules/cjs/loader:967:15) at finalizeEsmResolution (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:960:15) at resolveExports (node: internal/modules/cjs/loader:488:14) at Module._findPath (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:528:31)
at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:932:27) at Function._resolveFilename (pkg/prelude/bootstrap.js:1951:46)
at Module._load (node: internal/modules/cjs/loader: 787:27) at Module require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1012:19)
at Module.require (pkg/prelude/bootstrap.js:1851:31)
at require (node: internal/modules/cjs/helpers:102:18) {
code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND'
path: 'C:||snapshot|\nodeServiceTesting\\node_modules|\openail|package.json',
pkg: true```

My current fix is to add require the runtime-node.js within the openai file but this is temp fix. 


### To Reproduce

1. Install openAI on NPM
2. Reference openAI `import OpenAI from 'openai';`
3. Babel all the MJS into JS
4. Pkg the files into a single executable and run.


### OS

Windows 11

### Node version

v18.19.1

### Library version

openai 4.29.2

[rattrayalex]

Hmm. Does adding an explicit import 'openai/shims/node' at the top of your file help?

If not, this may essentially be a bug in the bundler you're using to package the exe.

[PeterTran4]

Yep added import * as test from 'openai/shims/node.js'; to the top of the file and ran into this error.
> Warning Cannot find module 'formdata-node/file-from-path' from 'C:\Users\ptran\Desktop\nodeServiceTesting\node_modules\openai\_shims' in C:\Users\ptran\Desktop\nodeServiceTesting\node_modules\openai\_shims\node-runtime.js

After doing some digging it seems even adding import * as formdataTest from 'openai/node_modules/formdata-node/lib/cjs/index.js'; did not fix this error. I've also tried importing normally and still getting the same error.

[rattrayalex]

Hmm. We don't have official support for bundling with pkg, so I'm not terribly surprised this doesn't work. I'd encourage you to try raising an issue with pkg about this.

It's possible that this will get better in our next major version, once #402 lands.

Until then, I'm going to close this, but if pkg maintainers have follow-on questions or requests they're welcome to bring them here.

[wlgns2223]

I have exactly same error
Cannot find module '/snapshot/Company/node_modules/.pnpm/openai@4.29.2/node_modules/openai/_shims/auto/runtime-node.js'

did you find any solution ? 🥹

[rattrayalex]

Please open an issue with pkg.

[josselinbuils]

Hello,

For those who have the issue, it can fixed with few pkg config.

Example for Node.js via package.json config:

"pkg": {
  "patches": {
    "./node_modules/openai/_shims/index.js": [
      "require('openai/_shims/auto/runtime')",
      "require('openai/_shims/node-runtime')"
    ]
  }
}

Openai lib loads runtime dependencies depending on the environment, so using dynamic import paths, and pkg does not like that.

The solution is to transform those dynamic imports into static ones depending on the your target environment.