Cannot find module 'web3' meteor

Question

I am trying to use the web3 API through my project in meteor. I saw an example that included web3 the following way:

<script type="text/javascript">
var Web3 = require('web3');
var web3 = new Web3();
web3.setProvider(new web3.providers.HttpProvider("http://localhost:8545"));
...code... </script>

When i run the project i get this error "Uncaught Error: Cannot find module 'web3'". I've already added web3 to meteor withe this command: meteor add ethereum:web3 . What am I missing?

Answer 1

I think this problem is to do with the version of web3 you have installed. Try installing with this version :

npm install ethereumjs-testrpc [email protected]

Answer 2

I found an answer to this that worked for me. Assuming your modules are in node_modules in your project directory and you're working with a file that's a sibling to that directory:

var Web3 = require('./web3');

If the files further down the file hierarchy, I assume a full path will work here as well, where ./ refers to project root