a sample Webpack configuration to include Facebook Parse JavaScript SDK for a Web project

webpack.config.js

/**
 * @file webpack.config.js
 * @author codeboy<[email protected]>
 * @desc this gist shows the essential sections used in configuring webpack 
 * to make the Facebook's Parse JavaScript SDK work as other modules as expected.
 * this gist is inspired by an answer to an issue reported in webpack repo
 * {@link https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server/issues/66}
 * disclaimer: this configuration is correct as provided and effective on Parse 1.3.0
 */


module.exports = {
    module: {
        loaders: [{
          
            //the SDK exports the APIs to an object named Parse.
            //without this setting, you have to use
            //var Parse = require('parse').Parse
            //to access its APIs.
            //after this change, you can now use something like
            //var Parse = require('parse');
            //Parse.initialize(...);
            test: /parse-latest.js$/,
            loader: 'exports?exports.Parse'
        }]
    },
    externals: [{
      
        //this is the main trap why this SDK can't be "require"d as usual.
        //the original Parse requires a "xmlhttprequest" module shimming XMLHttpRequest
        //which requires "child_process" module that is unsupported in browser environment.
        //this setting will force the SDK to use the native XMLHttpRequest object from the browser.
        xmlhttprequest: '{XMLHttpRequest:XMLHttpRequest}'
    }],
    plugins: [
      
        //save you a bit of typing of "require('parse')" on every single module it's used.
        new webpack.ProvidePlugin({
            Parse: 'parse'
        })
    ]
};

Hi,

I am having the exact issue you described here but when I tried to mimic your solution I am having an error of

node lib/server-production

module.js:340,
throw err;
^
Error: Cannot find module '{XMLHttpRequest:XMLHttpRequest}'
I am adding the loaders and externals inside make-webpack-config.js. I also tried to install xmlhttprequest but it didn't help. Could you let me know if I missed something?

Thanks!