Google GRPC dependencies uses eval that blocks using the SDK on Cloudflare Workers about js-textile HOT 7 OPEN

I ran into the same issue. Is this related to protocolbuffers/protobuf-javascript#25?

Would it be possible to replace the grpc library with another one, like this pure JS implementation:
https://www.npmjs.com/package/@grpc/grpc-js (in a reasonable amount of time)?

I haven't tested any other serverless functions provider. Does anyone have experiences with other providers?

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I made a little more research and it seems like Google Closure Compiler generates the evals when building the google-protobuf dependency. I'm fiddling around with it right now and see, if there is a way to avoid them, but it's not the most pleasant experience.

I've also been asking on the CF Workers Discord server whether there is any way to upload such functions that involve unsafe eval, but I got an answer that it's not possible.

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Thanks for digging into this @Tarnadas. I did some research as well, and the closest thing I've come up with is actually just trying to use sed, awk, or similar to remove those lines from the built code. Not ideal, but possibly doable?

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I managed to fix the issue with some nasty Webpack transformations, which basically removed all eval and Function usages, but I stumbled across the next issue using Websockets on CF Workers. I don’t think this is easy to solve either, which is why I gave up.

Do you know if it is possible to use ThreadDB in another serverless environment?

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Unfortunately, we haven't tested this elsewhere. Maybe @andrewxhill has some thoughts, but I think this usage just hasn't really been on our radar?

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Right, I believe we did some tests with the pure js grpc library in the past. I'm trying to recall what the blockers were, it may have been around the unary type requests?

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The issue was with the bidi calls. Unfortunately, I think this is still an issue. @Tarnadas, if you are interested, there is the possibility that you might be able to do this via some other means... perhaps if you only need a limited set of APIs, the pure gRPC route is possible?

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