# Can't merely import AWS amplify or aws appsync **URL:** \ **Category:** StealJS\ **Created:** [June 18, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.bitovi.com/t/cant-merely-import-aws-amplify-or-aws-appsync/914 "2018-06-18T14:18:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![janat08](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@janat08](https://forums.bitovi.com/u/janat08)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.bitovi.com/t/cant-merely-import-aws-amplify-or-aws-appsync/914/1 "2018-06-18T14:18:06Z")
Upon importing either of the libraries compiler throws errors. I believe both of them expect util package to be installed (appsync definitely does) Amplify- [https://www.npmjs.com/package/aws-amplify:](https://www.npmjs.com/package/aws-amplify:) ```auto import Amplify from 'aws-amplify'; ``` ```auto AssertionError [ERR_ASSERTION]: loading or loaded at Console.assert (console.js:194:23) at C:\Users\janat08\Dev\makpal\node_modules\steal\src\loader\loader-sans-promises.js:236:17 at ``` appsync - [https://www.npmjs.com/package/aws-appsync:](https://www.npmjs.com/package/aws-appsync:) ```auto import AWSAppSyncClient from 'aws-appsync' ``` ```auto Error compiling The load aws-appsync@1.0.23#lib/index already failed. ``` ---
**Author:** ![janat08](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@janat08](https://forums.bitovi.com/u/janat08)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://forums.bitovi.com/t/cant-merely-import-aws-amplify-or-aws-appsync/914/2 "2018-06-18T14:29:34Z")
I guess that the issue there is dependency on util package that tries to bring node’s util to browser which steal doesn’t accept. ---
**Author:** ![janat08](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@janat08](https://forums.bitovi.com/u/janat08)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.bitovi.com/t/cant-merely-import-aws-amplify-or-aws-appsync/914/3 "2018-06-19T12:35:54Z")
aws-appsync exports a module under the same name used above which will also not work. Justin mentioned [https://github.com/stealjs/node-browser-builtins](https://github.com/stealjs/node-browser-builtins) as way to replace util ---
**Author:** ![justinbmeyer](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forums.bitovi.com/justinbmeyer/32/179_2.png) [@justinbmeyer](https://forums.bitovi.com/u/justinbmeyer)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.bitovi.com/t/cant-merely-import-aws-amplify-or-aws-appsync/914/4 "2018-06-19T12:36:52Z")
The error you are seeing happens during a `steal-tools` build or during the app loading dynamically with `steal.js`? ---
**Author:** ![janat08](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@janat08](https://forums.bitovi.com/u/janat08)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 12:37pm UTC](https://forums.bitovi.com/t/cant-merely-import-aws-amplify-or-aws-appsync/914/5 "2018-06-19T12:37:54Z")
donejs develop… how do you tell those apart? ---
**Author:** ![justinbmeyer](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forums.bitovi.com/justinbmeyer/32/179_2.png) [@justinbmeyer](https://forums.bitovi.com/u/justinbmeyer)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.bitovi.com/t/cant-merely-import-aws-amplify-or-aws-appsync/914/6 "2018-06-19T12:39:17Z")
Did the error happen while running `steal-tools` to build the app into one or more minified bundles? Or, are you just opening a development page and having steal load each file individually? ---
**Author:** ![janat08](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@janat08](https://forums.bitovi.com/u/janat08)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 12:40pm UTC](https://forums.bitovi.com/t/cant-merely-import-aws-amplify-or-aws-appsync/914/7 "2018-06-19T12:40:18Z")
I belief development, if youre referring to donejs develop or build. ---
**Author:** ![janat08](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@janat08](https://forums.bitovi.com/u/janat08)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.bitovi.com/t/cant-merely-import-aws-amplify-or-aws-appsync/914/8 "2018-06-19T13:05:18Z")
Did in dependencies of package.js after installing steal-builtins “util”: “steal-builtins/builtin/util.js’” Get the error: ```auto Error: Could not load 'util@steal-builtins/builtin/util.js'#index' Is this an npm module not saved in your package.json? at file:C:/Users/janat08/Dev/makpal/node_modules/steal/ext/npm-extension.js:379:20 at C:\Users\janat08\Dev\makpal\node_modules\can-zone\lib\tasks.js:166:15 at Task.run (C:\Users\janat08\Dev\makpal\node_modules\can-zone\lib\zone.js:38:17) at Zone.runTask (C:\Users\janat08\Dev\makpal\node_modules\can-zone\lib\zone.js:181:14) at C:\Users\janat08\Dev\makpal\node_modules\can-zone\lib\zone.js:282:15 at C:\Users\janat08\Dev\makpal\node_modules\can-zone\lib\tasks.js:177:21 at ``` ---
**Author:** ![janat08](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@janat08](https://forums.bitovi.com/u/janat08)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.bitovi.com/t/cant-merely-import-aws-amplify-or-aws-appsync/914/9 "2018-06-19T13:10:02Z")
It appears to want to access index of that file, and contrary to documentation you indeed have to access steal-builtins. ---
**Author:** ![matthewp](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forums.bitovi.com/matthewp/32/77_2.png) [@matthewp](https://forums.bitovi.com/u/matthewp)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.bitovi.com/t/cant-merely-import-aws-amplify-or-aws-appsync/914/10 "2018-06-19T13:43:46Z")
It’s a bug, filed here: [https://github.com/stealjs/steal/issues/1428](https://github.com/stealjs/steal/issues/1428) Should be an easy fix I think. Let’s take the discussion there. ---
**Author:** ![matthewp](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forums.bitovi.com/matthewp/32/77_2.png) [@matthewp](https://forums.bitovi.com/u/matthewp)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://forums.bitovi.com/t/cant-merely-import-aws-amplify-or-aws-appsync/914/11 "2018-06-19T15:40:14Z")
Fixed in steal 1.12.2 ---
**Author:** ![janat08](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@janat08](https://forums.bitovi.com/u/janat08)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.bitovi.com/t/cant-merely-import-aws-amplify-or-aws-appsync/914/12 "2018-06-20T11:21:21Z")
btw imports still don’t work. They produce 404 errors for all of the modules of aws-amplify. ---
**Author:** ![janat08](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@janat08](https://forums.bitovi.com/u/janat08)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.bitovi.com/t/cant-merely-import-aws-amplify-or-aws-appsync/914/13 "2018-06-20T11:24:58Z")
```auto GET http://localhost:8080/node_modules/aws-amplify/lib/Cache.js 404 (Not Found) Error: 0 : http://localhost:8080/node_modules/aws-amplify/lib/Analytics.js The module [aws-amplify/lib/Analytics] couldn't be fetched. Clicking the link in the stack trace below takes you to the import. See https://stealjs.com/docs/StealJS.error-messages.html#404-not-found for more information. 13 | */ 14 | Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true }); > 15 | var Analytics_1 = require("./Analytics"); | ^ 16 | exports.Analytics = Analytics_1.default; 17 | exports.AnalyticsClass = Analytics_1.AnalyticsClass; 18 | exports.AWSPinpointProvider = Analytics_1.AWSPinpointProvider; at (:8080/node_modules/aws-amplify/lib/index.js:15) ``` ---
**Author:** ![janat08](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@janat08](https://forums.bitovi.com/u/janat08)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.bitovi.com/t/cant-merely-import-aws-amplify-or-aws-appsync/914/14 "2018-06-20T20:13:32Z")
reading the doc, it’s not that the package is missing form package.json, and I’m importing the default export with like 10 404s popping up for its’ properties. ---
**Author:** ![janat08](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@janat08](https://forums.bitovi.com/u/janat08)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.bitovi.com/t/cant-merely-import-aws-amplify-or-aws-appsync/914/15 "2018-06-20T20:14:29Z")
@matthewp would you look at it? ---
**Author:** ![matthewp](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forums.bitovi.com/matthewp/32/77_2.png) [@matthewp](https://forums.bitovi.com/u/matthewp)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.bitovi.com/t/cant-merely-import-aws-amplify-or-aws-appsync/914/16 "2018-06-20T20:20:35Z")
This seems to work fine: [https://gist.github.com/matthewp/48c384bde6e2c0517a15c44312958ff1](https://gist.github.com/matthewp/48c384bde6e2c0517a15c44312958ff1) ---
**Author:** ![janat08](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@janat08](https://forums.bitovi.com/u/janat08)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://forums.bitovi.com/t/cant-merely-import-aws-amplify-or-aws-appsync/914/17 "2018-06-20T22:36:01Z")
if you generate a project with donejs, than that happens. ---
**Author:** ![janat08](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@janat08](https://forums.bitovi.com/u/janat08)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://forums.bitovi.com/t/cant-merely-import-aws-amplify-or-aws-appsync/914/18 "2018-06-20T22:36:42Z")
on windows at least. package.json ```auto { "name": "aws", "version": "0.0.0", "description": "An awesome DoneJS app", "homepage": "", "repository": { "type": "git", "url": "git+https://github.com/donejs-user/aws.git" }, "author": { "name": "zhan", "email": "jey.and.key@gmail.com", "url": "https://donejs.com" }, "private": true, "scripts": { "test": "testee test.html --browsers firefox --reporter Spec", "start": "done-serve --port 8080", "develop": "done-serve --develop --port 8080", "build": "node build" }, "main": "aws/index.stache!done-autorender", "files": [ "src" ], "keywords": [ "", "donejs-app" ], "steal": { "main": "aws/index.stache!done-autorender", "directories": { "lib": "src" }, "configDependencies": [ "live-reload", "node_modules/can-zone/register", "node_modules/steal-conditional/conditional" ], "plugins": [ "done-css", "done-component", "steal-less", "steal-stache" ], "envs": { "server-production": { "renderingBaseURL": "/dist" } }, "serviceBaseURL": "" }, "dependencies": { "aws-amplify": "^0.4.5", "can-component": "^4.0.2", "can-connect": "^2.0.2", "can-define": "^2.0.1", "can-route": "^4.1.0", "can-route-pushstate": "^4.0.1", "can-set": "^1.5.1", "can-stache": "^4.1.0", "can-stache-route-helpers": "<2.0.0", "can-view-autorender": "^4.0.0", "can-zone": "^0.6.13", "done-autorender": "^2.0.0", "done-component": "^2.0.0", "done-css": "^3.0.2", "done-serve": "^2.0.0", "generator-donejs": "^2.1.0", "steal": "^1.6.5", "steal-less": "^1.2.2", "steal-stache": "^4.0.1" }, "devDependencies": { "can-debug": "^1.0.0", "can-fixture": "^2.0.2", "donejs-cli": "^2.0.0", "funcunit": "^3.2.0", "steal-conditional": "^1.0.0", "steal-qunit": "^1.0.1", "steal-tools": "^1.11.3", "testee": "^0.7.0" }, "license": "MIT" } ``` ---
**Author:** ![matthewp](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forums.bitovi.com/matthewp/32/77_2.png) [@matthewp](https://forums.bitovi.com/u/matthewp)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.bitovi.com/t/cant-merely-import-aws-amplify-or-aws-appsync/914/19 "2018-06-20T23:50:10Z")
Ok, I’ll investigate tomorrow ---
**Author:** ![matthewp](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forums.bitovi.com/matthewp/32/77_2.png) [@matthewp](https://forums.bitovi.com/u/matthewp)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.bitovi.com/t/cant-merely-import-aws-amplify-or-aws-appsync/914/20 "2018-06-21T12:32:41Z")
Here’s an example project where this is working: [https://github.com/donejs/donejs-amplify-example-project](https://github.com/donejs/donejs-amplify-example-project) If you are seeing something different let me know. [Next page](https://forums.bitovi.com/t/cant-merely-import-aws-amplify-or-aws-appsync/914.md?page=2)