Where to enable "js" for wasm-bindgen #267

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1. vdods commented on Jun 24, 2022

   

   vdods

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   You want to enable the "js" feature on the getrandom crate itself. Even if your crate doesn't directly depend on it, you'll want to add a line like
   getrandom = { version = "0.2", features = ["js"] }
2. josephlr commented on Jun 24, 2022

   

   josephlr

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   @vdods is correct. We explain this in our docs for the custom feature, but we should also explain how to do it for the js feature, as that is more common.
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   good first issueGood for newcomersGood for newcomers

   on Jun 24, 2022
4. newpavlov commented on Aug 30, 2022

   

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   I think we close this issue considering #280 is merged.
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   closed this as completedon Aug 30, 2022
6. lucidBrot commented on Mar 16, 2025

   

   lucidBrot

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   Leaving this here for the next dummy who thought he applied both changes in the docs and goes searching for more magical incantations, but actually did these two changes wrong :)

   • I depend on a crate that depends on rand that depends on getrandom.
   • I am now trying to build for wasm32-unknown-unknown instead of my usual linux build
   • Initially I ran into the error message that points to the docs. After reading the docs I have
     • modified my Cargo.toml to set the feature
     • modified .cargo/config.toml to set the rustflags

   # Cargo.toml
   
   # A dependency _somewhere_ that does not play nicely with wasm.
   # https://docs.rs/getrandom/latest/getrandom/#webassembly-support
   # It needs the feature here, but also RUSTFLAGS='--cfg getrandom_backend="wasm_js"'
   getrandom = { version = "0.3", features = ["wasm_js"] }

   # .cargo/config.toml
   
   # cargo install wasm-server-runner
   # then this config makes cargo run use the server-runner if --target wasm32-unknown-unknown is specified
   # https://bevy-cheatbook.github.io/platforms/wasm.html
   [target.wasm32-unknown-unknown]
   runner = "wasm-server-runner"
   # The dependency getrandom needs this flag set, but only when the target is wasm32-unknown-unknown.
   # https://docs.rs/getrandom/latest/getrandom/#opt-in-backends
   rustflags = ['--cfg', 'getrandom_backend="linux_getrandom"',]
   

   These changes changed got me past the previous error to a different one.

   When I ran the command (without explicitly adding the rustflags)

   RUSTFLAGS='--cfg getrandom_backend="wasm_js"' cargo run --target wasm32-unknown-unknown

   I ran into

   error: `linux_getrandom` backend can be enabled only for Linux/Android targets!
     --> /home/generic/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-1949cf8c6b5b557f/getrandom-0.3.1/src/backends/linux_android.rs:11:1
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   11 | compile_error!("`linux_getrandom` backend can be enabled only for Linux/Android targets!");
   

   Well, the reason was simply that I somehow happened to specify linux_getrandom instead of wasm_js, because I copy-pasted without thinking from https://docs.rs/getrandom/latest/getrandom/#opt-in-backends