Genesys Cloud CX - NPM Package and Error when running from runJS

[alankleindev]

Hi Luke,

When I try to run code within RunJS, I get the error:

'Error updating attributes:' Error: The client credentials grant is not supported in a browser.

I can run the same code in Node directly my copying the code I had in runJS to a file and running it that way.

From their NPM documentation HERE under Authentication:

"The Client Credentials grant only works when used in node.js. This is restricted intentionally because it is impossible for client credentials to be handled securely in a browser application."

Is the issue that runJS is an electron application and therefore why I am getting this error? It isn't a show stopper, just was curious is there is any way around it.

[lukehaas]

You're right; this will be because RunJS is electron based. RunJS runs your code in an environment that supports both web and Node; this is an ability it inherits from electron.

I can see in the source of the library you linked to - it does the following check:

if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
	reject(new Error('The client credentials grant is not supported in a browser.'));
	return;
}

So it will consider any environment with a window object to be a browser environment.