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Fixes #234.

Please treat this as a proposal rather than a claim on the issue. I said in #234 that I would wait for a steer before sending code, and I have put the branch up anyway, which I want to be upfront about. Two of my three questions turned out to be answerable by measuring, so showing the diff seemed more useful than describing it. The third is still yours to call. Happy to close or reshape this if you would rather go another way.

The problem

package.json declares "type": "module", so every .js file in src/ is treated as an ES module. The only export machinery in src/social-share-button.js is this, at the bottom:

if (typeof module !== "undefined" && module.exports) {
  module.exports = SocialShareButton;
}

In an ES module module is undefined, so that block never runs. There is no export statement in the file either, so the module ends up with zero exports. Only the window.SocialShareButton assignment survives, which is exactly why the CDN path works and npm does not. src/social-share-analytics.js has the same latent problem.

Why the fix is not the obvious one

My first instinct was to add export default SocialShareButton; to the core file. That would have broken the CDN for everyone, and I only caught it because I compiled the file the way a classic <script> does before committing to the approach:

current v1.0.4 core                  : parses as a classic <script>  OK
core + "export default" (my instinct): FAILS as a classic <script>
                                       SyntaxError: Unexpected token 'export'

export is only legal inside a module, and the README serves that exact file through <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/..."> on ten or so lines. So the core files have to stay free of export syntax.

The useful part is that they already are. Neither core file contains any import or export syntax, which means both are already valid CommonJS and the root "type": "module" is simply mislabelling them. So this tells Node the truth rather than rewriting the files:

  1. src/package.json with { "type": "commonjs" }. Nested package.json type scoping is standard Node, and it turns the existing module.exports blocks back into live code. Browsers never read package.json, so the CDN is untouched.
  2. src/social-share-button.mjs and src/social-share-analytics.mjs, small ESM entry points that re-export from the CommonJS files.
  3. An exports map wiring the import and require conditions, plus named subpaths.
  4. The files array now ships the Preact and Qwik wrappers, which were listed nowhere and so were never published.

No library logic changed. Both core .js files are byte identical to main.

Nothing that worked before stops working

An exports map normally cuts off deep imports, and the README documents import "@aossie-org/social-share-button/src/social-share-button.css". I kept "./src/*": "./src/*" specifically so that path and every other documented one keeps resolving. The tradeoff is that this gives up most of the encapsulation an exports map would normally buy you. If you would rather make the clean break, that is a one line deletion plus a README update and I am glad to do it.

Verification

Run against a real npm pack plus install, Node v22.21.0, no bundler unless stated.

Before, on published 1.0.4:

import S from '...'        SyntaxError: does not provide an export named 'default'
import * as ns from '...'  namespace keys: []
require('...')             [Module: null prototype] {}   no class

After:

ESM default import    : function SocialShareButton
ESM named import      : function SocialShareButton
CJS require           : function SocialShareButton
./analytics, both     : 7 exports, the 6 adapters plus the base class
old deep css path     : resolves, README unbroken
new ./css subpath     : resolves
Check Result
classic <script> tag in a browser loads, window.SocialShareButton is a function, buttons render, no console errors
esbuild, main entry and /react and /preact bundles
Rollup with node-resolve and commonjs bundles and runs
exports-blind legacy resolution via main resolves to the class
every exports target cross checked against the packed tarball all present
npm run lint, npm run format:check pass

I have only tested Node v22.21.0. The features used here, nested type scoping and exports maps, are old and widely supported, but I would rather say what I actually ran than imply a matrix I did not.

The README needs no change, because the snippet it already documents now works as written.

Notes and open questions

  • CJS without a build step. This uses the CommonJS the repo already had, so there is no dist/ and no toolchain. If you would prefer a real build step, that is a bigger change and I did not want to introduce one uninvited. This is the question I could not answer by measuring.
  • The version is not bumped. Nothing reaches consumers until a release, which I assumed you would rather own.
  • The two new .mjs files are not covered by CI. The lint glob is src/**/*.{js,jsx} and Prettier's is similar. I left both scripts alone because the CI standard is synced from Template-Repo and did not seem like mine to widen. I ran eslint and Prettier against the new files directly and both are clean. Say the word if you want the globs widened to include mjs.
  • The wrappers still read the class off the global. /react, /preact and /qwik are now real subpaths but none of them import the core, and there are no peerDependencies declared. That is pre-existing and unchanged, but shipping the files is what makes it reachable, so it is worth knowing.
  • New subpaths are undocumented. /analytics, /css, /react, /preact, /qwik all work now and none are in the README. Happy to write that up here or separately, whichever you prefer.

On #233

No types field here, deliberately. That belongs with #233, which is @Mansi2007275's and which they said they want to write themselves. Two of the entries here are already condition objects that a types key drops straight into; the four plain string subpaths would each need converting to an object first, which is mechanical. I am not asking for that issue and this does not block it.


Used Claude as a research assistant while digging into this. The diagnosis, the classic script check that changed the approach, and every measurement above are mine, run locally against a packed build of this branch.

The published package could not be consumed from either module system.
package.json declares "type": "module", so every .js file in src/ is
treated as an ES module. The only export machinery in
src/social-share-button.js is a guarded `module.exports` block, and in an
ES module `module` is undefined, so that block never runs. There is no
`export` statement in the file either, so the module ends up with zero
exports. Only the `window.SocialShareButton` assignment survives, which is
why the CDN script tag path worked and the npm path did not.
src/social-share-analytics.js had the same latent problem.

The code in src/ is already written as CommonJS and is free of import and
export syntax. Rather than add `export` to those files, which would make
them a SyntaxError when loaded through the documented
<script src="...jsdelivr..."> tag, this declares the truth about them with
a nested src/package.json marking the directory as CommonJS. That revives
the existing module.exports blocks without touching a line of library
logic. Explicit .mjs entry points then re-export the class for ESM
consumers, and an "exports" map wires up both conditions.

The map keeps "./src/*" so every deep path the README documents, including
the CSS import, continues to resolve. The Preact and Qwik wrappers were
missing from the "files" array and were never published, so they are added.

Verified against a real npm pack and install on Node v22.21.0: ESM default
import, ESM named import, require(), both analytics entry points, the old
deep CSS path and the new ./css subpath all resolve. The classic script tag
was checked in a browser with no console errors, and esbuild bundles the
main entry plus the React and Preact wrappers. lint and format:check pass.

Refs AOSSIE-Org#234

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The package now defines explicit CommonJS and ESM entry points, conditional subpath exports, and an expanded published file list. New ESM entry points expose SocialShareButton and analytics adapters as default and named exports.

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Package exports

Layer / File(s) Summary
Package resolution and published artifacts
package.json, src/package.json
Package metadata defines CommonJS and ESM resolution, conditional subpath exports, and commonjs package type. The published file list includes ESM, Preact, Qwik, and analytics artifacts.
ESM entry points
src/social-share-button.mjs, src/social-share-analytics.mjs
The share button and analytics adapters are available through default and named ESM exports.

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 7e998

The package’s ESM analytics entry point does not expose the public SocialShareAnalyticsPlugin binding, so consumers using the documented module interface may be unable to import it. Merge should wait for the export and a focused import test.

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A rabbit found exports neatly aligned,
With ESM paths and adapters defined.
The button now hops through imports with grace,
While Preact and Qwik join the package race.
“No empty modules!” the rabbit proclaimed.

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The ESM entry for ./analytics destructured only the six adapters and left
out SocialShareAnalyticsPlugin, so `import { SocialShareAnalyticsPlugin }`
threw while `require()` and the default import both returned it. That class
is the base every adapter extends, and the docblock in
social-share-analytics.js documents `class MyAdapter extends
SocialShareAnalyticsPlugin`, so it is the binding a consumer is most likely
to reach for.

Verified against a packed install that all seven keys on the default export
now have matching named ESM bindings, and that the adapters still resolve to
this class as their prototype.

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@amankv1234 Yes. This PR is needed for the package-consumption plan in issue #234.

It fixes the current npm package problem:

  • ESM import does not load the library correctly.
  • CommonJS require() does not return the library class correctly.
  • Framework wrappers for Preact and Qwik are not included in the published package.
  • Consumers cannot use stable package subpaths for analytics and CSS.

The PR adds:

  • A CommonJS boundary for the existing .js source files.
  • .mjs entry points for ESM users.
  • An exports map for import, require, CSS, analytics, and framework wrappers.
  • Preact and Qwik files to the published package.
  • Continued support for the existing CDN script path and src/... deep imports.

This PR does not add TypeScript definitions. That is separate future work from issue #233.

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