Incompatibility with Non-Node Environments Due to qs Package

[Rajaniraiyn]

Confirm this is a Node library issue and not an underlying OpenAI API issue

• This is an issue with the Node library

Describe the bug

The recent release introduced a dependency on the qs package (#1023), which relies on Node.js’s built-in utils module. This makes the entire SDK unusable in non-Node.js environments, such as browsers.

Dependency Chain:

qs → side-channel → object-inspect

The object-inspect package, a transitive dependency of qs, uses a Node.js built-in module (utils), causing builds to fail in non-Node environments.

To Reproduce

1. Attempt to build the SDK using esbuild with the target platform set as browser.
2. The build fails due to the use of the Node.js built-in module.

Code snippets

Minimal Reproduction

OS

macOS

Node version

Chromium v128.0.6613.85

Library version

openai v4.56.2

[RobertCraigie]

Thanks for the report, we're investigating solutions.

In the meantime would you be able to share a minimal reproduction?

[Rajaniraiyn]

Thanks for looking into this. Below is the reproduction, npm run build should throw an error from openai@4.56.2. you can try configuring tsup.config.ts for more build options

https://stackblitz.com/edit/node-eqjgac?file=package.json&view=editor

[RobertCraigie]

Thanks so much, that repro is very helpful. Still investigating solutions, will hopefully have an answer soon.

[Rajaniraiyn]

Hey @RobertCraigie, just checking in—any updates on this? Let me know if there’s anything I can help with!

Thanks!

[RobertCraigie]

Will have an update out shortly! In the final testing stages.

[RobertCraigie]

@Rajaniraiyn this will be fixed in the next release! #1081