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How-to Read & Write Google Sheets with React

CP on June 16, 2020

I want to read and write Google Sheets with React to update the data for an app I built with Glideapps, a no-code app builder that uses Google Sh...
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azzmi-my • • Edited

Y'all guys gonna come to an issue,

error - ./node_modules/google-auth-library/build/src/auth/googleauth.js:17:0
Module not found: Can't resolve 'child_process'
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You must do this inside your next.config.js to make everything work

module.exports = {
  // other next config
  i18n: {
    locales: ["en", "ms"],
    defaultLocale: "en",
  },
  env: {
     SPREADSHEET_ID : ***,
     SHEET_ID : ***,
     CLIENT_EMAIL : ***,
     PRIVATE_KEY : ***,

  },
  webpack: (config, options) => {
    config.node= {
    // Some libraries import Node modules but don't use them in the browser.
    // Tell Webpack to provide empty mocks for them so importing them works.
    ...config.node,
    fs: 'empty',
    child_process : 'empty',
    net : 'empty',
    tls: 'empty',
  }

    return config
  },
};
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ignore the other settings and focus on the webpack part.

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Nikita Kakuev •

Magic! Thanks man! :)

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Duc Minh Nguyen •

Where do we find next.config.js file, I can't seem to find that file

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Saif ur Rehman • • Edited

Hi guys,

If you having some issues with the permission, Just go to google console and Enable the google sheets API.

Also, while using your private key, add this piece of code

process.env.PRIVATE_KEY.replace(/\n/g, '\n')

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TrinhDinhHuy •

Hi, it always said that my API key is not valid. Do we need to remove the -----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\n part of the API key? I guess yes?

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Narendra Singh •

thank you 👍

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Duc Minh Nguyen •

I can't seem to resolve this error, I'm currently using @5.0.0, I'm new to develop, hope to get some help

Compiled with problems:X

ERROR in ./node_modules/buffer-equal-constant-time/index.js 4:13-37

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'buffer' in '/Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules/buffer-equal-constant-time'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "buffer": require.resolve("buffer/") }'
- install 'buffer'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "buffer": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/gaxios/build/src/gaxios.js 27:16-32

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'https' in '/Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules/gaxios/build/src'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "https": require.resolve("https-browserify") }'
- install 'https-browserify'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "https": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/gaxios/build/src/gaxios.js 31:38-60

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'querystring' in '/Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules/gaxios/build/src'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "querystring": require.resolve("querystring-es3") }'
- install 'querystring-es3'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "querystring": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/gaxios/build/src/gaxios.js 35:14-28

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'url' in '/Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules/gaxios/build/src'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "url": require.resolve("url/") }'
- install 'url'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "url": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/google-auth-library/build/src/auth/googleauth.js 20:24-48

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'child_process' in '/Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules/google-auth-library/build/src/auth'

ERROR in ./node_modules/google-auth-library/build/src/auth/googleauth.js 22:11-24

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'fs' in '/Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules/google-auth-library/build/src/auth'

ERROR in ./node_modules/google-auth-library/build/src/auth/googleauth.js 26:11-24

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'os' in '/Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules/google-auth-library/build/src/auth'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "os": require.resolve("os-browserify/browser") }'
- install 'os-browserify'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "os": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/google-auth-library/build/src/auth/googleauth.js 28:13-28

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'path' in '/Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules/google-auth-library/build/src/auth'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "path": require.resolve("path-browserify") }'
- install 'path-browserify'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "path": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/google-auth-library/build/src/auth/oauth2client.js 20:20-42

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'querystring' in '/Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules/google-auth-library/build/src/auth'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "querystring": require.resolve("querystring-es3") }'
- install 'querystring-es3'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "querystring": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/google-auth-library/build/src/auth/oauth2client.js 22:15-32

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'stream' in '/Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules/google-auth-library/build/src/auth'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "stream": require.resolve("stream-browserify") }'
- install 'stream-browserify'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "stream": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/google-auth-library/build/src/crypto/node/crypto.js 20:15-32

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'crypto' in '/Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules/google-auth-library/build/src/crypto/node'
Did you mean './crypto'?
Requests that should resolve in the current directory need to start with './'.
Requests that start with a name are treated as module requests and resolve within module directories (node_modules, /Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules).
If changing the source code is not an option there is also a resolve options called 'preferRelative' which tries to resolve these kind of requests in the current directory too.

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "crypto": require.resolve("crypto-browserify") }'
- install 'crypto-browserify'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "crypto": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/google-p12-pem/build/src/index.js 14:11-24

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'fs' in '/Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules/google-p12-pem/build/src'

ERROR in ./node_modules/google-p12-pem/build/src/index.js 18:15-30

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'util' in '/Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules/google-p12-pem/build/src'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "util": require.resolve("util/") }'
- install 'util'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "util": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/gtoken/build/src/index.js 14:11-24

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'fs' in '/Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules/gtoken/build/src'

ERROR in ./node_modules/gtoken/build/src/index.js 20:13-28

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'path' in '/Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules/gtoken/build/src'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "path": require.resolve("path-browserify") }'
- install 'path-browserify'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "path": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/gtoken/build/src/index.js 22:15-30

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'util' in '/Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules/gtoken/build/src'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "util": require.resolve("util/") }'
- install 'util'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "util": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/https-proxy-agent/dist/agent.js 45:30-44

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'net' in '/Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules/https-proxy-agent/dist'

ERROR in ./node_modules/https-proxy-agent/dist/agent.js 47:30-44

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'tls' in '/Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules/https-proxy-agent/dist'

ERROR in ./node_modules/https-proxy-agent/dist/agent.js 49:30-44

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'url' in '/Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules/https-proxy-agent/dist'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "url": require.resolve("url/") }'
- install 'url'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "url": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/https-proxy-agent/dist/agent.js 51:33-50

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'assert' in '/Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules/https-proxy-agent/dist'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "assert": require.resolve("assert/") }'
- install 'assert'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "assert": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/jwa/index.js 5:13-30

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'crypto' in '/Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules/jwa'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "crypto": require.resolve("crypto-browserify") }'
- install 'crypto-browserify'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "crypto": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/jwa/index.js 9:11-26

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'util' in '/Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules/jwa'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "util": require.resolve("util/") }'
- install 'util'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "util": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/jws/lib/data-stream.js 4:13-30

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'stream' in '/Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules/jws/lib'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "stream": require.resolve("stream-browserify") }'
- install 'stream-browserify'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "stream": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/jws/lib/data-stream.js 6:11-26

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'util' in '/Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules/jws/lib'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "util": require.resolve("util/") }'
- install 'util'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "util": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/jws/lib/sign-stream.js 8:13-30

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'stream' in '/Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules/jws/lib'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "stream": require.resolve("stream-browserify") }'
- install 'stream-browserify'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "stream": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/jws/lib/sign-stream.js 12:11-26

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'util' in '/Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules/jws/lib'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "util": require.resolve("util/") }'
- install 'util'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "util": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/jws/lib/tostring.js 2:13-37

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'buffer' in '/Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules/jws/lib'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "buffer": require.resolve("buffer/") }'
- install 'buffer'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "buffer": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/jws/lib/verify-stream.js 8:13-30

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'stream' in '/Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules/jws/lib'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "stream": require.resolve("stream-browserify") }'
- install 'stream-browserify'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "stream": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/jws/lib/verify-stream.js 12:11-26

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'util' in '/Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules/jws/lib'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "util": require.resolve("util/") }'
- install 'util'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "util": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/safe-buffer/index.js 2:13-30

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'buffer' in '/Users/nguyenminhduc/Desktop/workspace/moneyTrack/money-track/node_modules/safe-buffer'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "buffer": require.resolve("buffer/") }'
- install 'buffer'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "buffer": false }

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Talles Hentges •

Same error here.

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codexmon • • Edited

ditto error here in react18

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Shanif •

I also had this issue... did anyone figure out how to solve it?

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sparcbr •

Thanks for the screenshots with arrows

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idj • • Edited

Great article, thanks for sharing!
Is it possible to make this a bit more safe, ie restrict reading / updating of data with some cors restrictions? Or whatever other suggestion you might have, it's welcome

One more thing, how does re-authentication work in this case? Do credentials expire and if they do how are they renewed?

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Mridul Panda •

Common Problems I faced
1 . If You're Using Next JS , add this to your next.config.js

module.exports = {
  webpack: (config, { isServer }) => {
    if (!isServer) {
      config.resolve.fallback.fs = false;
      config.resolve.fallback.tls = false;
      config.resolve.fallback.net = false;
      config.resolve.fallback.child_process = false;
    }

    return config;
  },
};
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2 . Do not remove ----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY---- or ----END PRIVATE KEY---- or anything else from your private key.
3 . Do this to your private key before using process.env.GOOGLE_SERVICE_PRIVATE_KEY.replace(/\\n/g, '\n')
4 . Enable Google Sheet API from google console

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João Pedro Renan •

Nice post. A question: do I have to Publish the spreadheet on the Web in order for google-spreadsheet to be able to access it?

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CP •

You only need to share the spreadsheet with your google app. ^_^

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João Pedro Renan •

:(
I'm having the same problem this user describes on StackOverflow. Apparently he was able to fix it, but his solution didn't work for me. Would you have any clue of what may be going on? stackoverflow.com/questions/644108...

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Saif ur Rehman •

Hi Joao,

Try this,
process.env.PRIVATE_KEY.replace(/\n/g, '\n')

Also enable the google sheets api in google console.
Hope it works for you !

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Michal Kučera •

Thank you!

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Gautham Vijayan •

Top notch Stuff!!

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Harsh Jobanputra •

This is very helpful. Thank you!

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narayanthapa •

Can we use this with react native?

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JINDBS •

Is it safe to use the spreadsheet credentials in the .env?
Someone can steal the emails no ?

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CHIΞFMCCONNΞLL.ΞTH •

just add the .env to your gitignore that way it doesn't publish the .env itself and the creds stay safe

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OnyokDawal •

Can anyone tell me if i can still use this approach using this kind of google spreedsheet format? and if yes can anyone tell me how???

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OnyokDawal •

Can anyone tell me if i can still use this approach using this kind of google spreedsheet format? and if yes can anyone tell me how?

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OnyokDawal • • Edited

hi can anyone tell me if i can use this approach using this kind of excel format?
ive been having hard time by this task

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narayanthapa •

can we use this with react-native