Remove dependency on url module in browser environments

[mrlika]

bittorrent-tracker/client.js

Line 8 in 1a075bd

const URL = require('url').URL

require('url') is a big module that also depneds on another not small module punnycode.

url module is redundant in browser environments. Compatible URL object already exists in the global scope there. Removing it significantly reduces output size of web bundles.

Can this require somehow be removed in browser environments?

[feross]

Yes, I plan to do this. See this issue to track the progress: webtorrent/webtorrent#1681

[guanzo]

const URL = require('url').URL is not a valid export when this package is built with webpack (and browserify too I think). The shim package exports Url instead of URL.

defunctzombie/node-url#37

This error should go away when you drop the require, but wanted to let you know the current build will break when built by bundlers.

[feross]

Fixed in 93b4139 and will go out in the next release.