[Web] warning about the use of eval in Vite

[jclaessens97]

Describe the issue

Whenever I build with Vite I get the following warning message:

To reproduce

1. Install onnxruntime-web
2. Build application with Vite

Urgency

No response

ONNX Runtime Installation

Released Package

ONNX Runtime Version or Commit ID

1.19.2

Execution Provider

'webgl' (WebGL)

[fs-eire]

The only eval is introduced by dependency protobufjs: https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/blob/master/lib/inquire/index.js#L12

[fs-eire]

We still need protobufjs if using WebGL.

If using CPU only, you can import onnxruntime-web/wasm If using WebGPU, you can import onnxruntime-web/webgpu

They both do not depend on protobufjs and there should be no eval() in the corresponding bundles.

[jclaessens97]

I tried using wasm import before, but then I get a related issue.

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[jclaessens97]

Any update?

[fs-eire]

The "use of eval" warning will exist for a while until WebGL backend is eventually go out of lifetime and be replaced by WebGPU.

The specific code that uses "eval" is from protobuf.js to ensure the call to require() is not preprocessed by bundlers. Technically it does not get called in a web environment so it should be pretty much fine.

I will close this issue because there is no further action item. Will revisit the other issue when I get some time.

[michaelmunie]

If people are having problems importing /webgpu or /wasm in a chrome plugin, it can be solved with webpack. Please see my solution in this related issue.