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JavaScript

Posted by Dennis van der Laan
Dennis van der Laan
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Error [ERR_REQUIRE_ESM]: Must use import to load ES Module

After added the index.pug file in the views folder and alter the code as shown in the video I got the following error message:

Error [ERR_REQUIRE_ESM]: Must use import to load ES Module: /flashcards/node_modules/is-promise/index.js
require() of ES modules is not supported.
require() of /flashcards/node_modules/is-promise/index.js from /flashcards/node_modules/jstransformer/index.js is an ES module file as it is a .js file whose nearest parent package.json contains "type": "module" which defines all .js files in that package scope as ES modules.
Instead rename /flashcards/node_modules/is-promise/index.js to end in .cjs, change the requiring code to use import(), or remove "type": "module" from /flashcards/node_modules/is-promise/package.json.

    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1174:13)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1002:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:901:14)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1044:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:77:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/flashcards/node_modules/jstransformer/index.js:6:17)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1158:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1178:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1002:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:901:14)