Theo's Typesafe Cult•2y ago

"SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module" when attempting to build a turborepo app

I have a turbo repo that has a websocket app. I have a package for my redis client so it can be used in all my apps. However when I try to start my websocket app in production I get

F:\Dev\radiance\packages\redis\index.ts:1
import Redis, { type RedisOptions } from "ioredis";
^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module
    at internalCompileFunction (node:internal/vm:73:18)
    at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1176:20)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1218:27)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1308:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1117:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:958:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1141:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:110:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (F:\Dev\radiance\apps\websocket\dist\wsServer.js:4:17)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1254:14)

F:\Dev\radiance\packages\redis\index.ts:1
import Redis, { type RedisOptions } from "ioredis";
^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module
    at internalCompileFunction (node:internal/vm:73:18)
    at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1176:20)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1218:27)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1308:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1117:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:958:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1141:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:110:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (F:\Dev\radiance\apps\websocket\dist\wsServer.js:4:17)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1254:14)

I am believe its not transpiling the internal pacakges correctly but unsure how to solve. Linked the repo below. https://github.com/ZiiMs/Radiance Thanks for the help.

GitHub

GitHub - ZiiMs/Radiance: A simple chat app, based on discord.

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Solution:

Solved it by removing type module, and adding ts loader to esbuild.

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Neto•2y ago

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61401475/why-is-type-module-in-package-json-file

Stack Overflow

Why is 'type: module' in package.json file?

I upgraded the node and built the existing file. But it didn't build, and there was an error. Error [ERR_REQUIRE_ESM]: Must use import to load ES Module: │ │ ~~/nuxt.

ZiiM•2y ago

Changing it to module gives me error saying:

ReferenceError: require is not defined in ES module scope, you can use import instead
This file is being treated as an ES module because it has a '.js' file extension and 'F:\Dev\radiance\apps\websocket\package.json' contains "type": "module". To treat it as a CommonJS script, rename it to use the '.cjs' file extension.

ReferenceError: require is not defined in ES module scope, you can use import instead
This file is being treated as an ES module because it has a '.js' file extension and 'F:\Dev\radiance\apps\websocket\package.json' contains "type": "module". To treat it as a CommonJS script, rename it to use the '.cjs' file extension.

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ZiiM•2y ago

Solved it by removing type module, and adding ts loader to esbuild.

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"SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module" when attempting to build a turborepo app