How do you resolve "Cannot use import statement outside a module" from a dependency when the dependency isn't declared as a module?
I want to use the validator in Svelte/kit to validate emails. However, when importing the ESM version, I get the "Cannot use import statement outside a module" error. I'm using pnpm instead of npm or yarn.
import isEmail from 'validator/es/lib/isEmail'
/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/validator/es/lib/isEmail.js:1
import assertString from './util/assertString';
^^^^^^
SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module
at Object.compileFunction (node:vm:355:18)
at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1039:15)
at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1073:27)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1138:10)
at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:989:32)
at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:829:14)
at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1013:19)
at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:93:18)
at nodeRequire
It appears that validator is attempting to use the import statement, but it's package.json does not specify "type": "module". My guess is that this is the root cause of the error.
Debug steps
- package.json has
"type": "module" - Upgraded to latest version of node
- Tried using the non-esm version of validator
'validator/lib/isEmail', but that causes other errors not related to this thread.
Related
SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module — this solution is for code you control, not for dependencies
- SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module — this solution is for code you control, not for dependencies
- "Uncaught SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module" when importing ECMAScript 6 — this seems to be very similar, but I'm getting this error in node, not in the browser
Metadata
- Node: v16.2.0
- Sveltekit: v1.0.0-next.115
- Validator: 13.6.0