Cannot find module 'ethers/providers' or its corresponding type declarations.

[zfy0701]

Ethers Beta Version

6.0.0-beta-exports.15

Describe the Problem

Hi,
I tried to use
import { EventFilter, LogParams, Network } from 'ethers/providers' since they are not available in ethers module. But typescript failed to compile because can't find type declaration

My environment is node 16, yarn 1.22 type script 4.9.4, my tsconfig.json looks like this:

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "declaration": true,
    "alwaysStrict": true,
    "sourceMap": true,
    "target": "esnext",
    "lib": ["ES2021"],
    "esModuleInterop": true,
    "noImplicitReturns": true,
    "noImplicitAny": true,
    "resolveJsonModule": true,
    "module": "commonjs",
    "moduleResolution": "node",
    "isolatedModules": true,
    "strictNullChecks": true,
    "stripInternal": true,
    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
    "noEmitOnError": true,
    // by pass issue: Could not find a declaration file for module 'buffer-layout' for now.
    "skipLibCheck": true
  }
}

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Environment

node.js

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[zfy0701]

If I change to moduelResolution to node16, error changes

error TS1479: The current file is a CommonJS module whose imports will produce 'require' calls; however, the referenced file is an ECMAScript module and cannot be imported with 'require'. Consider writing a dynamic 'import("ethers")' call instead.

[ricmoo]

I think you would want "node16" to use the exports, but surprized it won’t resolve to the require paths for you. Looking into this…

[zfy0701]

you can use this example to debug if needed

https://github.com/zfy0701/sample-ethers6

[zfy0701]

"cp -Rn node_modules/ethers/types/* node_modules/ethers/lib.commonjs"

this works for me in conjunction with use node16, seems node16 with commonjs doesn't respect types and need .d files sibling to the ts files

[ricmoo]

I might try this format:

// package.json
{
    "name": "my-package",
    "type": "module",
    "exports": {
        ".": {
            // Entry-point for `import "my-package"` in ESM
            "import": {
                // Where TypeScript will look.
                "types": "./types/esm/index.d.ts",
                // Where Node.js will look.
                "default": "./esm/index.js"
            },
            // Entry-point for `require("my-package") in CJS
            "require": {
                // Where TypeScript will look.
                "types": "./types/commonjs/index.d.cts",
                // Where Node.js will look.
                "default": "./commonjs/index.cjs"
            },
        }
    },
    // Fall-back for older versions of TypeScript
    "types": "./types/index.d.ts",
    // CJS fall-back for older versions of Node.js
    "main": "./commonjs/index.cjs"
}

[ricmoo]

Quick question; what version of TypeScript are you using?

[zfy0701]

Quick question; what version of TypeScript are you using?

4.9.4

[ricmoo]

I fixed this by just adding declaration generation to the tsconfig.commonjs.json.

Thanks for your research! :)

[Songkeys]

I get the same error using the same config file in v6.0.7.

import { ethers } from 'ethers'
                        ~~~~~~

module "......../node_modules/ethers/types/index"
The current file is a CommonJS module whose imports will produce 'require' calls; however, the referenced file is an ECMAScript module and cannot be imported with 'require'. Consider writing a dynamic 'import("ethers")' call instead.
  To convert this file to an ECMAScript module, change its file extension to '.mts', or add the field `"type": "module"` to '........./package.json'.

typescript@4.9.5

---

My original tsconfig.json works fine in v5 but not in v6. I'll get the error above:

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "es2020",
    "module": "esnext",
    "strict": true,
    "esModuleInterop": true,
    "moduleResolution": "node16",
    "skipLibCheck": true,
    "noUnusedLocals": true,
    "noImplicitAny": true,
    "allowJs": true,
    "resolveJsonModule": true,
    "experimentalDecorators": true
  },
  "exclude": ["dist"]
}

---

I think we should drop "type": "module" in package.json? see: gvergnaud/ts-pattern#110 (comment)

[ricmoo]

The type must be module to work in ESM projects. I thought fixing the order of exports would fix this, but I will re-add the type declarations to the 'lib.commonjs`.

[Songkeys]

The type must be module to work in ESM projects.

Alternatively, output the dist js file with ext .mjs. I think this would be much easier.

[ricmoo]

The problem with .mjs files is they break importing, since esm requires extensions when importing and TypeScript doesn’t re-write them. So, in that case the ESM files would need to be import { foo } from "./bar.mjs" and common JS would need const { foo } = require("./bar.cjs"). I’ve learned my lesson from v5 about post-processing the output, which breaks standard tools.

The east solution is just to re-include the .d.ts files in the /lib.commonjs folder; it is a bit messy, but until TypeScript can properly resolve the type definitions, it works. :)

[ricmoo]

I've re-added the types, since re-ordering the exports didn't seem to resolve the issue.

[hibataha]

Error: Cannot find module 'ethers/lib/utils'

Still getting the above error in next js app structure and in an nx repo

Do anyone by any chance have a solution ?

[zemse]

The ethers/lib/utils was in v5. For v6 you can import from ethers/utils or just feel free to import from ethers since the utils are also exported from the top package.

[Jeremiegmoore]

Ethers Beta Version

6.0.0-beta-exports.15

Describe the Problem

Hi,
I tried to use
import { EventFilter, LogParams, Network } from 'ethers/providers' since they are not available in ethers module. But typescript failed to compile because can't find type declaration

My environment is node 16, yarn 1.22 type script 4.9.4, my tsconfig.json looks like this:

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "declaration": true,
    "alwaysStrict": true,
    "sourceMap": true,
    "target": "esnext",
    "lib": ["ES2021"],
    "esModuleInterop": true,
    "noImplicitReturns": true,
    "noImplicitAny": true,
    "resolveJsonModule": true,
    "module": "commonjs",
    "moduleResolution": "node",
    "isolatedModules": true,
    "strictNullChecks": true,
    "stripInternal": true,
    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
    "noEmitOnError": true,
    // by pass issue: Could not find a declaration file for module 'buffer-layout' for now.
    "skipLibCheck": true
  }
}

Code Snippet

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Errors

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Environment

node.js

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node_modules/ethers/types/index