ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED for ipfs-core

[ibaraki-douji]

• Version:
  ipfs-core: 0.15.1

• Platform:
  Linux ae47c7682c9d 5.4.0-88-generic # 99-Ubuntu SMP Thu Sep 23 17:29:00 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Severity:

Medium - A non-essential functionality does not work, performance issues, etc.

Description:

So i just setup the new ipfs project and when i was trying to start the program i got an error.

root@ae47c7682c9d:~/code# node ./lib/main.js
node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:488
      throw e;
      ^

Error [ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED]: No "exports" main defined in /root/code/node_modules/ipfs-core/package.json
    at new NodeError (node:internal/errors:372:5)
    at throwExportsNotFound (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:472:9)
    at packageExportsResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:693:7)
    at resolveExports (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:482:36)
    at Function.Module._findPath (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:522:31)
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:919:27)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:778:27)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1005:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:102:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/root/code/lib/main.js:4:21) {
  code: 'ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED'
}

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[wouldgo]

I resolved this loading the module via

const IPFS = await import('ipfs-core')

instead of requiring it.

[ibaraki-douji]

Ok so with js it works fine but with typescript it keeps crashing ...
I will try to find for typescript. Thanks man

[ibaraki-douji]

For typescript users :
To have this error removed you need to change compilerOptions.module to ESNext in the tsconfig.json

If you keep CommonJS it will transpile to a require() with a promise and it will give the error.

[MiqueiasGFernandes]

I resolved this loading the module via

const IPFS = await import('ipfs-core')

instead of requiring it.

@wouldgo After lost so many time searching a solution between it closed issues without reason, Your reply solved my problem, thanks for this!