Discord.js 'ReferenceError: require 未定义'

Question

const client = new Discord.Client();
const config = require('./config.json');

I checked other question they contain problems regarding require(discord.js) [ye no '' between to make a string] But that is not the problem I have for some reason my terminal responds with

const Discord = require('discord.js');
                ^

ReferenceError: require is not defined
    at file:///C:/Users/tee-hee/Documents/Bots/Darkness/main.js:1:17
    at ModuleJob.run (internal/modules/esm/module_job.js:140:23)
    at async Loader.import (internal/modules/esm/loader.js:165:24)
    at async Object.loadESM (internal/process/esm_loader.js:68:5

For some reason I have to reinstall node again to fix it this is the 10th time this is happening also this happens right after I deploy the code with ES6 method. Don't know what to do I tried reinstalling discord.js : npm i discord.js

Same thing happened so please help me. Also don't give me the js is for server wide bla bla BS It worked fine like 2 minutes ago.

Answer 1

The file containing the require statement is being treated as an ECMAScript module (which supports import and export ) instead of a CommonJS module (which supports require and module.exports ).

You can tell because, aside from the error, the loader module is in the esm directory.

Edit your package.json file so the type field says "type": "commonjs" and not "type": "module" .