Error: Cannot find module '../models/User' - Mongoose schema

Question

I'm importing a module in my Sapper application, but I'm getting the error Cannot find module '../models/User'

Imported with const User = require('../models/User');

Exported as module.exports = User = mongoose.model('user', UserSchema);

What am I missing to make this work? The path is correct according to vscode.

'../models/User.js':

const mongoose = require('mongoose');

const UserSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
  name: {
    type: String,
    required: true,
  },
  email: {
    type: String,
    required: true,
    unique: true,
  },
  password: {
    type: String,
    required: true,
  },
  date: {
    type: Date,
    default: Date.now,
  },
});

module.exports = User = mongoose.model('user', UserSchema);

EDIT: I re-created the error by starting a new project with npx degit "sveltejs/sapper-template#rollup" my-app .

I'm getting the same error even though the project is new, and I haven't installed any additional dependencies link .

The path is correct, as confirmed by vscode

Answer 1

I have no much experience with Sapper but as far as I could check the problem is that the actual call is made by __sapper_/dev/server/server.js and not the one from your src folder. If you use const User = require('../../../models/User') it should work but you'll need to deal with this deep relative path.

You gonna need to either export your models folder to a path closer to that file or come up with a function to determine the root path and use as a prefix when requiring your models, like const User = require(rootPath() + './models/User') .

Answer 2

When you hover over the string inside require it will show the absoloute path of the file you're referencing. Check if module it's requiring exists by doing ls <path of odule>