Trying to access exported function in Node JS

Question

I'm trying to refactor some of my JS code and the way I handle exported functions within a Node JS environment. Originally, I'd have multiple functions exported from a JS file for instance utils.js :

const function1 =  () => {
  // ...
}

// ...

exports.function1 = function1
exports.function2 = function2
exports.function3 = function3

and then imported into my entry JS file as:

const anything = require('./utils')

// usage
anything.function1()

this would work, but my refactor isn't working... in that it's not a function?

const function1 =  () => {
  // ...
}

// ...

module.exports = {
  function1,
  function2,
  function3
}

And used as...

const anything = require('./utils')

// usage
anything.function1()

Why isn't this now a function when it clearly hasn't changed?

Answer 1

the issue is this you are exporting an object but without key-value pair.

Just do it like this

module.exports = {
  function1: () => {
   return 'Jim';
  },

  function2: () => {
   return 'Jim';
  }
};

In this syntax you don't need to export explicitly anything. Just read more about module exports here