import not found: default error when using webpack for web development

Question

I'm using webpack, a node.js module, in order to bundle a node.js script for use in a browser. the module did what it was meant to, but i get a strange error when in the browser from index.js. The problem seems to be with index.js, but i'm not sure:

Uncaught SyntaxError: import not found: default .

I'll provide code below.

HTML:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
    <head>
        <title>Typing Practice</title>
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
        <script src="index.js" type="module" defer></script>
        <script src="wordpicker.js" type="module" defer></script>
        <meta charset="UTF-8">
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    </head>
    <body>
        <section id="top-container" class="top-bar">
            <h1 class="heading">Typing Practice</h1>
        </section>
        <section id="inpContainer" class="input-container">
            <div class="centeralign">
                <br><br>
                <h2 id="output" class="paragraph"></h2>
                <input type="text" id="input" class="text-field"><br>
                <button type="button" id="start" class="button">Start</button>
            </div>
        </section>
    </body>
</html>

JAVASCRIPT (of the script i'm bundling)

const rw = require('random-words');

function getWords() {
    let words = [];

    while (words.length != 10) {
        let word = rw();
        if (word.length < 6) continue;
        else if (word.length > 10) continue;
        else words.push(word)
    }
    return words;
}

export default getWords();

webpack.config.js file:

const path = require('path');

module.exports = {
  entry: './src/wordchecker.js',
  output: {
    filename: 'wordpicker.js',
    path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist'),
    library: 'typingpractice',
    libraryTarget: 'window',
    libraryExport: 'default'
  },
};

import statement i'm using in index.js: import getWords from './wordpicker.js';

please let me know if you can help, or if you need any more information.

Answer 1

in webpack.config.js, add this property

  target: "node",

also you have an error here:

 const rw = require('random-words');
 import rw from "random-words"

you cannot use require anymore

import not found: default error when using webpack for web development

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import not found: default error when using webpack for web development

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solution1 0 2020-12-27 22:04:12

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