I am making a Discord bot using discord.js, and I'm trying to import a huge array called "replies" from a file named "names.js".
names.js
export var replies = ['various stuff'];
bot.js
import {replies} from "names.js";
This just returns me the following error message
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:936
throw err;
^
Error: Cannot find module '/home/pi/discordbot/monsieur_bot/...'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:933:15)
at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:778:27)
at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:81:12)
at node:internal/main/run_main_module:17:47 {
code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
requireStack: []
}
I have tried enabling the "type: module" in the packages.json file, but this just breaks my code (the require discord.js bit).
You should use the relative path, since your file is not a node_module.
import { replies } from "./names";
edit: If you cannot use modules on your node aplication, then you need to change your code for something like this:
names.js
exports.replies = [foo, bar]
bot.js
const { replies } = require("./names.js");
Use Relative Path
names.js
export var replies = ['various stuff'];
bot.js
import { replies } from './names.js';
package.js
"type": "module"
The paths in node js are relative to the file you are writing an example:
If you are writing in main.js and you want to import a module that is in name.js, assuming it is at the same height in main you would put name from "./name.js".
The keys are put if you are not doing an export default.
Another thing you have to use when you use exports is put in the package-json:
"type": "module",
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