Question

Nodejs Function import module error

Posted on February 23, 2023
Serverless DigitalOcean Functions Node.js
Asked by johnrediker

I have been trying for the last 5 days to get a simple function to work. Not even the demo examples work and at this point, I think the issue is with DigitalOcean. I am using a Nodejs function to output a string. I try using import a module and this is the error I get: " Error [ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND]: Cannot find package ‘parse-domain’ imported from /tmp/index.mjs". So I try to change it to require and get this error: “ReferenceError: require is not defined in ES module scope, you can use import instead”. I am using “doctl serverless deploy . --remote-build” in the same directory as the project.yml. I added “type”: “module” in the package.json as well. I have the dependencies listed in there as well. I also ran npm install --package-lock-only parse-domain which didn’t work. I have module.exports.main = checkURL (function name) at the end. There is little to no documentation around DO functions and nodejs other than the examples which again doesn’t even work because I get the same error.

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johnrediker • February 26, 2023

Accepted Answer

Hey Bobby,

Thanks for responding! I did confirm doctl is up to date. The API token I’m using has both read and write permissions. Here is the repo I am using to test: https://github.com/SevenGuru/DO_Functions.

If you do come across something please let me know!

BigDarkCyanAngler • May 3, 2024

Nothing listed in the website, or even docs was not helpful. No matter what I do, I get the same error as the OP. I ended up switching to another platform.

This is the doc I referred to : https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/functions/reference/runtimes/node-js/#handle-native-dependencies

ericruizdeveloper • April 7, 2023

I too have been experiencing this issue with both Python and Node functions. I’m highly disappointed as I love DO products but functions seem to be a big fail on DO part right now.

I wish I could offer some solution but there’s literally no helpful documentation on this. It also took forever to figure out how to switch function namespaces and I’m still confused on how exactly it should be done. Super frustrating.