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express validator is not a function
See original GitHub issueI used express-validator for some of my projects, today when i installed it and i wanted to use it like this
const expressValidator = require('express-validator'); app.use(expressValidator);
i got the error “expressValidator is not a function” this is with version “6.1.1”
i installed version “5.3.1” i used before and it worked.
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With me it worked out that way:
Uninstall the current version: npm uninstall express-validator And install the older version: npm install express-validator@5.3.1
You can change or degrade the version by running this command in your root folder. npm install express-validatior@5.3.1–save-exact
No need to delete your node modules.