How to use jsPDF in node? Gets _jspdf2.default is not a constructor error

I tried to import jspdf like this in my node app :

import jsPDF from 'jspdf';

Then tried to use the example code :

var doc = new jsPDF();
doc.text(20, 20, 'Hello world.');
doc.save('Test.pdf');

Then I get an error saying _jspdf2.default is not a constructor error. What is the right way to do this?

[oscaroceguera]

try in index.html => https://cdnjs.com/libraries/jspdf

[devvmh]

@THPubs I think you’ll need to do one of these:

const jsPDF = require('jspdf')

or

import * as jsPDF  from 'jspdf'

This is because es6 import syntax is subtly different than node’s import syntax. Probably you’re best off using node require, unless this lib is updated to better accommodate es6.

I’m not 100% sure how it all works. there’s more discussion at, for example, https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/5565