I can't load through commonjs in Node

I tried a number of ways to require it but to no avail, I literally can’t use file-type on Node because of this. It looks like you just need to remove the module prop from the package.json.

Error [ERR_REQUIRE_ESM]: Must use import to load ES Module: /Users/.../node_modules/file-type/index.js ... Instead rename index.js to end in .cjs, change the requiring code to use import(), or remove "type": "module" from /Users/.../node_modules/file-type/package.json.

[Borewit]

/**
 * Import 'file-type' ES-Module in CommonJS Node.js module
 */
(async () => {
  const { fileTypeFromFile } = await import('file-type');

  const type = await fileTypeFromFile('fixture/fixture.gif');
  console.log(type);
})();

Full working example: https://github.com/Borewit/file-type-example/tree/master/commonjs

[sindresorhus]

You are of course free to dislike ESM, but that doesn’t mean it won’t happen.

Dual packages come with their own downsides: https://gist.github.com/sindresorhus/a39789f98801d908bbc7ff3ecc99d99c#gistcomment-3850849

I have no plans to switch any of my packages to be dual.