How would you fix an 'ERR_REQUIRE_ESM' error?

Question

I am trying to use the chalk npm. My code is:

     const chalk = require('chalk');

          console.log(
          chalk.green('All sytems go') +
          chalk.orange('until').underline +
          chalk.black(chalk.bgRed('an error occurred'))
           );

And I receive this error in my terminal when I type node main.js

Error [ERR_REQUIRE_ESM]: require() of ES Module /Users/ezell/Documents/CodeX/NPM/node_modules/chalk/source/index.js from /Users/ezell/Documents/CodeX/NPM/main.js not supported.
Instead change the require of index.js in /Users/ezell/Documents/CodeX/NPM/main.js to a dynamic import() which is available in all CommonJS modules.
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/ezell/Documents/CodeX/NPM/main.js:1:15) {
  code: 'ERR_REQUIRE_ESM'
}

Answer 1

I got the same 'ERR_REQUIRE_ESM' error for nanoid:^4.0.0 & there are multiple ways to resolve this error:-

1)Use fix esm https://www.npmjs.com/package/fix-esm module & import the module like this:

const someModule = require("fix-esm").require("some-module");

2)Use dynamic import as shown below:

import('nanoid') 
.then((res)=>{ console.log(res) })         
.catch((err)=>{ console.log(err) });

Just make sure you dont have type:"module" field in package.json in above both cases otherwise you got "TypeError [ERR_UNKNOWN_FILE_EXTENSION]: Unknown file extension" error

3)Downgrade the module version to a stable old version, for eg in my case it was resolved when I downgraded nanoid version to :

"nanoid": "^3.1.22"