SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module

[mieradi]

Node v20
pnpm v9.12.2

I cannot use v2 of this package due to commonjs not being supported at all anymore. Is there a way we can get support for both esm and commonjs?

Thanks for the great work!

[wariomvc]

Same problem, using NestJS
the previous version (v1.2) worked fine

[zhiweit]

Fix: Update the config file.

You might have to make some changes to your vite config file if you are using vite.
In my case, fixed it by adding this to the app.config.ts file

import { defineConfig } from "@solidjs/start/config";

export default defineConfig({
  vite: {
    ssr: {
      noExternal: ["pdf-img-convert", "node-fetch"],
    },
  },
});

I also experienced this error in my project using solidjs.

Cannot use import statement outside a module

/.../node_modules/.pnpm/pdf-img-convert@2.0.0_encoding@0.1.13/node_modules/pdf-img-convert/pdf-img-convert.js:1
import fetch from 'node-fetch';
^^^^^^
SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module
    at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1281:20)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1321:27)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1416:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1208:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1024:12)
    at cjsLoader (node:internal/modules/esm/translators:348:17)
    at ModuleWrap.<anonymous> (node:internal/modules/esm/translators:297:7)
    at ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:222:25)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at async ModuleLoader.import (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:316:24)
    at async nodeImport 

Answer reference from gpt 4-o

Adjust Vite Configuration
Vite needs to know how to handle certain dependencies during the build process. You can adjust the vite.config.ts file to ensure that pdf-img-convert is treated correctly.
vite.config.ts
Explanation:
The ssr.noExternal option tells Vite to bundle pdf-img-convert and node-fetch instead of treating them as external dependencies. This is crucial for libraries that use ES Module syntax.

[JCMais]

The error here is actually that this package is not setting itself as a esmodule in the package.json

The author needs to set "type": "module" in the package.json.

[gcalabria]

Setting "type": "module" in the package.json solved the bug above but now I am getting:

Failed parsing file into parts TypeError: process.getBuiltinModule is not a function

Any ideas?