TypeError: buildSchema is not a function

[dschinkel]

I do not know how to make this "happy". And I've spent hours on this...about had it.

the package.json in the folder with this code is as a "type"="module"

api.ts

import compression from 'compression';
import express from 'express';

import * as expressGraphQL from 'express-graphql';
import * as graphQL from 'graphql';

const { graphqlHTTP } = expressGraphQL;
const { buildSchema } = graphQL;

...
const App = express()
  .use(compression())
  .on('error', (err: any) => {
    console.log(err);
  })
  .use(
    '/graphql',
    graphqlHTTP({
      schema,
      rootValue: root,
      graphiql: true,
  })
);

export default App;

I'm not able to import buildSchema and get that working...no matter what I've tried so far.

The error I get now is a TS error:
TypeError: buildSchema is not a function

I already have these installed:

"@types/express-graphql": "^0.9.0",
"@types/graphql": "^14.5.0",

Also since this is an ESM I can't use require. So that route for import is not an option...I can't use const { graphql, buildSchema } = require('graphql');

And trying this route:

import { graphqlHTTP } from 'express-graphql';
import { buildSchema } from 'graphql';

Gave me:

import { buildSchema } from 'graphql';
         ^^^^^^^^^^^
SyntaxError: The requested module 'graphql' is expected to be of type CommonJS, which does not support named exports. CommonJS modules can be imported by importing the default export.
For example:
import pkg from 'graphql';
const { buildSchema } = pkg;

already posted this on stack, no responses.

[dschinkel]

resolution of course, right after I post this, but this is all still such a pain in the ass

import pkg1 from 'express-graphql';

import pkg from 'graphql';

const { graphqlHTTP } = pkg1;

const { buildSchema } = pkg;