ERR_REQUIRE_ESM on running project

[subhasisghosal]

I have imported the package as instructed as follows:
const softDelete = require('mongoose-softdelete');
But whenever I'm running the project, I'm facing an error like below:
Error [ERR_REQUIRE_ESM]: Must use import to load ES Module: /home/subhasis/Work/mpac-dispenser/node_modules/mongoose-softdelete/src/mongoose-softdelete.js require() of ES modules is not supported. require() of /home/subhasis/Work/mpac-dispenser/node_modules/mongoose-softdelete/src/mongoose-softdelete.js from /home/subhasis/Work/mpac-dispenser/models/medicine.js is an ES module file as it is a .js file whose nearest parent package.json contains "type": "module" which defines all .js files in that package scope as ES modules. Instead rename mongoose-softdelete.js to end in .cjs, change the requiring code to use import(), or remove "type": "module" from /home/subhasis/Work/mpac-dispenser/node_modules/mongoose-softdelete/package.json.
Kindly fix this issue otherwise give a solution to overcome this. If I comment out the require line then it runs fine.

[riyadhalnur]

The documentation needs to be updated for the JS example. You can go ahead and use import to use this package if you're using the latest version of NodeJS

[subhasisghosal]

I'm using the latest version of node. But I'm using require for all other imports. So if I use import statement only for this package then it gives me the following error:
SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module
@riyadhalnur kindly help regarding this

[riyadhalnur]

@subhasisghosal you can read more about using import statements here https://nodejs.org/api/esm.html#esm_package_json_type_field and https://nodejs.org/api/packages.html#packages_determining_module_system