Can't use this with typescript/node16?

[Lokomojo]

import escapeStringRegexp from 'escape-string-regexp';

Typescript compiles this down to

const escape_string_regexp_1 = require("escape-string-regexp");

which causes Node to throw

[ERROR] uncaughtException: require() of ES Module node_modules\escape-string-regexp\index.js from dist\backend\classes\UiClient.js not supported.
Instead change the require of index.js in dist\backend\classes\UiClient.js to a dynamic import() which is available in all CommonJS modules.

I don't have this issue with any other module; how can I work around this?

[jleei]

same issue here, node 14 + typescript

[sindresorhus]

https://gist.github.com/sindresorhus/a39789f98801d908bbc7ff3ecc99d99c

[Lokomojo]

Unfortunately, await import(…) doesn't work either with Typescript (it compiles it to a require, even when targeting es2020).

And given that very few other node modules are compatible with ES6, this basically means that you cannot use this module with node + typescript.

Fortunately this module basically consists of just one line of code so I copied it into my project - problem solved.

[olchyk98]

There's no essential difference between v4 and v5, except of the fact that v4 is not ESM. Downgrading the package to v4 should resolve the issue for now.