grpc-web: Importing as ESModule in Node #1171
Description
Versions of relevant software used
- Node v19
- grpc-web v1.5.1
- webpack: 5.88.1
- webpack-cli: 4.10.0
What happened
Similar to #369, attempting to run this (named repro.mjs) under Node fails:
import { grpc } from "@improbable-eng/grpc-web";with
import { grpc } from "@improbable-eng/grpc-web";
^^^^
SyntaxError: Named export 'grpc' not found. The requested module '@improbable-eng/grpc-web' is a CommonJS module, which may not support all module.exports as named exports.
CommonJS modules can always be imported via the default export, for example using:
What you expected to happen
No error.
How to reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible):
https://stackblitz.com/edit/stackblitz-webcontainer-api-starter-uuifs3?file=repro.js&view=editor
Run npm run repro
It looks like building for ESM (as originally suggested in #369) and adding an exports.import field in package.json makes it importable: https://github.com/improbable-eng/grpc-web/compare/master...tommie:grpc-web:esm?expand=1