Error - Cannot find module 'config'

Question

I have mail configuration code in all.js.

Now i am trying to import this in my mail.js service, so i imported the config module as follows :-

mail.js

config = require('config'),

all.js

mailer: {
        auth: {
            user: "XXXXXXX",
            pass: "abc@123"
        }
    }

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Gives me error cannot find module, but the module exists i have checked it.

How to solve this?

Have you exported the module..? As in did something like Module.Exports.Mailer = {auth : {...}} — Errol Dsilva, Feb 06 '14 at 09:52
Try this config = require('config').mailer, if you are exporting a object called mailer, you need to refer to it. — Errol Dsilva, Feb 06 '14 at 09:58
Try using path `require('./config/config');` see [File modules](http://nodejs.org/api/modules.html#modules_file_modules) — Sonata, Feb 06 '14 at 10:06
Is [config](https://npmjs.org/package/config) even installed ? — user568109, Feb 06 '14 at 12:18

score 13 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 06 '14 at 12:22

13

I used the following code & it worked :-

config = require('../config/config');

answered Feb 06 '14 at 12:22

Anup

4

Yeah, you have to use relative path (starting with '../' or './'), otherwise node.js will look into node_modules folder. – alex Feb 06 '14 at 19:08
1

Make sure to know how to differentiate between **../** and **./**. `. = This location .. = Up a directory` [reference](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7591240/what-does-dot-slash-refer-to-in-terms-of-an-html-file-path-location) – Michał Dobi Dobrzański Sep 09 '18 at 13:41

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered May 22 '21 at 12:38

4

This also occurs when you don't have the config package installed. You may just need to install the config package

npm i config

answered May 22 '21 at 12:38

ebentil

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 06 '22 at 08:56

so you have to modify the path relative to the file you are using process.env not relative to the specified file config.json

eg:

node_modules
.gitignore
.env
config.json
folder:
     file.js

using config.json in file.js process.env.SECRET_KEY

.env: SECRET_KEY=../config.json //because you go out of folder in file.js to get into config.json

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