Cannot find module '../models/user' Node.js on Server

Question

i can start my node app fine on my local machine but if i then pull the project from github on my server and start it with npm start i get this error:

Cannot find module '../models/user'.

import User = require('../models/user');

registrationController.ts is trying to access the models/user.

This is how i import in that file:

import User = require('../models/user');

This is my folder structure. I get the error in the highlighted file:

This is my npm start script:

"scripts": {
   "start": "nodemon --watch '*.ts' --exec 'ts-node' app.ts"
}

What file is trying to access `models/user`? Could you show us the code for that and where it is in the directory? — T. Short, Dec 23 '19 at 15:24
registrationController.ts is trying to access it. I updated the question — SwiftiSwift, Dec 23 '19 at 15:26
did you mark this as 'release' by any chance, on github or elsewhere? — Sumuk Shashidhar, Dec 23 '19 at 15:29
I think it should be `import User from '../models/user';` or `const User = require('../models/user');`. Assuming `user.ts` has a default export — Ben, Dec 23 '19 at 15:30

Orleando Dassi · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-23T15:38:35.983

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This isn't the correct syntax to use your user model into the controllers, you should assign the required model directly to a variable (either a const or var) as follow:

const User = require('../models/user');

This link has great details regarding the two ways (import and require).

edited Dec 23 '19 at 15:38

answered Dec 23 '19 at 15:31

Orleando Dassi

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doesn't fix the issue unfortunately – SwiftiSwift Dec 23 '19 at 16:12
@jsbeginnerNodeJS Hope that you exported the module from the user model. – Orleando Dassi Dec 23 '19 at 16:32
My filename was User.ts on bitbucket instead of user.ts I pushed it to bitbucket before with user.ts but the filename hasn't changed there!!! So i had to remove the whole project from bitbucket – SwiftiSwift Dec 23 '19 at 16:32
Ok, but according to your question, I think my answer is correct :) – Orleando Dassi Dec 23 '19 at 16:34

Dulara Malindu · Answer 2 · 2019-12-23T17:26:00.700

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It looks like mixing the es6 syntax with older syntax

use this way if you are exporting that module as a default export

import User from '../models/user';

otherwise use

const User = require('../models/user')

make sure you are exporting the module like this

module.exports = <Your Module>

edited Dec 23 '19 at 17:26

answered Dec 23 '19 at 15:37

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 23 '19 at 16:32

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My filename was User.ts on bitbucket instead of user.ts

I pushed it to bitbucket before with user.ts but the filename hasn't changed there!!! So i had to remove the whole project from bitbucket

answered Dec 23 '19 at 16:32

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Cannot find module '../models/user' Node.js on Server

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