'does not provide an export named 'createRouter'' vue 3, vite and vue-router

Question

I just started using vite with vue.

When I'm trying to use vue-router I get the error:

SyntaxError: The requested module '/node_modules/.vite/vue-router/dist/vue-router.esm.js?v=4830dca4' does not provide an export named 'createRouter

My router/index.js looks like this:

import {
 createWebHistory,
 createRouter
} from "vue-router";

import Services from "../views/Services.vue";
import Customers from "../views/Customers.vue";

const history = createWebHistory();
const routes = [
  {
    path: "/",
    component: Services
  },
  {
    path: "/customers",
    component: Customers
  },
];
const router = createRouter({
  history,
  routes
});
export default router;

My main.js looks like this:

import { createApp } from 'vue'
import App from './App.vue'
import './index.css'
import router from './router'

createApp(App).use(router).mount('#app')

My package.json looks like this:

{
 "name": "frontend",
 "version": "0.0.0",
 "scripts": {
 "dev": "vite",
 "build": "vite build"
},
 "dependencies": {
 "vue": "^3.0.5",
 "vue-router": "^3.4.9"
},
 "devDependencies": {
 "@vitejs/plugin-vue": "^1.0.4",
 "@vue/compiler-sfc": "^3.0.5",
 "autoprefixer": "^10.2.3",
 "postcss": "^8.2.4",
 "tailwindcss": "^2.0.2",
 "vite": "^2.0.0-beta.12"
 }
}

Anyone knows how to export the route?

Use `import VueRouter from "vue-router"` and when defining use `const router = new VueRouter({ your code})` — Yash Maheshwari, Jan 23 '21 at 12:00
no worries, you could get that when you see that he's using vite which works only with vue 3 — Boussadjra Brahim, Jan 23 '21 at 12:05

score 23 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 20 '21 at 13:50

23

if you check inside the file '/node_modules/.vite/vue-router/dist/vue-router.esm.js?v=4830dca4'

there is no export default syntax. only named export {}

so instead import default, use named import.

// don't
import VueRouter from 'vue-router'

// do
import { createRouter, createWebHashHistory } from 'vue-router'

answered Nov 20 '21 at 13:50

kubido

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This is the answer if you're referencing: https://router.vuejs.org/guide/#javascript – Anton Feb 25 '22 at 23:19
I had this issue in `App.vue` and this answer solve my issue. – Gustav Eriksson Apr 07 '22 at 14:17

score 19 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 23 '21 at 12:05

19

You should uninstall the current vue-router module and reinstall the latest (version 4) one which is compatible with Vue 3 by running :

npm uninstall vue-router

then

npm install vue-router@next -S

answered Jan 23 '21 at 12:05

Boussadjra Brahim

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The new portal: https://next.router.vuejs.org/installation.html – Kacifer Mar 04 '21 at 16:27
`4.0.6` worked fine for me with `vue@^3.0.5` – doğukan Jul 03 '21 at 10:46
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NOTE: If you're running Vite you'll have to shut it down and restart it before this change takes effect. This did solve my problem. – Oct 24 '21 at 01:37
@Roga do you mean quitting server and restarting again ? – Sandesh Sapkota Feb 01 '22 at 13:06

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 26 '21 at 12:19

4

For what it's worth I ran into this same issue while using vue-router@4. I was using yarn instead of npm. Switching to npm fixed the issue. I'm not sure if the problem was yarn or if a fresh install was all that was needed.

answered Feb 26 '21 at 12:19

Ian Callahan

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Me too. I have `vue-router@4` and doing it with `yarn`. From your comment, I tried just deleting `node_modules` and reinstalling with `yarn` again and worked! – juanesarango Apr 09 '21 at 17:32

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 08 '21 at 15:48

3

if you update vue-router from v3.x to v4.x under your vite project，plz clear the deps cache

vite --force

offical docs: https://vitejs.dev/guide/dep-pre-bundling.html#caching

answered Mar 08 '21 at 15:48

duXing

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 02 '22 at 13:03

There is an easy solution if exported module actually exports only methods, but you still want to import all of them as an object.

// if this does not work
import VueRouter from 'vue-router'

// try this
import * as VueRouter from 'vue-router';

This usually happens when you import compiled JS into TS. Same solution works with underscore or lodash

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 13 '22 at 21:29

Don't import like this in vue3 it will not work

import VueRouter from 'vue-router';

Import Like this it will work

import * as VueRouter from 'vue-router';

or Import Specific Then do like this

import { createRouter, createWebHashHistory } from 'vue-router'

score -1 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 17 '21 at 05:14

-1

Try to close your app than re open again, I fix this issue

answered Aug 17 '21 at 05:14

mrtns

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'does not provide an export named 'createRouter'' vue 3, vite and vue-router

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