Warning: To load an ES module in Azure environment

[pronitagrawalvera]

Hi Team,

We are currently facing issues deploying our Chat UI solution in Azure Web App. The error encountered in the console log is as follows:

npm http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/npm 141ms
(node:124) Warning: To load an ES module, set "type": "module" in the package.json or use the .mjs extension.
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
/home/site/wwwroot/node_modules/.bin/vite:2
import { performance } from 'node:perf_hooks'
^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module
    at internalCompileFunction (node:internal/vm:77:18)
    at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1288:20)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1340:27)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1435:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1207:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1023:12)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:135:12)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:28:49

Node.js v20.11.1
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It appears to be a Node.js issue, and I believe there might be an error in my package.json configuration. I have tried using both Node.js 18 and 20 without success.

Could you please provide me with the correct configuration for package.json to resolve this issue?

[pronitagrawalvera]

HI @nsarrazin

Do you know the root cause for this issue.

[nsarrazin]

Not sure what would cause this, we use node 20 in our docker image.

If possible try to use the docker image we provide, that should work since we use it in prod for HuggingChat.

[pronitagrawalvera]

Thanks @nsarrazin but with the docker image you provide, I am getting new error on npm run build command,

npm run build
npm info using [email protected]
npm info using [email protected]

> [email protected] build
> vite build


vite v4.5.3 building SSR bundle for production...
"BaseClient" and "TokenSet" are imported from external module "openid-client" but never used in "src/lib/server/auth.ts".
"Readable" is imported from external module "node:stream" but never used in "src/lib/server/endpoints/cohere/endpointCohere.ts".
✓ 366 modules transformed.

node:internal/event_target:1100
  process.nextTick(() => { throw err; });
                           ^
SyntaxError [Error]: JSON5: invalid character 'u' at 1:1
    at syntaxError (/home/site/wwwroot/node_modules/json5/lib/parse.js:1110:17)
    at invalidChar (/home/site/wwwroot/node_modules/json5/lib/parse.js:1055:12)
    at Object.value (/home/site/wwwroot/node_modules/json5/lib/parse.js:309:15)
    at lex (/home/site/wwwroot/node_modules/json5/lib/parse.js:100:42)
    at Object.parse (/home/site/wwwroot/node_modules/json5/lib/parse.js:25:17)
    at file:///home/site/wwwroot/.svelte-kit/output/server/chunks/auth.js:27:16
    at ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:218:25)
    at async ModuleLoader.import (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:329:24)
    at async analyse (file:///home/site/wwwroot/node_modules/@sveltejs/kit/src/core/postbuild/analyse.js:60:16)
    at async MessagePort.<anonymous> (file:///home/site/wwwroot/node_modules/@sveltejs/kit/src/utils/fork.js:22:16)
Emitted 'error' event on Worker instance at:
    at [kOnErrorMessage] (node:internal/worker:326:10)
    at [kOnMessage] (node:internal/worker:337:37)
    at MessagePort.<anonymous> (node:internal/worker:232:57)
    at [nodejs.internal.kHybridDispatch] (node:internal/event_target:826:20)
    at exports.emitMessage (node:internal/per_context/messageport:23:28)
    at MessagePort.callbackTrampoline (node:internal/async_hooks:130:17) {
  lineNumber: 1,
  columnNumber: 1
}

Node.js v20.11.1