Basic Example not going through

[eliassal]

Description

Hi, I am new to node and trying to run the basic example you provide. When I run it I get

import { createClient } from 'redis';
^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module
at internalCompileFunction (node:internal/vm:73:18)
at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1187:20)
at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1231:27)
at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1321:10)
at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1125:32)
at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:965:12)
at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:83:12)
at node:internal/main/run_main_module:23:47

Node.js v20.0.0

Node.js Version

v20.0.0

Redis Server Version

latest docker image

Node Redis Version

redis@4.6.12

Platform

Windows 10

Logs

import { createClient } from 'redis';
^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module
    at internalCompileFunction (node:internal/vm:73:18)
    at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1187:20)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1231:27)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1321:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1125:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:965:12)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:83:12)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:23:47

Node.js v20.0.0

[SiNONiMiTY]

@eliassal not a bug of node-redis, maybe you have not configured the "module" type in your package.json, hence Node is treating it as CommonJS, which does not support import statements

try to add this on your package.json

{
    "type": "module" <-- THIS ONE ONLY
}

[ranjitmahadik]

@eliassal you can try below code to import createClient.

const { createClient } = require('redis');

const client = createClient().on('error', err => console.log("[Error]: ", err)).connect();