Can't install with nest.js

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RostyslavKhrinovskyi opened this issue a year ago · comments

Node version: v14.17.6
Nest.js version: 9.0.0

after simple install npm i nanoid and import by import { nanoid } from 'nanoid' trying to ran application and get next error:

Error [ERR_REQUIRE_ESM]: Must use import to load ES Module: require() of ES modules is not supported.

Andrey Sitnik · Answer 1 · Wed Dec 21 2022 00:09:24 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Nest.js doesn’t support ESM applications. Switch to 3.x branch for now (4.x branch is only for ESM applications).

Don’t worry, 3.x branch is not outdated and still supported.