import module Error is not a function?

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I have file to export 'item-state-manager.js':

module.exports.aggregate_states = function (member_states) {
    console.log(member_states);
 }

other file should import this module and use function 'aggregate_states':

var aggregate_states = require("./item-state-manager.js")

module.exports.saveItem = function () {
 var aggregate = aggregate_states("state");
}

But i receiving error:

TypeError: aggregate_states is not a function

Do I import 'item-state-manager.js' wrong?

skAstro · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-25 10:48:45Z

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As I know require returns the module.exports object.

If aggregate_states is your only function you want to export use this.

module.exports = function (member_states) {
    console.log(member_states);
}

Otherwise import it like this.

var aggregate_states = require("./item-state-manager.js").aggregate_states;

answered Jan 25, 2017 at 10:48

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fredrivett · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-21 11:48:22Z

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Recently I hit into the same sort of error, TypeError: (0 , _store.withToken) is not a function when running my (minimal) test suite on a project. Confusingly, the function withToken was fine in many of the tests, but not in others.

After a lot of digging in, I finally narrowed it down to being an issue with a cyclical dependency.

Refactoring my code so that the cyclical dependency was removed fixed the issue and the error disappeared. Specifically, I had to bring some of the files that referenced each other into one larger file, which is a little less tidy but removes this issue.

In my instance, because my withToken function referenced the store, and the store referenced withToken, both functions cannot have been setup at the same time, so to setup store, withToken needs importing, and to use withToken it needed the imported store.

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answered Jan 8, 2021 at 11:07

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C.J. Over a year ago

Bless you sir! When I saw this, my quick test was to comment out the requires on one side of the dependency, and this issue was confirmed. Even though the imported functions on either side never cycled back at any point, it seems them simply requiring from each other was enough to cause this.

Enes Kirimi Over a year ago

Thanks for the reply. In my case, the problem turned out to be a cyclical dependency as well.

ThomasThiebaud · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-25 10:48:06Z

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You are not importing the module correctly. Either import directly the funcion using

var aggregate_states = require("./item-state-manager.js").aggregate_states;

or import the module and call the function

var stateManager = require("./item-state-manager.js");
// And use it like this
stateManager.aggregate_states(/*...*/)

If you are using an up to date version of node, you can also do

const { aggregate_states } = require("./item-state-manager.js");

answered Jan 25, 2017 at 10:48

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XCS · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-25 10:47:51Z

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Try this:

var aggregate_states = require("./item-state-manager.js").aggregate_states;

module.exports.saveItem = function () {
 var aggregate = aggregate_states("state");
}

aggregate_states is just a property of the entire returned module, when you require you get the entire module which is an Object that looks like this:

{
    aggregate_states: function() {...}
}

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Sebastian Juarez · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-05 17:50:22Z

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------ AT THE EXPORTING FILE

declare the function you want to export normally... function aggregate_state(member_states)

at the end of that .js file add... module.exports = { aggregate_state : aggregate_state, }

------ AT THE IMPORTING FILE

import the file you want... const aggregate_states = require("./item-state-manager.js");

call it... item-state-manager.aggregate_state(member_states);

answered Mar 5, 2020 at 17:50

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