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Sloth bear posted this in #help-forum

Sloth bearOP

2023-09-13T07:36:01.000Z

hey guys
I'm pretty new to web dev so sorry if this sounds dumb

Im tryin to send a post requst to an api route which is a JSON with a name inside , and then add it to mongodb using mongoose

I've made a user schema and exported a model in a seperate file in compnents foolder in the root dir

when I want to import it using require() I get an err as in the screenshot

the schema file :

const mongoose = require('mongoose');

const userSchema = new mongoose.Schema({    
    name:String
});
module.exports = mongoose.model("user" , userSchema);

how im requiring it :
const User = require("@/components/User") ;

44 Replies

Eric Burel

2023-09-13T07:51:05.000Z

Use import

import User from "@/components/User"

it's surprising that require doesn't work though

but perhaps related to the TS config

also double check that "components/User" does exist ^^

@Eric Burel it's surprising that require doesn't work though

Sloth bearOP

2023-09-13T07:58:37.000Z

ive also tried that before and I did once again still the same err

and the path is like this

am I doing something wrong?

@Sloth bear Click to see attachment

Clown

2023-09-13T08:04:14.000Z

Its a js

Are u exporting?

Eric Burel

2023-09-13T08:08:26.000Z

I read cmponents

not components

Clown

2023-09-13T08:08:50.000Z

Yeah thats also a issue

@Clown Its a js

Sloth bearOP

2023-09-13T08:11:27.000Z

Yes ðŸ¥²

@Eric Burel I read cmponents

Sloth bearOP

2023-09-13T08:13:16.000Z

The folder name was something ele I quickly changed it to components for the forum, and i didn't check it ðŸ¤¦ðŸ»
So there is 2 problems
1st the obvious one the name
2nd I shouldn't use js?

Clown

2023-09-13T08:23:45.000Z

I think if its a component u should use jsx/tsx

Also the component needs to be exported.

Default exported:
import User from ".."
Normal export:
import {User} from ".. "

joulev

2023-09-13T08:28:42.000Z

pretty sure this is due to bad absolute path config

require still plays well with absolute path imports, though ofc you should use import statements instead

@Clown Also the component needs to be exported. Default exported: `import User from ".." ` Normal export: `import {User} from ".. "`

Sloth bearOP

2023-09-13T08:32:19.000Z

Tnx
Can I add you as a friend? ðŸ™ƒ

Barbary Lion

2023-09-13T09:19:59.000Z

yeah the import problem may have occured as suggested above but I don't get it that why are you importing User component in route.js file. You may have wanted to import User Model from schema.js or whatever u have named it, and importing right file would work with require(schema.js) as well.

@Barbary Lion yeah the import problem may have occured as suggested above but I don't get it that why are you importing `User` component in `route.js` file. You may have wanted to import `User Model` from `schema.js` or whatever u have named it, and importing right file would work with `require(schema.js)` as well.

Sloth bearOP

2023-09-13T09:36:18.000Z

I was confused too , I checked it again and its working with no problem, others pointed out that the folder name was "cmponent" and I was giving "component" as the path, but before I post it to the forum the naming was all different and I did check the spelling and there was no missmatch , I dont know what caused it either but the problem is resolved for now

Barbary Lion

2023-09-13T09:37:33.000Z

so what are you using now ?

@Barbary Lion so what are you using now ?

Sloth bearOP

2023-09-13T09:37:49.000Z

require()

Barbary Lion

2023-09-13T09:37:57.000Z

path?

Sloth bearOP

2023-09-13T09:38:19.000Z

"@/components/User"

Barbary Lion

2023-09-13T09:38:38.000Z

whats inside this file ?

can i see git repo ?

@Barbary Lion whats inside this file ?

Sloth bearOP

2023-09-13T09:39:12.000Z

it exports a model

Barbary Lion

2023-09-13T09:39:25.000Z

your folder name in ss is indeed "cmponents"

not in code

but folder name

@Barbary Lion can i see git repo ?

Sloth bearOP

2023-09-13T09:40:07.000Z

I dont know git but if i did cofigure it out ill send you the repo

Barbary Lion

2023-09-13T09:40:27.000Z

so u may have changed that folder name, and its working now

Sloth bearOP

2023-09-13T09:40:52.000Z

yeah its the most reasonable answer

Barbary Lion

2023-09-13T09:40:56.000Z

btw, if that file exports Model then keep it in separate folder like models/User.js

Sloth bearOP

2023-09-13T09:41:15.000Z

that would be a good practice

Barbary Lion

2023-09-13T09:41:18.000Z

because components folder would be supposed to have React components

@Sloth bear that would be a good practice

Barbary Lion

2023-09-13T09:41:25.000Z

yeah

Sloth bearOP

2023-09-13T09:41:45.000Z

tnx for the help can I add you as a friend?

Barbary Lion

2023-09-13T09:42:02.000Z

okay