[nodejs] Uncaught TypeError: PouchDB is not a constructor

[Matias Salimbene]

Hello,

I'm using pouchDB as a cdb for an app and I'm struggling to understand this
error: *Uncaught TypeError: PouchDB is not a constructor*
The declaration is as follows:

var PouchDB = require("pouchdb");var db = new PouchDB("scr");

I've read about how it may be related to types and that adding:

"@types/node": "^10.12.0",
"@types/pouchdb": "^6.3.2",


to my package.json should help, but it isn't. I've tested on another simple
.js file and works, but on my main app it isn't. Still, I don't understand
why it wouldn't work. The pouch documentation is quite clear
https://pouchdb.com/api.html#create_document. I should mention I'm running
this on the context of an electron app, not in the browser.

Any tip is greatly appreciated,

Cheers, Matias.
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[Joshua Holbrook]

A tiny hint maybe: it looks like pouchdb uses es6 module syntax
https://github.com/pouchdb/pouchdb/blob/master/packages/node_modules/pouchdb/src/pouchdb.js
and this is presumably compiled via babel - so the way that require works
might be funky. Dunno though. Either way, I'd see if PouchDB here is
actually an object with, say a "default" property whose value is the
PouchDB constructor. console.log will probably help you here.

Good luck!

--Josh

Post by Matias Salimbene
Hello,
I'm using pouchDB as a cdb for an app and I'm struggling to understand
this error: *Uncaught TypeError: PouchDB is not a constructor*
var PouchDB = require("pouchdb");var db = new PouchDB("scr");
to my package.json should help, but it isn't. I've tested on another
simple .js file and works, but on my main app it isn't. Still, I don't
understand why it wouldn't work. The pouch documentation is quite clear
https://pouchdb.com/api.html#create_document. I should mention I'm
running this on the context of an electron app, not in the browser.
Any tip is greatly appreciated,
Cheers, Matias.
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Post by Matias Salimbene
Hello,
I'm using pouchDB as a cdb for an app and I'm struggling to understand
this error: *Uncaught TypeError: PouchDB is not a constructor*
var PouchDB = require("pouchdb");var db = new PouchDB("scr");
to my package.json should help, but it isn't. I've tested on another
simple .js file and works, but on my main app it isn't. Still, I don't
understand why it wouldn't work. The pouch documentation is quite clear
https://pouchdb.com/api.html#create_document. I should mention I'm
running this on the context of an electron app, not in the browser.
Any tip is greatly appreciated,
Cheers, Matias.
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