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Cannot import the Mindee Node module after installing the latest version

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Shows how to fix cannot import the Mindee Node module after installing the latest version. Use it when you hit this exact problem. Skip it when your error message or symptom looks different.

TL;DR

Upgrade Node rather than reinstalling the SDK. How to cannot import the Mindee Node module after installing the latest version.

Steps

  1. Issue mindee/mindee-api-nodejs#130 (closed, 3 comments): importing the SDK in an Express server failed right after installing the latest version. After some back and forth it turned out to be the Node version; it works on Node 18 and up.
  2. If the Mindee Node SDK installs but the import fails, check your Node version before anything else. This exact failure came down to an old Node; everything works on Node 18 and up. Upgrade Node rather than reinstalling the SDK.

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You are seeing this: After some back and forth it turned out to be the Node version; it works on Node 18 and up. Use this skill when you run into "Cannot import the Mindee Node module after installing the latest version".

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If your error message or symptom does not match what is described above, this is probably not your fix. Search for your exact error text instead of forcing this one to fit.

Versions

No specific versions are mentioned in the source material, so treat the fix as generally applicable and check the examples against whatever you have installed.

Why this happens

After some back and forth it turned out to be the Node version; it works on Node 18 and up.

Sources

  • https://github.com/mindee/mindee-api-nodejs/issues/130

Evidence

In gh:mindee/mindee-api-nodejs#130, the reporter ran into: Issue mindee/mindee-api-nodejs#130 (closed, 3 comments): importing the SDK in an Express server failed right after installing the latest version. After some back and forth it turned out to be the Node version; it works on Node 18 and up. The verified answer was: If the Mindee Node SDK installs but the import fails, check your Node version before anything else. This exact failure came down to an old Node; everything works on Node 18 and up. Upgrade Node rather than reinstalling the SDK. Source issue: https://github.com/mindee/mindee-api-nodejs/issues/130

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