Error launching simple script: Error [ERR_REQUIRE_ESM]: require() of ES Module

[Komakino-joy]

I am trying to run the code below, but keep getting this error, has anyone else ran into this issue ?

ERROR

C:localRepo\node_modules\ts-node\dist\index.js:851
            return old(m, filename);
                   ^
Error [ERR_REQUIRE_ESM]: require() of ES Module C:localRepo\node_modules\camoufox-js\dist\index.js from C:localRepo\src\simpleCamoufoxScript.ts not supported.
Instead change the require of index.js in C:localRepo\src\simpleCamoufoxScript.ts to a dynamic import() which is available in all CommonJS modules.
    at require.extensions.<computed> [as .js] (C:localRepo\node_modules\ts-node\dist\index.js:851:20)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:localRepo\src\simpleCamoufoxScript.ts:3:23)
    at m._compile (C:localRepo\node_modules\ts-node\dist\index.js:857:29)
    at require.extensions.<computed> [as .ts] (C:localRepo\node_modules\ts-node\dist\index.js:859:16)
    at phase4 (C:localRepo\node_modules\ts-node\dist\bin.js:466:20)
    at bootstrap (C:localRepo\node_modules\ts-node\dist\bin.js:54:12)
    at main (C:localRepo\node_modules\ts-node\dist\bin.js:33:12)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:localRepo\node_modules\ts-node\dist\bin.js:579:5) {
  code: 'ERR_REQUIRE_ESM'
}

SCRIPT

import { launchOptions } from "camoufox-js";
import { firefox } from "playwright";
import { proxyConfig } from "./config";
import { sleep, debug } from "./utils";

const { proxyIp, proxyUser, proxyPass, proxyUrl, proxyPort } = proxyConfig;
if (!proxyUrl || !proxyIp || !proxyUser || !proxyPass) throw Error("Proxy Address is required.");

const main = async () => {
  try {
    debug("[Checkpoint] Connecting to Camoufox browser...");
    const browser = await firefox.launch({
      ...(await launchOptions({
        headless: false,
        humanize: true,
        debug: false,
        block_images: false,
        geoip: true,
        enable_cache: false,
        proxy: {
          server: `http://${proxyIp}:${proxyPort}`,
          username: proxyUser as string,
          password: proxyPass as string,
        },
      })),
      // other Playwright options, overriding the Camoufox options
    });

    await browser.newPage();

    await sleep(1000 * 1 * 60 * 20);
  } catch (error) {
    debug(`Error: ${(error as any).message}`);
    throw error;
  } finally {
    debug("Stopping server and browser...");
    debug("Cleanup completed");
  }
};

main().catch(console.error);

[barjin]

Hello, and thank you for your interest in this project!

The require() call is likely coming from the TS -> JS transformation done by ts-node. You can either try one of the tricks described here, or switch to another TS runtime.

Note that since Node 22.7, Node has native support for running TS code using the --experimental-strip-types option.
This means you can run something like

node --experimental-strip-types ./your-script-name.ts

You can read more about the native TS support here.

I'll close this issue now, but feel free to ask additional questions if you have any. Cheers!