electron-updater: Named export 'autoUpdater' not found

[ashwin-mittal]

• Node Version: 18.18.2
• Electron Version: 28.0.0
• Electron Type (current, beta, nightly): current
  Which version of electron-updater are you using (if applicable)? 6.1.1

I am not able to static import (import { autoUpdater } from "electron-updater" ) electron-updater in my electron application where it is mentioned clearly in the docs that we can do that. Here is the repository to reproduce the issue.

[mmaietta]

In the console logs, there's an error as to why it doesn't work (due to package.json "type": "module") in addition to how to properly import a CJS module.

App threw an error during load
file:///Users/michael.maietta/Development/electron-updater-issue-main/index.js:1
import { autoUpdater } from "electron-updater";
         ^^^^^^^^^^^
SyntaxError: Named export 'autoUpdater' not found. The requested module 'electron-updater' is a CommonJS module, which may not support all module.exports as named exports.
CommonJS modules can always be imported via the default export, for example using

import pkg from 'electron-updater';
const { autoUpdater } = pkg;

Solution:

import pkg from 'electron-updater';
const { autoUpdater } = pkg;

[undergroundwires]

Any plans to support ESM natively in electron-updater?

Thank you for the post @mmaietta, it solves the problem but I believe it is a workaround rather than an actual solution. If this is the way forward, I believe the docs should be updated.

[mmaietta]

It's probably unlikely I think in order to maintain backward support? I think electron-builder could be a hybrid npm package but that looks to require significant changes in both compilation, package imports, and test runners due to the monorepo configuration

Great feedback on the docs, I'll add that to my (lengthy) todo list