CLI error on node.js in latest version but not previous

[cmdcolin]

straw ~/Downloads/intra_nofrag_30.hic --norms
file:///home/cdiesh/.fnm/node-versions/v22.11.0/installation/lib/node_modules/hic-straw/cli.js:3
const Straw = require("./dist/hic-straw.js");
              ^

ReferenceError: require is not defined in ES module scope, you can use import instead
This file is being treated as an ES module because it has a '.js' file extension and '/home/cdiesh/.fnm/node-versions/v22.11.0/installation/lib/node_modules/hic-straw/package.json' contains "type": "module". To treat it as a CommonJS script, rename it to use the '.cjs' file extension.
    at file:///home/cdiesh/.fnm/node-versions/v22.11.0/installation/lib/node_modules/hic-straw/cli.js:3:15
    at ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:268:25)
    at async onImport.tracePromise.__proto__ (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:543:26)
    at async asyncRunEntryPointWithESMLoader (node:internal/modules/run_main:116:5)

Node.js v22.11.0

might be related to the type:module addition, tricky stuff

I found getting an older version does work though

$ npm install -g "hic-straw@v2.0.3" 
$ npm install -g "node-fetch@^2.0.0"       
$ straw intra_nofrag_30.hic --norms 

[cmdcolin]

(note that i install node-fetch v2 there also because it is the last version that was cjs compatible, i believe v3 is esm)

[jrobinso]

Hmm, hic-straw.js is an esm module, I would not expect require to work, but OTOH we use it (require) in our examples.

I don't know how this worked earlier, but I think you are correct the "type: module" change is the culprit here.

Perhaps we should build a common js module as well (hic-straw.cjs) as well as the esm module.

Ping this again if its not fixed in a few days, I'm busy with another issue at the moment.

[cmdcolin]

yes, it is no rush, i just stumbled on this helping a biostars issue :)

https://www.biostars.org/p/9608388/