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Cannot find module 'require'


this is the error below

E:\freelancer-work-backup\scraping>node index.js Screenshot of error

$ node index
module.js:341
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'require'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:339:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:290:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:367:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:16:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (E:\freelancer-work-backup\scraping\index.js:1:83)
    at Module._compile (module.js:413:34)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:422:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:357:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:314:12)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:447:10)

Code in index.js:

var request = require('require'),
    cheerio = require('cheerio');
var url = 'grocermax.com/catalogsearch/result/…';
request(url, function(err, resp, body) {
    if (!err && resp.statusCode == 200) {
        console.log(body);
    } else {
        console.log("Failed");
    }
});

Solution

  • You should change the code to var request = require('request')