Resolving ERR_IMPORT_ASSERTION_TYPE_MISSING in Node.js

Published on June 04, 2022

While working on a CLI, I ran into the below error when trying to import `package.json` to read the package name and version:

TypeError [ERR_IMPORT_ASSERTION_TYPE_MISSING]: Module "file:///Users/Andrew.Usher/code/gh/andrewusher/andrewusher.dev/package.json" needs an import assertion of type "json"

import pkgInfo from '../package.json'

const { name, version } = pkgInfo

export {
  name,
  version
}

To resolve the issue, we need to use the [import assertions syntax](https://github.com/tc39/proposal-import-assertions) to tell Node that this is a JSON module:

import pkgInfo from &#39;../package.json&#39; assert { type: &#39;json&#39; }

const { name, version } = pkgInfo

export {
  name,
  version
}

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